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5 takeaways from the Baltimore Ravens’ new coaching staff
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The new era is official, as Ravens head coach Jesse Minter has assembled his full staff for the 2026 season. The Ravens released the full list of 25 coaches on their staff on Thursday afternoon as the team prepares to depart for the NFL Scouting Combine and the start of the new league year on March 9.
Offensive coaching staff
Declan Doyle – Offensive Coordinator
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Marcus Brady – Pass Game Coordinator
Dwayne Ledford – Offensive Line Coach & Run Game Coordinator
Joe Lombardi – Senior Offensive Assistant Coach
Israel Woolfork – QB Coach
Eddie Faulkner – Running Backs Coach
Keary Colbert – WR Coach
Prentice Gill – Assistant WR Coach
Shawn Flaherty – Assistant OL Coach
Zack Grossi – Tight Ends Coach
Patrick Kramer – Off. Quality Control Coach
Defensive coaching staff
Anthony Weaver – Defensive Coordinator
Mike Mickens – Pass Game Coordinator & Secondary
Lou Esposito – Defensive Line Coach
Tyler Santucci – Inside Linebackers Coach
Harland Bower – Outside Linebackers Coach
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P.J. Volker – Safeties Coach
Miles Taylor – Assistant Defensive Backs Coach
Charlie Gelman – Game Management Coordinator/Defensive Assistant
Andrew Rogan – Defensive Quality Control Coach
Rick Minter – Football Analyst
Special teams coaching staff
Anthony Levine Sr. – Special Teams Coordinator
Randy Brown – Senior Special Teams Coach
Ben Kotwica – Senior Assistant Special Teams Coach
Ravens holdovers
The only holdovers from John Harbaugh's staff are Anthony Levine (promotion), Randy Brown, Prentice Gill, and Tyler Santucci. Zach Orr, Chuck Smith, Tee Martin, and Travelle Wharton, who haven't been announced as hires elsewhere, are not part of Jesse Minter's new staff.
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Youth Movement
Offensive coordinator Declan Doyle is 29, the same age as MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson . Mickens (38), Bower (37), and Taylor (30) have yet to turn 40. Minter is 42, and his defensive coordinator, Anthony Weaver, is 45.
College coaches making the jump
Mike Mickens (Notre Dame), defensive line coach Lou Esposito (Michigan), outside linebackers coach Harland Bower (Duke), safeties coach P.J. Volker, and assistant defensive backs coach Miles Taylor (Nebraska) all departed really good college jobs to join Minter's staff.
Football is a family business
Minter hired his dad, Rick, 71, as a senior analyst. A former head coach at the University of Cincinnati, the elder Minter led the Bearcats to three consecutive bowl games from 2000 to 2002.
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Ravens have big names
Baltimore added some big names and plenty of coaching experience. Weaver previously worked as the defensive line coach in Buffalo, Cleveland , Houston , and Baltimore, and served as the defensive coordinator in Miami for the past two seasons after departing the Ravens the same year Mike Macdonald joined the Seahawks. The Ravens added former Steelers running backs coach Eddie Faulkner and senior assistant Joe Lombardi, who was the Denver Broncos ' offensive coordinator against New England in the AFC Championship Game. Dwayne Ledford, the former running game coordinator and offensive line coach in Atlanta , joins the Raens fresh off turning Bijan Robinson into a star.
This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: Baltimore Ravens: 5 takeaways from Jesse Minter's new coaching staff
