John Fox interviews for Broncos' coaching job

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The headliner of the head coaching candidate group arrived like everybody else.
Despite the mass of humanity surrounding him, John Fox was easy to spot as he stepped off the escalator at the DIA main terminal.
Some of the recognition was the fame attained by those who have been a head coach in a Super Bowl. Fox was further distinguished from the crowd by his Broncos-orange tie.
He had recently bought it just for the occasion of interviewing Wednesday for the Broncos' head coach opening.
"To be honest with you, I didn't have many orange ties," Fox said in his familiar raspy voice. "But I think it looks pretty good."
The Broncos will ask their next coach, whoever it may be, to help resurrect a franchise that finished the 2010 season with the NFL's second-worst record. Among the five candidates under consideration, only Fox has done it before.
Perry Fewell and Rick Dennison have been NFL coordinators, and Fewell went 3-4 as the Buffalo Bills' interim head coach in 2009. Eric Studesville has never been a coordinator, but he was the Broncos' interim head coach in the season's final four games, all relatively meaningless. Dirk Koetter has led college programs into winners, but at the highest level, he has been only an offensive coordinator.
Fox is the only one who has resurrected programs in the NFL. And he has done it more than once.
When he first got the Carolina Panthers' head coaching job in 2002, he inherited a team that went 1-15 the year before. The Panthers went 7-9 in his first season, and they reached the Super Bowl in their second season.
Would the Broncos take a Super Bowl in 2012? Considering they've missed the playoffs for five consecutive seasons, the answer is something close to: Are footballs made of pigskin?
The Panthers, a small-market team that always has tried to compete on a stricter budget than most NFL teams, fell back to 7-9 in 2004, but Fox brought them back to 11-5 and the NFC championship game in 2005.
And then again after two mediocre seasons, Fox built the Panthers into a 12-4, No. 1-playoff seed team as recently as 2008.
The point is, as the Broncos decide on who has the best chance of leading them back to prominence, the guy with proof wouldn't be an illogical choice.
"Very similar, second (overall draft) pick," Fox said, referring to his first season in Carolina and the current state of the Broncos. "Much the same situation. I think the rebuild (in Denver) will require a little more on defense than offense. But I think I have a blueprint that we executed in Carolina, and I don't see any reason why it can't work here in Denver."
Fox completed the Broncos' first round of interviews in what has been, by design, an unusually deliberate search process. The Broncos' search committee of owner Pat Bowlen, president Joe Ellis, football executive John Elway and general manager Brian Xanders likely will decide tonight or Friday whom to bring back for a second interview during the weekend.
The next head coach is expected to be announced within a week.
For the second interview, the Broncos' brass may ask their finalists to bring along their wives.
The Broncos, with the addition of Elway in the front office, have a larger family now, and they want to get a sense of whether everyone can get along for years to come.
Which may lead to the primary concern regarding Fox. The Broncos want their next coach to be around for the next eight to 10 years or so. Fox is about to turn 56. He just went through nine years of grind and stress that is part of any NFL head coaching job description.
Can he do it for another nine years or so for a second club with no break in between?
"I have a passion for it," he said.




http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_17081254

[1inStripes]

Its been pretty neat how open Elway has made this to the public. Tweeting info regarding their interviews and even some videos as well I believe.

[steer]

via ESPN, the Bronco's have hired John Fox as the new coach. I think it's a good fit.

[centennialdawg]

Beat me to it.

[Biggin]

Excellent fit because Fox is an awesome coach. CAR had a ****ty team this year, terrible but he is still a great coach. He took CAR to teh SUPER BOWL with Jake freakin Delhomme as a QB; that says it all