This year’s NFL head coaching cycle saw 10 openings, and six of them have been filled as of Monday afternoon.
The four remaining openings are the Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns and the Las Vegas Raiders. One name who is still a finalist for one of the openings is former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken.
Monken is reportedly still “in the mix” for the Browns’ opening, via Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com.
As of earlier today, #Ravens OC Todd Monken was still in the mix for the #Browns HC. He's flown under the radar, but isn't out of it yet.
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) January 26, 2026
Monken is also in the mix to be the New York Giants’ offensive coordinator, especially with former Ravens coach John Harbaugh being hired as the new coach there.
The Browns saw Jacksonville Jaguars OC Grant Udinski withdraw his name from consideration on Monday, and the Browns then had a long in-person interview with Los Angeles Rams pass game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase.
But, despite that, Monken remains in consideration for the Browns HC job, and other finalists are Browns DC Jim Schwartz, as well as Washington Commanders running backs coach Anthony Lynn.
Monken has a ton of coaching experience, with his first coaching job coming in 1989 as a graduate assistant at Grand Valley State. Monken’s stints include time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as OC, the Jaguars as WRs coach, and the Georgia Bulldogs as the OC and WRs coach.
Monken also spent one season as the Browns’ OC before taking the Georgia job, and he went 13-25 in three seasons as the head coach at Southern Miss, which marks his only stop as a head coach at either level.
Nonetheless, as the browns search continues, Monken is still a name to watch, and the decision could come very soon.
