{"id":56230,"date":"2019-01-09T17:55:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T22:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=56230"},"modified":"2019-01-09T17:56:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T22:56:26","slug":"denver-broncos-to-hire-vic-fangio-as-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/01\/09\/denver-broncos-to-hire-vic-fangio-as-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Broncos to Hire Vic Fangio as Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bears\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Bears<\/a> defensive coordinator <strong>Vic Fangio<\/strong> will be hired as the new head coach of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/broncos\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denver Broncos<\/a> according to Ian Rapoport.\u00a0Fangio was a finalist for the position along with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/steelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> offensive line coach and former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/titans\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> head coach <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MuncMi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Munchak<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Fangio becomes the first new head coach in 2019 to come from the defensive side of the ball.<\/p>\n<p>Reports state that Fangio has agreed to a four-year contract with a fifth-year option. He became immediately available to the Broncos after Chicago lost their Wild Card game, 16-15 to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Broncos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Broncos<\/a> are expected to hire <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bears?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Bears<\/a> DC Vic Fangio as their new head coach.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1083046524840484864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Denver Broncos to Hire Vic Fangio as Head Coach<\/h2>\n<p>This is Fangio&#8217;s first opportunity to be a head coach. He has spent the past four seasons as defensive coordinator for the Bears under <strong>John Fox<\/strong> and <strong>Matt Nagy<\/strong>. Fangio also held that position for four other teams beginning in 1995 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carolina Panthers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vic Fangio&#8217;s name began to appear among potential head coach candidates as his 2018 Bears defense became one of the league&#8217;s best. Chicago finished the season first in the NFL in points allowed and takeaways.<\/p>\n<p>Fangio also achieved great success as a defensive coordinator from 2011 to 2014 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/49ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>. His defenses over the first three years of that span were all in the top five in points and yards allowed. Despite his success, Fangio only received one interview as a head coach candidate during that time.<\/p>\n<p>There are also reports stating that<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/K\/KubiGa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gary Kubiak<\/a> <\/strong>will be returning to the field as the Broncos new offensive coordinator. Kubiak served as the team&#8217;s head coach in 2015 and 2016. He led the Broncos to a victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50.<\/p>\n<p>Fangio replaces <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JoseVa20.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vance Joseph<\/a><\/strong>, who coached Denver in 2017 and 2018. Joseph became a Black Monday casualty after leading the team to an 11-21 record in those two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"78dk0khlRsh-EOgx5At33g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1024270290\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'78dk0khlRsh-EOgx5At33g',sig:'oRHd6KzGiU5xXl9hQtxP2iBJNNn5Wqw1M-ZvwSECWRA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1024270290',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been reported that Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio will be hired as the new head coach of the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2685,"featured_media":56257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,23,15],"tags":[42,266,61,313,40,3073],"class_list":["post-56230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-bears","category-broncos","tag-chicago-bears","tag-denver-broncos","tag-football","tag-gary-kubiak","tag-nfl","tag-vic-fangio"],"modified_by":"Will Noltie, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2685"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}