Jon Gruden reported today that his quarterback’s coach, Brian Callahan, will be leaving Oakland in order to take the offensive coordinator position currently open in Cincinnati.
This hiring represents Callahan’s first offensive coordinator gig in the NFL, having previous jobs with the Broncos, Lions, and Raiders. In each of those stops, Callahan has been able to work with quality quarterbacks in Peyton Manning, Matthew Stafford, and Derek Carr. Callahan has been a quarterback’s coach, an offensive assistant, and an offensive quality control coach.
The hope for Cincinnati is that Callahan can use some of the experience that he gained in these previous stops on Andy Dalton, or potentially, on a different quarterback who the Bengals may draft this year.