Former Texans QB coach Jerrod Johnson will join Eagles coaching staff alongside Nick Sirianni and Sean Mannion

Drew Smith
March 2, 2026
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The Eagles just made another interesting move on the offensive side of the ball, and if you’re noticing a pattern, you’re not crazy. Jerrod Johnson is officially joining the Eagles’ coaching staff after he and the Houston Texans mutually agreed to part ways so he could pursue other opportunities.

Jerrod Johnson had been Houston’s quarterbacks coach for the last three seasons, and now he heads to Philadelphia to work alongside head coach Nick Sirianni and new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion. His exact title has not yet been announced.

Jerrod Johnson heads to Philly to work alongside Sirianni and Mannion.

Former #Texans QB coach Jerrod Johnson is joining the #Eagles’ coaching staff, source says. Johnson and Houston mutually parted ways so he could seek other opportunities. He heads to Philly to work alongside HC Nick Sirianni and new OC Sean Mannion. pic.twitter.com/vNLC4ypfgW
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 1, 2026

This is now the second time the Eagles have hired one of their offensive coordinator candidates who didn’t ultimately land the job. First it was former Buccaneers offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard, who came aboard as passing game coordinator. Now it’s Johnson, who interviewed twice for the OC role before the job went to Mannion.

Clearly, the Eagles liked what they heard from him.

Jerrod Johnson has been on Philly’s radar for a while.

He also interviewed for the offensive coordinator vacancy in 2024 before the team hired Kellen Moore. There was even speculation recently that Johnson might leave the NFL entirely to return to Texas A&M, where he was a three-year starting quarterback. Instead, he lands in Philadelphia.

The Sirianni connection is obvious. Johnson worked alongside him in Indianapolis under Frank Reich from 2019 through 2021 as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship. But that’s not the only notable tie here.

Jerrod Johnson actually began his NFL coaching career in 2017 with the 49ers during Kyle Shanahan’s first season as head coach, also through the Bill Walsh Diversity Fellowship.

That staff was loaded with names who have since become major figures around the league, including Mike McDaniel, DeMeco Ryans, and others from the Shanahan coaching tree.

In 2022, Johnson served as Kevin O’Connell’s assistant quarterbacks coach in Minnesota, where he overlapped with Sean Mannion, who was with the Vikings from 2019 to 2023 as a player before being released during final cuts in 2022.

So beyond Sirianni, Jerrod Johnson has real working connections with Shanahan, O’Connell, Mannion, and Ryans. That is not insignificant. That’s exposure to multiple branches of one of the most influential offensive systems in football.

Johnson, 37, had a journeyman playing career after going undrafted out of Texas A&M. He even spent time in Eagles training camp back in 2011 at Lehigh. He bounced around with the Steelers, Seahawks, Bears, Ravens, and Cowboys through 2016 but never appeared in a regular-season NFL game. His impact has clearly come on the coaching side.

Now the question becomes what his actual role will be. With Mannion installed as offensive coordinator, Grizzard as passing game coordinator, and Parks Frazier as quarterbacks coach, the staff is getting crowded. But that might be exactly what Sirianni wants.

It’s becoming clear that Sirianni is intentionally stacking his offensive room with coaches who have worked in or around the Shanahan tree and the Bill Walsh framework. That system has produced some of the league’s most creative offenses in recent years, and the Eagles appear determined to infuse as much of that DNA as possible into their building.

This isn’t a flashy hire that will dominate headlines, but it’s a smart one. Johnson is young, connected, and respected enough to draw multiple OC interviews. That’s not accidental.

For a team that is clearly recalibrating its offensive identity, bringing in another coach with deep ties to modern offensive architecture feels like a deliberate move, not a coincidence.