After reviewing multiple candidates, and failing to land one of them, the Houston Texans found their head coach under their nose all along, in defensive coordinator Lovie Smith. He wasn’t a target during the process until the very end, once Kevin O’Connell found a home, Josh McCown wasn’t suitable (for whatever reason), and Jonathan Gannon was told no.
Today the Texans along with owner Cal McNair, and general manager Nick Caserio, introduced Lovie Smith as their head coach. A fire alarm, and crying child, muffled the audio throughout it, but today the Texans discussed family, getting fans back to the stadium, there being only 32 of these positions, Smith coaching and calling the defense himself, Big Sandy High School, how Houston ended up with Smith, and the lack of diversity at the head coaching position in the NFL.