Cardinals, Jonathan Gannon Officially Agree to Five-Year Contract

The Arizona Cardinals have now made it official: Jonathan Gannon is their next head coach.

The Arizona Cardinals and Jonathan Gannon have officially come to terms on an agreement to make him the new head coach of the organization.

The following is from the team's official press release:

"The Arizona Cardinals Football Club today announced the hiring of Jonathan Gannon as the team’s head coach. He has agreed to terms on a five-year contract.

"The 40-year old Gannon comes to the Cardinals after spending the past two seasons (2021-22) as the defensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles.

"Under Gannon, the Eagles boasted a top-10 defense in each of the past two seasons, ranking 2nd in total defense in 2022 (301.5 ypg) and 10th in the NFL in 2021 (328.8 ypg). This past season the Eagles also featured the NFL’s top-ranked pass defense (179.8 ypg) and the league’s 8th ranked scoring defense (20.2 ppg).

"Philadelphia played in Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium after beating San Francisco in the NFC Championship, won the NFC East in 2022 and finished the regular season as the #1 seed in the NFC with a 14-3 record. The Eagles made the postseason in each year Gannon was the defensive coordinator.

"In 2022, the Eagles easily led the NFL with a franchise single-season record 70 sacks in the regular season. No other team in the NFL had more than 55. Philadelphia’s 70 sacks in 2022 were the most by any team in a single season since the 1989 Minnesota Vikings (71). Combined with their eight sacks in the postseason, the Eagles 78 total sacks in 2022 were the third-most in NFL history behind only the 1984 (82 sacks) and 1985 Chicago Bears (80 sacks). Philadelphia also tied for 4th in the NFL in both total takeaways (27) and interceptions during the regular season."

Gannon beat out other candidates such as Lou Anarumo and Mike Kafka for the open position, the last spot of the five teams that fired their coach this season. 

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