Jan. 23, 2026, 11:07 a.m. MT<\/p>\n
A former Denver Broncos<\/a> defensive backs coach just landed a defensive coordinator job.<\/p>\n The Dallas Cowboys<\/a> are hiring Christian Parker as their new DC, which could impact Sean Payton’s own coaching staff (more on that shortly). Parker coached Philadelphia Eagles DBs from 2024-2025 under DC Vic Fangio. Before that, Parker coached Denver’s DBs from 2021-2023, spending one season with Fangio.<\/p>\n The Cowboys hiring Parker means the Broncos<\/a> are no longer in danger of losing current DBs coach Jim Leonhard to Dallas. Leonhard had drawn interest from the Cowboys<\/a> (and he’s still drawing interest from other teams). If Denver ends up losing DC Vance Joseph to a head coach opening this offseason, Leonhard would presumably be a strong in-house candidate<\/a> to replace him with the Broncos.<\/p>\n Back to Parker: Denver cornerback Pat Surtain reacted to the news of his promotion on Twitter\/X:<\/p>\n Former Broncos safety Justin Simmons also endorsed Parker:<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n Elsewhere in the division, former Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> DC Jesse Minter has left the AFC West to become the new head coach<\/a> of the Baltimore Ravens<\/a>. Denver will undoubtedly be happy to see Minter no longer coaching in the division.<\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sean Payton provides update on Bo Nix after QB\u2019s surgery<\/a> Broncos injury report: J.K. Dobbins trending in the right direction<\/a> Broncos vs. Patriots: 5 storylines to watch for in AFC title game<\/a> Jordan Palmer: Broncos turned down trade offer for Jarrett Stidham in 2025<\/a> NFL assigns referee for Broncos-Patriots game (here are their records with him)<\/a> NFL executive thinks Broncos might be better with QB Jarrett Stidham<\/a> Backup quarterbacks helped Broncos win Super Bowls in 1998 and 2015<\/a> Broncos QB Bo Nix releases message after ankle surgery, backs Jarrett Stidham<\/a> Bo Nix injury: 5 things we know about QB’s ankle and surgeon<\/a> Bo Nix’s wife, Izzy, shares heartbreaking photo following news of injury<\/a> 8 retired quarterbacks Broncos could target after Bo Nix injury<\/a> 10 backup quarterbacks who won a Super Bowl<\/a> All 32 starting NFL quarterbacks, ranked oldest to youngest<\/a> Meet the new Broncos ownership group<\/a> Peyton Manning’s new Denver sports team picks name, unveils amazing logo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 23, 2026, 11:07 a.m. MT A former Denver Broncos defensive backs coach just landed a defensive coordinator…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[33,102,104,103,16428,16429,44,5003,5009,18378,57768,2619,42,16194,16269,46,9025,36],"class_list":["post-135484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-accessfree","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","tag-sstsnbroncos","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","tag-tagdenver-broncos","tag-tagfacebook","tag-tagjustin-simmons","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagpatrick-surtain-ii","tag-tagsports-coaching-training","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtwitter","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}