Philip Rivers will not be the Buffalo Bills’ next head coach.
Rivers withdrew his name from consideration for the Bills job, according to Dianna Russini of The Athletic. The decision comes three days after he sat for a job interview.
Philip Rivers is out of the Bills HC sweepstakes. After interviewing with Buffalo, he’s withdrawing himself from consideration, per sources. pic.twitter.com/2RhouF270c
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) January 26, 2026
Rivers was a surprise candidate for the Buffalo job, but apparently a serious one. The opportunity to work with Josh Allen would certainly be appealing, even though Rivers has never coached at the NFL level before.
This is not the first time Rivers has been mentioned as a possible head coach candidate. In the past, he balked at the interest, and while things went further this time than they had previously, the same thing has happened again. That said, this might give teams encouragement that he may eventually be enticed into becoming a head coach.
The Bills will now have to pivot to other options as they seek to replace Sean McDermott, who was fired after the team’s AFC Divisional loss. That could be very good news for one coach who is thought to badly want the job.
