Brandon Staley
Defensive Coordinator at New Orleans Saints since 2025.
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- Seasons coached
- 21
- First season
- 2006
- Teams
- 13
Career
15 stints
2000s
- 2006–2008Northern IllinoisAssistant Coach
- 2009St. Thomas (MN)Defensive Line
2010s
- 2010HutchinsonCo-Defensive CoordinatorLinebackers
- 2011HutchinsonAssociate Head CoachCo-Defensive CoordinatorLinebackers
- 2012TennesseeGraduate Assistant
- 2013John CarrollDefensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 2014James MadisonDefensive Coordinator
- 2015–2016John CarrollDefensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 2017ChattanoogaDefensive Coordinator
- 2017–2018Chicago BearsOutside Linebackers
- 2019Denver BroncosOutside Linebackers
2020s
- 2020Los Angeles RamsDefensive Coordinator
- 2021–2023Los Angeles ChargersHead Coach
- 2024San Francisco 49ersAssistant Head Coach
- 2025–presentNew Orleans SaintsDefensive Coordinator
Coaching tree
13 mentors, 9 protégés, 1 branch — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
24
- 2023Doug NussmeierMentored · Los Angeles Chargers
- 2022Giff SmithMentored · Los Angeles Chargers
- 2022–2023Tom ArthMentored · Los Angeles Chargers
- 2021–2023Chandler WhitmerMentored · Los Angeles Chargers
- 2021–2023Chris BeattyMentored · Los Angeles Chargers
- 2021–2023Derrick AnsleyMentored · Los Angeles Chargers
- 2021–2023Derrick FosterMentored · Los Angeles Chargers
- 2021–2023Kevin KogerMentored · Los Angeles Chargers
- 2021–2022Renaldo HillMentored · Los Angeles Chargers
- 2020Thomas BrownCoached under · Los Angeles Rams
- 2019Vic FangioCoached under · Denver Broncos
- 2017John FoxCoached under · Chicago Bears
- 2017Tom ArthCoached under · Chattanooga
- 2015–2016Tom ArthCoached under · John Carroll
- 2014Everett WithersCoached under · James Madison
9 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
15
- 2025Gus BradleySucceeded by · San Francisco 49ers
- 2024Jim HarbaughSucceeded by · Los Angeles Chargers
- 2023Giff SmithSucceeded by · Los Angeles Chargers
- 2021Raheem MorrisSucceeded by · Los Angeles Rams
- 2019Ted MonachinoSucceeded by · Chicago Bears
- 2018Matt FeeneySucceeded by · Chattanooga
- 2017Clint HurttSucceeded · Chicago Bears
- 2015Steve SisaSucceeded by · James Madison
- 2014Kyle GillenwaterSucceeded · James Madison
- 2013Terry FairSucceeded by · Tennessee
- 2012Derrick FosterSucceeded by · Tennessee
- 2012Derrick FosterSucceeded · Tennessee
- 2008Brad Brachear, graduate assistantSucceeded by · Northern Illinois
- 2008Marc Webel, graduate AssistantSucceeded by · Northern Illinois
- 2008Nate Griffin, graduate AssistantSucceeded by · Northern Illinois
Tenure
21 seasons
- Los Angeles ChargersHead coach · 2021–20233
- John CarrollCoordinator · 2013–20163
- Northern IllinoisPosition coach · 2006–20083
- New Orleans SaintsCoordinator · 2025–2026 · current2
- Chicago BearsPosition coach · 2017–20182
- HutchinsonCoordinator · 2010–20112
- San Francisco 49ersCoordinator · 20241
- Los Angeles RamsCoordinator · 20201
- Denver BroncosPosition coach · 20191
- ChattanoogaCoordinator · 20171
- James MadisonCoordinator · 20141
- TennesseeAnalyst · 20121
- St. Thomas (MN)Position coach · 20091
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Brandon Staley. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.