{"id":1302234,"date":"2019-01-09T10:30:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T17:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=442124"},"modified":"2019-01-09T10:30:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T17:30:05","slug":"vic-fangio-longtime-nfl-defensive-coordinator-to-become-broncos-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/vic-fangio-longtime-nfl-defensive-coordinator-to-become-broncos-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Vic Fangio, longtime NFL defensive coordinator, to become Broncos\u2019 head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Broncos are finalizing a deal to hire long-time NFL defensive coordinator Vic Fangio as their 14th full-time head coach, according to a league source.<\/p>\n<p>Fangio was John Elway&#8217;s choice among five candidates interviewed from Jan. 2-7 and will be the Broncos&#8217; fourth coach in six years.\u00a0The other finalist was Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach Mike Munchak.<\/p>\n<p>Fangio, 60, has not been a head coach at any level, but does have 32 years of NFL experience, including 19 as a defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody in the league knows how great of a coach and a person Coach Vic is and they know what he brings to the table,&#8221; Bears cornerback Prince Amukamara said recently.<\/p>\n<p>Fangio jumped to the top of the Broncos&#8217; list after a nearly four-hour interview on Monday morning, just hours after Chicago&#8217;s 16-15 playoff loss to Philadelphia.\u00a0In the regular season, the Bears had the league&#8217;s top defense, leading in takeaways (36), interceptions (27), lowest passer rating (72.9), three-and-out percentage (26.8), fewest rushing touchdowns (five), fewest rushing yards per game (80.0) and scoring (17.7 points per game).<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vic-fangio-broncos-head-coach\/?fbclid=IwAR3nZbhuIepYypaHtSlpiCiaoCoWWfL0VxydhZinaeIXfU3uyCBLKhvWQRc\">The Denver Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/news\/sports\/vic-fangio-longtime-nfl-defensive-coordinator-to-become-broncos-head-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Vail Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Broncos are finalizing a deal to hire long-time NFL defensive coordinator Vic Fangio as their 14th full-time head coach, according to a league source. Fangio was John Elway&#8217;s choice among five candidates interviewed from Jan. 2-7 and will be the Broncos&#8217; fourth coach in six years.\u00a0The other finalist was Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1302234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 08:24:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1302234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1302234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1302234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1302234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}