Denver Broncos: Mike Munchak, Brian Flores being considered for HC

The Denver Broncos are wasting no time getting their head coaching search started, requesting permission to interview Mike Munchak and Brian Flores.

The Denver Broncos have relieved head coach Vance Joseph of his duties, and have already put together a list of candidates to replace him.

As a matter of fact, they have already reached out to some teams requesting permission to interview prospective candidates, including Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach Mike Munchak and New England Patriots defensive coordinator Brian Flores.

Flores is 37 years old and has had a pretty full NFL career to this point. He’s been with the Patriots through three Super Bowl championships and has had his hands in many different areas of the team.

He started off as a scout and spent four years working in that capacity before becoming a special teams assistant and offensive assistant with the Patriots.

He then shifted his attention to the defensive side of the ball where he became a defensive assistant, safeties coach, linebackers coach, and defensive coordinator in 2018.

It’s pretty awesome to see a guy go from being a scout in his 20s to being a defensive coordinator in his mid-late 30s. He is an emerging candidate who will likely be interviewed this circuit and hired at a later time.

You never know, though.

Munchak has previous head coaching experience with the Titans, and it obviously didn’t go very well.

Tennessee was 22-26 under Munchak’s leadership and failed to reach the postseason any of his three seasons there.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive lineman for the Houston Oilers certainly knows John Elway well from their playing days as they were first-round NFL Draft selections just one year apart.

Munchak did an exceptional job coaching up the offensive line of the Tennessee Titans for almost 15 years before the Titans made him their head coach. After he was fired, he went to Pittsburgh to become the Steelers’ offensive line coach under Mike Tomlin, where he’s been since 2014.

Munchak would be an interesting candidate as a former player, but like a defensive specialist, Munchak would have to bring in a creative and innovative offensive coordinator.

This is only the beginning of the Broncos’ coaching rumor mill.