Cards to interview Cooter for OC The Cardinals are bringing in yet another candidate to interview for their vacant offensive coordinator position and the latest is Jim Bob Cooter, who spent the past four seasons in charge of the Detroit Lions’ offense.
Candidate spent past 4 seasons with Lions
2016, last in 2017 and 23rd last season.
Detroit won its finale 31-0 over Green Bay, but that was the only time in its last 10 games that the Lions scored more than 22 points.
The Lions were 25th in the league in scoring at 20.2 points per game. The Cardinals, meanwhile, were last at 14.1 points per game.
Cooter began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Tennessee and has spent 10 seasons coaching in the NFL. He was an offensive assistant for the Colts (2009-11), a quality control coordinator for the Chiefs (2012) and an offensive assistant for the Broncos (2013). He was the quarterbacks coach for the Lions for 11⁄2 years before assuming the offensive coordinator duties.
Cooter was arrested and charged with aggravated burglary in 2009 and with drunken-driving in 2006, according to reports from the Associated Press and the Tennessean.
Report: Cardinals hire DBs coach
In other developments, the Cardinals are said to be hiring Marcus Robertson as defensive backs coach, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. Robertson, 49, was a safety in the NFL for 11 seasons and twice was named All-Pro while with the Oilers.
Robertson has coached in the NFL for the past 12 seasons as a secondary and defensive backs coach, having worked for the Titans (2007-2011), Lions (201213) and Raiders (2014-16) before joining the Broncos’ staff in 2017. In Arizona, he reunites with former Broncos head coach Vance Joseph, who was named the Cardinals’ new defensive coordinator last week.