The Los Angeles Chargers are hiring Denver Broncos defensive backs coach Renaldo Hill to be their defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN.
The news of Hill's hiring was first reported by the MMQB.
Hill, who played safety for 10 years in the NFL, worked with new Chargers head coach Brandon Staley in Denver. Staley was Denver's linebackers coach under Vic Fangio for the 2019 season before becoming the Rams' defensive coordinator in 2020.
Staley said last week that he would be making the defensive calls and that he hoped to have his coaching staff in place "in a few weeks.