In addition to four outside candidates, the Los Angeles Rams also plan to interview two of their own assistant coaches for the defensive coordinator position left vacant by Raheem Morris’ departure.
Defensive backs coach/pass game coordinator Aubrey Pleasant and pass rush coordinator/inside linebackers coach Chris Shula are both expected to interview for the job this week, according to The Athletic.
Pleasant has plenty of experience working alongside Sean McVay, spending three years together on Washington’s coaching staff from 2012-2014 and five years together with the Rams (2017-2020, 2023). He should be considered a top candidate for the Rams’ defensive coordinator job, although McVay has never promoted one of his own assistant coaches to defensive coordinator.
Shula has been with the Rams since 2017, starting out as the assistant LBs coach in 2017 before moving around the coaching staff over the last six years. Most recently, he was the team’s pass rush coordinator and inside linebackers coach, but he also has experience coaching outside linebackers and defensive backs.
With Pleasant and Shula, the Rams now have six candidates for the defensive coordinator job in Los Angeles. See the others here.
