Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, a 2005 Mount St. Joseph University graduate and four-year football letterwinner at MSJ, is among candidates to become a first-time NFL head coach.
Minter reportedly interviewed Jan. 13 with the Arizona Cardinals and Tennessee Titans. Albert Breer reported that the Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders and Baltimore Ravens also requested interviews with Minter.
Minter was among candidates to replace Sherrone Moore as the University of Michigan’s head coach before the Wolverines hired Kyle Whittingham.
Minter spent two seasons as the Wolverines’ DC under Jim Harbaugh. Minter left Michigan in 2024 to join Harbaugh with the Chargers.
What to know about Minter, who turns 43 years old in May:
Jesse Minter is the son of former Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Rick Minter
Rick Minter was UC’s head coach from 1994 to 2003.
Jesse works with his father, currently a senior defensive analyst for the Chargers.
During NBC’s November broadcast of the Chargers’ game against Pittsburgh, Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth discussed the two seasons then-Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin spent as the Bearcats’ defensive backs coach, as an assistant under then-head coach Rick Minter.