The Los Angeles Chargers are making a significant change to their coaching staff following their early playoff exit.
The Chargers are firing offensive coordinator Greg Roman, according to multiple reports. The decision means next season will be the first year of Jim Harbaugh’s NFL coaching career that someone other than Roman will be his offensive coordinator.
Greg Roman has been Jim Harbaugh’s only OC in the NFL — from San Francisco (2011–14) to the Chargers (2024–25).
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 13, 2026
The 2026 season will be Harbaugh’s first as an NFL head coach without him. https://t.co/lQAVb9CzEr
No matter how much faith Harbaugh has in Roman, changes were needed. The Chargers were limited to just 3 points in their loss to New England in the AFC Wild Card round, and there was a clear sense that something had to change.
Roman is known for his somewhat conservative offenses that emphasize the running game. That was a poor fit for a Chargers team whose best offensive player, by some distance, is quarterback Justin Herbert. That led to a sense that Herbert was being somewhat constrained by Roman’s system, a claim that was also levied against Roman when he was the Baltimore Ravens’ offensive coordinator.
Admittedly, a lot of the Chargers’ issues were not simply down to Roman. The offensive line was decimated by injuries, which kept landing Herbert in hot water for a large portion of the year.
The Chargers’ offensive coordinator job figures to be an attractive one, if only for the chance to run an offense with Herbert at the helm. One would expect it will attract a number of high-profile candidates.
