The 2023 offseason for the Washington Commanders saw some turnover in the coaching ranks. The most noteworthy of course, being the firing of Scott Turner at the end of the 2022 season.
Turner’s departure opened the door for Washington to hire Eric Bieniemy as their new offensive coordinator. He helped guide Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and their high octane offense, to two Super Bowls. He was also named Assistant Head Coach.
Ron Rivera
HEAD COACH
Ron Rivera was named the 30th head coach in franchise history on Jan. 1, 2020. He is entering his 27th season coaching in the NFL and his fourth in Washington.
Eric Bieniemy
ASSISTANT HEAD COACH/OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
Bieniemy enters his first season with Washington after five seasons as the Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator. This will be his 25th NFL season.
Jack Del Rio
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
Jack Del Rio was hired the day after Rivera. As such, this will be his fourth season in D.C. as the Commanders Defensive Coordinator. It will be his 25th season coaching in the NFL
Nate Kaczor
SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR
Nate Kaczor is entering his fifth season as special teams coordinator with Washington and his 15th in the NFL.
The Rest Of The Staff
In alphabetical order:
Juan Castillo – TIGHT ENDS
Luke Del Rio – ASSISTANT QUARTERBACKS/OFFENSIVE QUALITY CONTROL
Bobby Engram – WIDE RECEIVERS
Cristian Garcia – ASSISTANT DEFENSIVE BACKS/NICKELS COACH
Reggie Howard – DEFENSIVE QUALITY CONTROL
Ben Jacobs – ASSISTANT SPECIAL TEAMS
Randy Jordan – RUNNING BACKS
Ryan Kerrigan – ASSISTANT DEFENSIVE LINE
Jennifer King – ASSISTANT RUNNING BACKS COACH
Tavita Pritchard – QUARTERBACKS
Tyrae Reid Jr. – OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT
Vincent Rivera – ASSISTANT LINEBACKERS
Richard Rodgers – SENIOR DEFENSIVE ASSISTANT/SAFETIES COACH
Steve Russ – LINEBACKERS
Todd Storm – ASSISTANT TIGHT ENDS
Shaun Toub – OFFENSIVE QUALITY CONTROL
Brent Vieselmeyer – DEFENSIVE BACKS
Travelle Wharton – ASSISTANT OFFENSIVE LINE
Ken Zampese – SENIOR OFFENSIVE ADVISOR/GAME MANAGEMENT
Jeff Zgonina – DEFENSIVE LINE
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Changes For 2023
Ken Zampese was Washington’s quarterbacks coach from 2020-22, and was a candidate for the offensive coordinator job that Bieniemy got. Zampese will have a new title of senior offensive advisor/game management.
Zampese’s quarterbacks coaching position was given to to Tavita Pritchard, who has worked with the Stanford football team since 2010. After serving as the offensive coordinator at Stanford from 2018-22, this will be his first NFL position.
Bobby Engram will take over the duties as wide receivers coach. He fills a void left when Drew Terrell left to interview for a position with the Arizona Cardinals. Engram enters his first season in Washington after serving as the Baltimore Ravens tight ends coach from 2019-21 and wide receivers coach from 2014-2018.
Chris Harris left for the Tennessee Titans, opening up the defensive backs coaching position. The Commanders promoted from within and named Brent Vieselmayer to the position. He had been the assistant defensive backs coach from 2020-22.
Richard Rodgers Sr. also received a promotion. After serving as the assistant defensive backs coach from 2020-22, he will now serve as the senior defensive assistant/safeties.
Cristian Garcia was promoted to the assistant defensive backs/nickels coach. Garcia had been the defensive quality coach for the past two seasons.