Indianapolis Colts ‘hire Jim Bob Cooter as their offensive coordinator’… as new head coach Shane Steichen begins filling out his assistant coaching staff
Jacksonville Jaguars passing game coordinator Jim Bob Cooter seems to be returning to Indianapolis.
The Colts are expected to hire Jim Bob Cooter as their offensive coordinator, multiple outlets reported Monday.
It would mark the first coordinator hire for new Colts head coach Shane Steichen, who will be the team’s offensive play caller. It would also mark Cooter’s second stint in Indy.
Also, the Colts are also hiring University of Cincinnati offensive coordinator Tom Manning as their tight ends coach, according to reports.
Cooter, 38, just completed his first season in Jacksonville as passing game coordinator under Doug Pederson.
The Indianapolis Colts are poised to bring Jim Bob Cooter back as offensive coordinator
Cooter began his career with the Colts, then moving to Kansas City, Denver, and Detroit
Cooter’s last three jobs came with the Jets, Eagles, and Jaguars. He met new Colts head coach Shane Steichen in Philadelphia while working as an offensive consultant.
In the 2022 season, Cooter’s passing offense finished ranked tenth in passing yards per game after finishing No. 22 in the league the season before that.
He knows Steichen from Philadelphia, where Cooter was an offensive consultant in 2021 with the Eagles while Steichen was offensive coordinator.
Cooter got his coaching start in Indianapolis, where he was an offensive assistant under Jim Caldwell from 2009-11.
After stops in Kansas City and Denver, Cooter followed Caldwell to Detroit, where he was the Lions’ quarterbacks coach in 2014-15 before being promoted to OC for the 2016-18 seasons.
He was running backs coach under Adam Gase in New York from 2019-20 before working with Steichen in Philadelphia.
