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Los Angeles holds two **2027** head-coaching targets while McVay's deal runs through **2030**—retention math doesn't work.
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after Liam Coen left for Jacksonville
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spent six seasons as Rams quarterbacks coach before the…
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championship run and managed the transition when the offense…
The Los Angeles Rams enter 2026 with offensive coordinator Nate Scheelhaase and defensive coordinator Chris Shula both tracking as leading head-coaching candidates for the 2027 hiring cycle. Neither coordinator has run a full season yet in their current roles—Scheelhaase was promoted in January 2025 after Liam Coen left for Jacksonville, Shula replaced Raheem Morris the same month—but the market is already pricing them in.
Scheelhaase, 39, spent six seasons as Rams quarterbacks coach before the promotion. He tutored Matthew Stafford through the 2021 championship run and managed the transition when the offense shifted post-Cooper Kupp's prime. Shula, 38, is Bill Belichick's grandson and Ron Rivera's nephew, which carries exactly the credibility you think it does in owner suites. He coordinated a top-ten scoring defense in his first year despite losing Aaron Donald to retirement and trading away multiple draft picks for short-term reinforcements. His secondary allowed the fourth-fewest explosive plays in the league, a stat that travels well in interview rooms.
The Rams now face the structural problem every well-run organization eventually hits: retention caps. Sean McVay signed an extension through 2030 last summer. Scheelhaase and Shula are both earning under $3 million annually, roughly half what top coordinators command. Blocking them from interviews would generate agent resentment and limit future hiring pipelines. Letting them walk creates the coordinator churn that defined the Rams from 2018 to 2023, when five different coordinators cycled through in six years. McVay rebuilt both sides after losing Coen and Morris by promoting internally, a strategy that works until the internal candidates also get hired away.
The market for this coaching class is already forming. Carolina, the Giants, and potentially Las Vegas will have openings after 2026. Chicago and Tennessee are on the warm-seat list if their current regimes don't improve. Ownership groups value coordinators who've worked under proven head coaches, particularly ones who've delivered playoff appearances on modest payrolls. The Rams went 10-7 in 2024 with the sixth-lowest cap space in the league. Scheelhaase and Shula will both interview.
What to watch: The Rams' 2026 season outcome dictates the market rate. If Los Angeles reaches the divisional round, both coordinators become top-three candidates. If they miss the playoffs, the shine dulls but the pedigree holds. McVay's coaching tree—Zac Taylor, Matt LaFleur, Kevin O'Connell, Raheem Morris—has produced four head coaches since 2019, three of whom reached conference championship games. The Rams are already quietly scouting their next coordinator class, including passing game coordinator Joe DeCamillis and linebackers coach Chris Beake, both of whom have been with McVay since 2022.
The Rams have built a coordinator factory, which is another way of saying they've built a problem they can't solve without breaking something else.
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