Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury spoke to reporters on Monday morning following their season-ending loss to the Los Angeles Rams. He would not comment on any changes about his coaching staff except for saying that defensive coordinator Vance Joseph would stay.
There are reportedly changes happening.
According to Sirius XM’s Alex Marvez, the Cardinals have cut ties with defensive line coach Chris Achuff and assistant special teams coach Randall McCray.
Kingsbury would not confirm the report Monday, saying that coaching decisions would happen “in the next couple of days.”
Achuff and McCray were two of seven coaching holdovers from Steve Wilks’ coaching staff in 2018.
Marvez reports that more changes could be coming.
Obviously, the coaches who were holdovers are probably the most likely to go. That would include offensive assistant/assistant quarterbacks coach Cam Turner, tight ends coach Steve Heiden, strength and conditioning coach Buddy Morris and assistant strength and conditioning coach Vernon Stephens.
Special teams coach Jeff Rodgers is also a holdover but Kingsbury gave him the title of assistant head coach, suggesting he would likely stay if he is under contract.
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