Jess Root, Cardinals WireFri, February 13, 2026 at 4:27 AM UTC·1 min readThe Arizona Cardinals have a new head coach in Mike LaFleur. No other coaching announcements have been made, although some hirings have been reported.
Nathaniel Hackett is supposed to be their offensive coordinator and Michel Ghobrial is expected to be their special teams coordinator. Some offensive position coaches are known.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut we do not yet know who will be the defensive coordinators, as they appear to still be interviewing candidates.
When can we expect an announcement?
If we look back to when Jonathan Gannon was hired in 2023 as head coach, it was February 14. The coordinators were announced one week later, on February 21. So based on that timeline, the Cardinals are behind that pace. LaFleur's hiring was announced on Feb. 1 this year. It is the 12th and no announcement for coordinators has been made.
We can presume that one could be coming next week perhaps.
As for position coaches and assistants, that came later. The rest of Gannon's staff in 2023 was not announced until March 1.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSo when it comes to LaFleur's staff, perhaps sometime next week we will get official news of their coordinators, but we shouldn't get too antsy about the rest of the assistants.
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