Washington Commanders QB Coach Ken Zampese gets his interview for the team’s OC job today

Washington confirms right this moment’s interview:

The Washington Commanders have began the interview course of to interchange former Offensive Coordinator Scott Turner who was fired final week. Yesterday the staff introduced that they had interviewed former NFL OC/HC Pat Shurmur for the open place. He’s certainly one of a number of outdoors candidates that Ron Rivera will probably be interviewing. There may be one identify that has come up as a substitute that’s already on the teaching workers.

Commanders QB Coach Ken Zampese was seen as the one viable inside candidate to interchange Turner. He has been an offensive coordinator within the NFL earlier than, with the Cincinnati Bengals(2016-17). He was their QB coach for 13 years earlier than getting promoted. Zampese solely had one full season within the position, and he was fired after the staff went 0-2 to start out the 2017 season.

Ken Zampese has additionally been an offensive coordinator in school, holding the place at Northern Arizona in 1995, and within the AAF with the Atlanta Legends in 2019. He has been a quarterbacks coach for almost all of his NFL profession, and that was the position Ron Rivera employed him to do when he grew to become the pinnacle coach of the Washington Redskins in 2020.

Zampese doesn’t have an inspiring observe document, and appears to have reached his ceiling within the huge leagues. He does have one crucial factor going for him, he’s presumably nonetheless below contract and his transition into the place wouldn’t trigger a lot change. Assistant QB coach Luke Del Rio would probably get promoted to QB coach. These strikes would in all probability be cheaper for proprietor Dan Snyder, who is predicted to promote the staff quickly. Zampese can be not getting some other alternatives at and offensive coordinator job within the NFL from some other staff. Determined and low cost are a mix that an outgoing proprietor can get behind as he boards his yacht to England.