NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday that the New Orleans Saints have hired former Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore as their 12th full-time head coach in franchise history. The moves comes just two days after Moore helped bring the Philadelphia Eagles a 40–22 Super Bowl LIX victory over the Kansas City Chiefs at Caesars Superdome on Sunday.
New Orleans fired coach Dennis Allen on Nov. 4 after suffering seven straight losses. Special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi took over as the interim head coach in Week 10 and led the Saints to three wins in eight games the rest of the way to finish with a 5–12 record—the franchise’s first last-place finish in the NFC South since 2008.
Moore, who appeared in three games at quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in 2015, began his coaching career with Dallas as the quarterbacks coach in ’18. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in ’19 and spent four years there before serving the same role with the Los Angeles Chargers in ’23 and the Eagles in ’24.
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