Cardinals hire Eagles’ Gannon as coach

The Arizona Cardinals hired Philadelphia defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon on Tuesday to be their next head coach.

Gannon replaces Kliff Kingsbury, who was fired last month after going 4-13 in his fourth season. Gannon becomes Arizona’s fourth head coach in seven years and the second Eagles coordinator to become a head coach after Shane Steichen was hired by Indianapolis on Tuesday.

Gannon, 40, has been Philadelphia’s defensive coordinator the past two seasons, helping rebuild a defense that helped the Eagles reach the Super Bowl on Sunday. The Eagles lost to Kansas City 38-35 at State Farm Stadium, home of the Cardinals.

The Eagles had the NFL’s No. 2 defense and led the NFL with 70 sacks this season — 15 more than any other team.

Gannon’s hiring is the first major move by general manager Monti Ossenfort, who was hired last month after Steve Keim and the team parted ways. Colts hire Steichen: Indianapolis owner Jim Irsay and general manager Chris Ballard are pinning their hopes on a toughtalking coach who worked previously with Philip Rivers and helped mentor Justin Herbert of the Chargers and Jalen Hurts in Philadelphia.

Steichen, 37, becomes the Colts’ fourth head coach since 2017 and they’re likely to be starting yet another different quarterback in Week 1, extending their streak to seven seasons.

He becomes the second straight former Eagles offensive coordinator to make a Super Bowl run and then leave days later for Indianapolis. Frank Reich took the same path in 2018 after Philadelphia won its first NFL championship since 1960.

Reich was fired in October as the Colts’ season started to unravel and was replaced by interim head coach Jeff Saturday, who won his first game but lost the final seven.