{"id":107202,"date":"2026-01-21T14:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/107202\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:10:07","slug":"bills-request-interview-with-staten-island-product-lou-anarumo-for-hc-vacancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/107202\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills request interview with Staten Island product Lou Anarumo for HC vacancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TPBZTQSYZVBMRPU6HQ37WDJAJA\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. &#8212; The Buffalo Bills have asked permission of the Indianapolis Colts to interview defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo &#8212; who played at Susan Wagner and Wagner College &#8212; for their head-coaching vacancy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/bills-request-interview-colts-dc-lou-anarumo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/bills-request-interview-colts-dc-lou-anarumo\">according to profootballtalk.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EWOKQRPJOND5PKGKPBTON4ATIE\">The Buffalo job opened when Sean McDermott was fired after the Bills lost in the NFL division playoffs to the Denver Broncos on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"US52UMAAWBGFDBVSH5AW6CWPZI\">Anarumo had interviewed for the New York Giants head coaching vacancy last week, but that got filled Tuesday by John Harbaugh, the former Ravens\u2019 head coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6U3ZCWYSPVFHPHKU2OVXQRODFA\">He also interviewed for the Tennessee Titans\u2019 head-coaching vacancy that was filled by former Jets head coach Robert Saleh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UZ5USLGEBVBZPLT2Z5CC2RAVWM\">Anarumo, 59, has bounced around the NFL since 2012, but made a name for himself as a defensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals from 2019-2024, and now with the Colts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2LXJ6WKZDVASNEAUIGUIJWFC64\">In 2023, Anarumo was a finalist for the Arizona Cardinals\u2019 head coaching job but was passed over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QMA7WOP2BBBNJK5W44YJOMLJXA\">Now, he\u2019s hoping to finally land his first head coaching gig. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. &#8212; The Buffalo Bills have asked permission of the Indianapolis Colts to interview defensive coordinator&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-107202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}