In the offseason, it was rumored that Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio was thinking about retirement.
The 67-year-old has been the team’s defensive coordinator since 2024 and has been an NFL coach since 1986, including three seasons as a head coach with the Broncos.
Philadelphia began OTAs on Wednesday, and on Thursday, Fangio addressed the media, saying he was not at all close to retirement.
“No, I wasn’t close,” he said. “I’ve had those thoughts [for] the last few years, every year at the end of the year. I just think about it. I never really got serious to where I would’ve done it, and it’s no different than I did after the ’24 season, after the ’23 season. I told the players the other day that we had our annual physical. We get physicals as coaches, and the docs told me I was reverse aging with my lab work and everything that came up. I told them, ‘You guys are stuck with me for a while, a long while.'”
Fangio, who has helped the Eagles rank among the NFL’s top defenses since joining the team, says he could keep coaching for at least the next two seasons.
“I still like doing it,” Fangio said. “I like the group of guys we have. I like working with them. I still like the challenge of the job, work for a good organization. Really, it’s just something that I think you’ll always think about at the end of the year, but in the end, I didn’t come close to doing it. I really don’t foresee myself doing it. I’m good for two years at least.”
Fangio staying around as long as he can would be great news for the Eagles, but if it’s just two more years, well, that’s not bad either.
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