The Arizona Cardinals are in the process of forming their coaching staff under new head coach Jonathan Gannon. They have at least three candidates they want to interview for their offensive coordinator job.
One candidate they have requested permission to speak with is New Orleans Saints running backs coach Joel Thomas, according to NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero.
The Cardinals have also requested permission to interview Browns QB coach Drew Petzing and Commanders WR coach Drew Terrell. Petzing is expected to win the job.
Thomas, 48 years old, has coached in the NFL and in college since 2000.
He has been the Saints’ running backs coach since 2015, coaching players like Alvin Kamara and Mark Ingram.
Before that, he coached in college mostly as a position coach for running backs since 2002.
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