The New Orleans Saints are leaning to promoting defensive coordinator Dennis Allen to head coach, and that announcement could come early next week, sources close to the team have said.
But Saints’ general manager Mickey Loomis is not all done just yet, though he was close to concluding interviews for the opening late Friday. Allen, special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi and Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy have interviewed or were interviewing in Metairie at team headquarters to close the week.
Loomis and company previously interviewed former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores on Tuesday – the same day a lawsuit by Flores against the NFL, the Dolphins, the Denver Broncos and the New York Giants for discriminatory interview practices and other issues was filed in federal court in New York City.
“He was very impressive,” Loomis said. “We had a great interview. It went well.”
Loomis said Flores informed him of the lawsuit after they were done interviewing.
Loomis interviewed Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, a former Saints’ assistant coach, on Wednesday here during Senior Bowl week as well. Kickoff for the Senior Bowl college all-star game is at 2:30 p.m. eastern Saturday on the NFL Network.
