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Denver Broncos 6 offensive coordinators that could come with Dan Quinn

By Sayre Bedinger

Denver Broncos offseason; DC Defenders head coach Pep Hamilton celebrates on the field after the DefendersÕ game against the NY Guardians at Audi Field. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Denver Broncos offseason; DC Defenders head coach Pep Hamilton celebrates on the field after the DefendersÕ game against the NY Guardians at Audi Field. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /
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Denver Broncos offseason; Los Angeles Chargers quarterbacks coach Pep Hamilton (left) and offensive coordinator Shane Steichen. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /

If the Denver Broncos wind up hiring odds-on favorite Dan Quinn as the team’s new head coach, who will they hire as offensive coordinator?

The Denver Broncos will have a new offensive coordinator in 2022. And all of Broncos Country rejoices.

With all due respect to Pat Shurmur, a longtime NFL coach who has had plenty of success in the past, it was time for the Broncos to move on and it’s only a matter of time before they officially do so.

The Broncos will soon either hire a head coach who will take over the offense and hire his own staff, or they will hire a head coach who is a defensive specialist and brings in an offensive coordinator. Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn is the presumed favorite for the job, as well as the odds-on favorite.

Who might come with Dan Quinn as the Denver Broncos OC?

If Quinn is hired like many expect him to be, who would come with him as the offensive coordinator? There are probably a ton of options that don’t necessarily jump off the page, but here are six candidates that might be up for consideration.

1. Pep Hamilton (Texans QBs coach, passing game coordinator)

The last couple of years have been an interesting ride for Pep Hamilton.

He worked with Andrew Luck at Stanford as the team’s offensive coordinator and QBs coach before joining Luck in the NFL with the Colts in 2013. He stayed with the Colts until the end of the 2015 season when he joined the Cleveland Browns, where he was the assistant head coach and QBs coach.

He then went and worked for Jim Harbaugh (again) at Michigan from 2017-18 before joining the now-defunct AAF right before the pandemic hit in 2020.

As fate would have it, Hamilton would then join the Los Angeles Chargers as QBs coach and he’d get the opportunity to coach up Rookie of the Year Justin Herbert.

In 2021, he joined David Culley’s staff with the Houston Texans as QBs coach and passing game coordinator, and he really did an outstanding job with rookie Davis Mills out of Stanford.

Considering all of the work Hamilton has done in the last decade with young QBs, he might be one of the most attractive potential options for the Denver Broncos regardless of who is hired as the head coach.

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