We have some breaking news on this somewhat quiet Thursday afternoon, as the Atlanta Falcons are officially hiring Raheem Morris as their next head coach. This ends a lengthy search after the team fired Arthur Smith, and it brings Morris back to a place he’s very familiar with.
After an extensive head coaching search which consisted of 14 different candidates being interviewed, including huge names in Bill Belichick and Jim Harbaugh, the Falcons have decided to bring back a very familiar face in Morris. Morris, now 47 years old, spent several years previously in Atlanta. Morris served as assistant head coach and wide receivers coach from 2015-2019 and in 2020 was the team’s defensive coordinator and eventually interim head coach once Dan Quinn was let go.