Coaching Carousel Surges Again as Fastest Sacks of 2025 Season Revealed

Multiple franchises finalize key coaching staff hires while league tracking data highlights the five fastest sacks recorded during the 2025–26 NFL season.

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NFL teams continued accelerating their offseason restructuring over the weekend, announcing multiple coordinator and position coach hires while performance metrics from the 2025–26 season added fresh analytical benchmarks on defensive impact plays.

Several organizations finalized notable additions across their coaching staffs. The Arizona Cardinals officially hired Michael Ghobrial as special teams coordinator, reuniting him with head coach Mike LaFleur from their previous Jets tenure. The Buffalo Bills added veteran coach John Fox as a senior assistant under head coach Joe Brady and confirmed a broad assistant staff expansion.

The Cincinnati Bengals named Davis Koetter as assistant wide receivers coach, while the Dallas Cowboys hired former SMU defensive coordinator Scott Symons to coach inside linebackers. The Kansas City Chiefs announced multiple staff additions, including DeMarco Murray as running backs coach and Chad O’Shea as wide receivers coach, along with three quality control and defensive line assistants.

Further west, the Las Vegas Raiders confirmed Mike McCoy as assistant head coach and are set to install Andrew Janocko as offensive coordinator. The Miami Dolphins completed Jeff Hafley’s 2026 coaching staff. The defending champion Seattle Seahawks named Brian Fleury as offensive coordinator, and the Minnesota Vikings added Derek Warehime as assistant offensive line coach while promoting Ryan Cordell to tight ends and game management coordinator.

Coaching News

Arizona Cardinals

• Hired Michael Ghobrial as special teams coordinator

Buffalo Bills

• Hired John Fox as senior assistant coach

• Added 19 additional assistant coaches

Cincinnati Bengals

• Hired Davis Koetter as assistant wide receivers coach

Dallas Cowboys

• Hiring Scott Symons as inside linebackers coach

Kansas City Chiefs

• Hired DeMarco Murray — running backs coach

• Hired Chad O'Shea — wide receivers coach

• Hired Terry Bradden Jr. — assistant defensive line coach

• Hired Nate Pagan — offensive quality control

• Hired CJ Cox — defensive quality coach

Las Vegas Raiders

• Mike McCoy named assistant head coach

• Andrew Janocko named offensive coordinator (left Seahawks QB coach role)

Miami Dolphins

• Completed Jeff Hafley’s coaching staff

Seattle Seahawks

• Brian Fleury named offensive coordinator — former 49ers tight ends coach/run game coordinator joining the defending champs

Minnesota Vikings

• Hired Derek Warehime — assistant OL coach

• Promoted Ryan Cordell — TE/game management coordinator

The volume and timing of these hires underscore how quickly teams are locking in scheme direction and developmental priorities before free agency and the draft cycle intensify — a key inflection point in offseason roster construction.

League tracking data also spotlighted defensive disruption speed, with Next Gen Stats identifying the fastest sacks of the 2025 season. Jeffrey Simmons recorded the quickest sack at 2.09 seconds in Week 4 against Houston. Bradley Chubb followed at 2.16 seconds, with Shemar James, Camryn Bynum, and Devin White rounding out the top five, each registering sacks in roughly 2.3 seconds or less from snap to quarterback contact.

Top 5 Fastest Sacks — 2025–26 Season

5 — Devin White — 2.31 seconds — Week 6 vs Titans

4 — Camryn Bynum — 2.30 seconds — Week 10 vs Falcons

3 — Shemar James — 2.28 seconds — Week 7 vs Commanders

2 — Bradley Chubb — 2.16 seconds — Week 5 vs Panthers

1 — Jeffrey Simmons — 2.09 seconds — Week 4 vs Texans

As staffs finalize and performance benchmarks sharpen evaluation models, which of these coaching hires or defensive standouts will translate most directly into on-field results next season? Let’s Talk About It!