The New Orleans Saints are coming off a 9-8 season that saw them miss the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season and today they cut offensive line coach Doug Marrone lose, according to Nick Underhill of NOF Network:
“The Saints are parting ways with offensive line coach Doug Marrone, per source”
Marrone was the first assistant Dennis Allen hired in 2022; his arrival was talked up as a former two-time NFL head coach who first came to the Saints with Sean Payton back in 2006. While Marrone’s influence was positive for right guard Cesar Ruiz’s development, the New Orleans offensive line as a whole deteriorated.
So this means that incoming offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak will need hire his own help. In addition to hiring a new offensive line coach, the Saints must hire position coaches to work with the running backs and wide receivers after Joel Thomas left for a new job and Kodi Burns was let go.
Who could Kubiak bring in to take Marrone’s place? One name to watch, according to Saints Wire’s John Sigler, is San Francisco 49ers assistant offensive line coach James Cregg, who previously worked at LSU. Another one is Rick Dennison, the former Minnesota Vikings offensive line coach who worked with Kubiak earlier in his career.
