7 months ago
Ravens Hire Jesse Minter as New Coach
The Baltimore Ravens have a new head coach named Jesse Minter.
He used to work with the Ravens as a defensive coach a few years ago and has since been a defensive coordinator for other teams.
The Ravens really liked him when they met him in person and decided to hire him.
He has a lot of experience coaching defense and knows the Ravens well.
The team has a lot of talented players, including a star quarterback named Lamar Jackson.
Minter wants to build a strong team that plays well together and aims to be the best in the NFL.
He also plans to call defensive plays himself.
Jesse Minter was hired as the new head coach of the Baltimore Ravens.
Minter previously served as a defensive coordinator for Vanderbilt, Michigan, and the Los Angeles Chargers.
He impressed the Ravens' general manager, Eric DeCosta, during an in-person visit.
The Ravens interviewed 16 candidates in a two-week process before selecting Minter.
Minter plans to call defensive plays and has had conversations with star quarterback Lamar Jackson.
- Who
- Jesse Minter, new head coach of the Baltimore Ravens
- What
- Hiring of a new head coach for the Baltimore Ravens
- Where
- Baltimore, Maryland
- When
- The hiring was announced and introduced at a news conference on Thursday
- Why
- To replace John Harbaugh and lead the team, which was considered a Super Bowl favorite
Key facts
- New Coach
- Jesse Minter
- Previous Role
- Defensive Coordinator for Vanderbilt, Michigan, and Los Angeles Chargers
- Age
- 42
- Interview Process
- 16 candidates interviewed in a two-week sprint
- Team's Record
- Second-most regular-season wins since 2018, behind Kansas City and Buffalo
- Key Player
- Lamar Jackson (two-time MVP quarterback)
- Coaching Philosophy
- Focus on toughness, fundamentals, and teamwork
Quotes
Eric DeCosta
General manager of the Baltimore Ravens
“When I heard Jesse’s name as a possible candidate, it was hard for me to envision Jesse like he is, because my experience was with Jesse primarily in the draft years ago when he was doing all the bottom guys on the draft board in the secondary. I just didn’t really ever think of him like that. But watching him last year — we played (the Chargers) last year — and watching that defense, I’m like, 'Damn, this is a good team. This is a really good defense. Jesse’s doing a hell of a job.'”
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“It was a sprint. We treated it like a two-week draft, essentially. In most cases, we’d have two interviews a day at various times of the day. It was just really interesting. It was valuable for me, personally, to talk to all these extremely intelligent great leaders from other teams to see how they do things. I learned a lot. It’s not something that you want to do every year, certainly, but to do it once I think was a very, very valuable experience for me.”
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Jesse Minter
New head coach of the Baltimore Ravens
“You really have no idea what jobs are going to be open. As you get towards the middle and end of the season, you feel like you might be a candidate. But when this job opened, this became the one for me, and this was the one that I wanted. I did go through the initial process with a lot of different teams, but as I was able to reconnect with people in this organization, and knowing the history, knowing the tradition, knowing the spine of the organization, kind of what it’s built on, there was no better place for me.”
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“We will build a true team built on toughness, fundamentals, a team that plays together, and we will work to be the best team in the National Football League. We will be at our best when our best is needed — I think that’s really important.”
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