Bills interview Philip Rivers for Head Coaching job

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The Bills have been very interested in the 2025 Colts, opting to look for a replacement for the recently ousted Sean McDermott with a pair of candidates from the Colts coaching staff and roster. While Defensive Coordinator Lou Anarumo is no surprise candidate with his long history as Defensive Coordinator with the Bengals and Colts, their more recent interviewee certainly is.

We have completed an interview with Indianapolis Colts DC Lou Anarumo for our head coaching position.

: https://t.co/1vTvKN2WhMpic.twitter.com/LjNnQ2Os0B

— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 22, 2026

Philip Rivers going from longtime NFL QB, to High School Head Coach for his son’s team, to NFL QB again (albeit briefly), to now being a potential NFL Head Coach is quite a journey.

Jeff Saturday in 2022 with the Colts was the last person named an NFL head coach — albeit on an interim basis — without any prior college or pro coaching experience.

Norm Van Brocklin in 1961 is the last person to be hired as a full-time NFL head coach without any prior college… https://t.co/zYayL4L8fM

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 23, 2026

The lack of experience as a collegiate or NFL coaching experience would make Rivers the first full-time coach of his kind in 65 years. While he did coach a High School team using an NFL style playbook modelled after the system he and Steichen ran during their days on the San Diego Chargers, the jump to the pros from coaching High School is near unprecedented in many fans’ lifetimes (outside of Jeff Saturday’s interim stint as the Colts head coach in 2022).

Rivers to his credit isn’t just any former NFL QB, but one of the top 7 QBs all time statistically in Passing Yards and Touchdowns. He also did express an openness to coaching in the NFL earlier this month despite initial plans to return to coaching High School.

#Colts QB Philip Rivers (retired) on coaching in the NFL:

“There’s nothing of concrete with that. … This past month has taught me, you’re open to obviously anything, I guess.”

Plans on coaching HS but: “It’s nothing that I would shut down before it even became a possibility.” pic.twitter.com/j5VsNfg2PN

— James Boyd (@RomeovilleKid) January 5, 2026

With Colts Offensive Coordinator Jim Bob Cooter also interviewing with the Eagles for their open Offensive Coordinator job, some speculated that Rivers could be a candidate to replace Cooter as the Colts Offensive Coordinator. But the Bills have a chance to change that contingency plan if they opt for Rivers as their next Head Coach or force the Colts to need to hire up to two new coordinators if they opt for Anarumo instead.

While it is not guaranteed, changes could be coming to the Colts staff very soon.

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