The Eagles’ Reported New Hire May Shed Light on Their Next Head Coach

Ken Flajole was expected to be named the defensive coordinator at UTEP today, but reportedly has agreed to join the coaching staff of the Eagles. From SB Nation’s UTEP blog, MinerRush:

Sources indicated to MinerRush that Flajole would not be coming to UTEP after receiving a last minute offer to become an assistant with the Philadelphia Eagles, and it was confirmed by Sean Kugler at the coaches’ introductory presser.
 
Flajole has bounced around the NFL for the better part of the last two decades, and it was only a matter of time before the coach was back coaching on Sunday’s.

Ken Flajole was expected to be #UTEP DC, but accepted job this morning with Philadelphia #Eagles. #minerstrong pic.twitter.com/TMhpwFaDTN

— KVIA ABC-7 News (@abc7breaking) January 14, 2016

Flajole’s reported hiring, if true, could signal the beginning of some announcements from the Eagles. Flajole was an inside linebackers coach with the Browns this past season. He was the defensive coordinator with the St. Louis Rams from 2009-2011. He’s worked with Pat Shurmur in St. Louis and Doug Pederson in Green Bay.

Shurmur? Pederson? Both? Yikes.

And it sounds like no reporters know what’s happening. What the hell is going on?

https://twitter.com/SheridanScribe/status/687760579776409600

If Ken Flajole hiring is true, #Eagles likely either hiring for Shurmur or starting to nab guys in case Pederson drags on. Clocks ticking.

— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) January 14, 2016

Ken Flajole coached with Andy Reid in Green Bay, with Shurmur in St. Louis, with Spags in New Orleans and St. Louis …

— Reuben Frank (@RoobNBCS) January 14, 2016

So maybe the Eagles are just going to hire a staff and hope nobody notices that they don't have a head coach?

— Reuben Frank (@RoobNBCS) January 14, 2016