According to ESPN reporter and NFL insider, Adam Schefter, the New Orleans Saints will promote Dennis Allen to Head Coach.
Allen has spent over 10 seasons coaching in New Orleans in various jobs such as Assistant Defensive Line Coach and Secondary Coach. He’s been the Saints Defensive Coordinator since the 2015 season.
Allen was a coach on the Saints when they won Super Bowl XLIV.
Saints have informed their defensive coordinator Dennis Allen that they are hiring him as their next head coach, sources tell ESPN.
Once again Allen replaces Sean Payton, minus the interim title.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 7, 2022
After playing in the NFL for 1 season, Dennis Allen began coaching in 1996 at Texas A&M. He’s also coached for Tulsa on the college level and for Atlanta, Denver, Oakland, and New Orleans in the NFL.
