According to Ayrton Ostly of USA Today on Tuesday, the New Orleans Saints have named Kellen Moore of Prosser, Washington as their new head coach. The hiring is noteworthy because Moore is the youngest head coach in the National Football League at the moment, and just two days ago won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles as their offensive coordinator.
Moore has seven years of coaching experience in the NFL as an assistant. He was the Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks coach in 2018, the Cowboys offensive coordinator for four straight years from 2019 to 2022, and then the Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator in 2023, before joining the Eagles in 2024. This past year, he oversaw a fantastic Eagles running attack. Saquon Barkley of The Bronx, New York led the NFL with 2005 rushing yards. How can you not ignore the exciting Tush Push that was used frequently when the Eagles were on their opponents’s one yard-line?
Prior to coaching, Moore was a NFL quarterback and played three games for the Cowboys in 2015 as a backup to Tony Romo and Matt Cassell. Moore did get two starts, and completed 61 of 104 passes for 779 passing yards, with four interceptions and six interceptions. He also was a backup in Detroit but never played a regular season game.
In New Orleans, the Saints were at five wins and 12 losses last season, and were surprisingly in the basement of the NFC South. New Orleans decided to fire head coach Dennis Allen in early November after the Saints shockingly lost 23-22 to the Carolina Panthers. Darren Rizzi, who was the Saints assistant head coach and special teams coordinator, took over from Allen on an interim basis.
