Breaking: A 57-year old legend to replace Dennard Wilson in Tennessee

Former Eagles position coach takes job under Dennard Wilson in Tennessee originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Veteran coach Tracy Rocker, who spent the last three seasons as the Eagles’ defensive line coach, has found a new gig.

Rocker, 57, is taking over as the defensive line coach with the Tennessee Titans under their new defensive coordinator and former Eagles DBs coach Dennard Wilson.

The Eagles are still in the process of building their coaching staff that will have a lot of new faces after a disastrous finish to the 2023 season. The Eagles will have two new coordinators and a ton of new position coaches.

Eagles new defensive coordinator Vic Fangio has tabbed Clint Hurtt as his defensive line coach. Hurtt, 45, spent the last two seasons as the Seahawks’ defensive coordinator after coaching the DL for several seasons in Seattle. He coached under Fangio in Chicago in 2015-16.

Once we found out that Hurtt was joining the staff, it was pretty clear that the Eagles were moving on from Rocker, who did have some success in Philly.

Under Rocker, the Eagles led the NFL in sacks with 70 in 2022. That number obviously fell off in a major way in 2023. But Rocker did some good things with a talented group over his three years in Philly.

In Tennessee, Rocker will reunite with Wilson, who was named the Titans’ new defensive coordinator earlier this offseason. Wilson was passed over for the Eagles’ defensive coordinator job last offseason as the Eagles decided to hire Sean Desai.

Wilson spent the 2023 season with the Ravens, coaching one of the best secondaries in the NFL. Desai didn’t make it through the season before being demoted in favor of Matt Patricia. The Eagles clearly would have been better off promoting Wilson.

Here’s a look at where some Eagles coaches from the 2023 staff have reportedly landed this offseason:

OC Brian Johnson: Commanders – Unannounced title
QBs coach Alex Tanney: Colts – Passing game coordinator
Senior offensive assistant Marcus Brady: Chargers – Passing game coordinator
DL coach Tracy Rocker: Titans – DL coach
DBs coach D.K. McDonald: Kanas – Co-DC, CBs coach

Titans announce coaching staff, including 11 holdovers

The Titans announced their new coaching staff Tuesday.

The team added 10 new coaches and retained 11 others under new head coach Brian Callahan.

Those joining the staff have decades of NFL experience.

The new assistant coaches on offense are Bill Callahan, offensive line; Tyke Tolbert, wide receivers; Randy Jordan, running backs; Bo Hardegree, quarterbacks; and Payton McCollum, assistant wide receivers. On the defensive staff, the new coaches are Frank Bush, linebackers; Steve Jackson, secondary/safeties; Tracy Rocker, defensive line and Ben Bloom, outside linebackers. Tom Jones joins the staff as assistant to the head coach.

The staff also includes coaches who were on the staff last year, some in new roles: Chris Harris, passing game coordinator/cornerbacks; Justin Outten, tight ends; Anthony Levine Sr., assistant special teams; Clinton McMillan, assistant defensive line/pass rush specialist; Lori Locust, defensive quality control; Kylan Butler, offensive assistant; Matt Jones, offensive assistant; Luke Stocker, offensive assistant and from the strength and conditioning staff Brian Bell, Tyler Rouse and Haley Roberts.

Several spots on the coaching roster, including special teams coordinator, still need to be filled. The team previously announced the additions of Dennard Wilson as defensive coordinator and Nick Holz as offensive coordinator.