{"id":397004,"date":"2026-01-07T07:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/397004\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T07:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:31:08","slug":"could-there-be-a-nfl-head-coach-born-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/397004\/","title":{"rendered":"Could there be a NFL head coach born in England?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could there be a NFL head coach born in England?<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 2026 NFL coaching carousel is underway, and this year it includes an international wrinkle.<\/p>\n

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The Browns<\/a>fired head coach Kevin Stefanski<\/a> earlier this week and have begun the search for his replacement.<\/p>\n

Cleveland has requested permission to interview Seahawks<\/a> defensive coordinator Aden Durde for the vacancy, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media.<\/a><\/p>\n

The request follows Cleveland\u2019s interest in speaking with Ravens<\/a> offensive coordinator Todd Monken.<\/p>\n

Durde has spent the past two seasons on Mike Macdonald\u2019s staff in Seattle. It is his first stint as an NFL defensive coordinator, though Macdonald retains play-calling duties.<\/p>\n

Aden Durde would be the first British-born NFL head coach<\/p>\n

A native of England, Durde began his NFL career as a coaching intern with the Cowboys<\/a> in 2014 and has also coached with the Falcons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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According to cleveland.com<\/a>, Durde began in the NFL as a Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship intern with Dallas in 2014-15, later joined Atlanta through the same program, became the first British-born full-time NFL coach in 2018, and by 2020 was coaching the Falcons\u2019 outside linebackers.<\/p>\n

From 2021-23, Durde served as the Cowboys\u2019 defensive line coach.<\/p>\n

Durde first fell in love with American football while growing up in North London, played six seasons in NFL Europe, and spent time on NFL practice squads.<\/p>\n

He is the first British-born defensive coordinator in NFL history and, if hired, would become the first head coach born in England.<\/p>\n

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