Indianapolis Colts interim head coach Jeff Saturday is scheduled to have his second interview for the full-time head coaching job with the Colts, according to a tweet from ESPN Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter. The Colts plan to conduct a second round of interviews with seven candidates.
Saturday was hired as the Colts' interim after a 3-5-1 start to the season under head coach Frank Reich. The team went 1-7 under his tenure, finishing with a -138 point differential and third in the AFC South behind the Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars, according to Pro Football Reference.
Colts owner Jim Irsay said the former Colts center has the capabilities to be a head coach, the Score NFL Insider Jordan Schultz wrote in a tweet last Thursday, a reason why Indianapolis might take their time with a decision. Saturday would pick his own staff if he was selected, as Shultz said he relayed in his interview. The Colts fired offensive coordinator Marcus Brady after a 3-4-1 start to the season.
“Colts interim coach Jeff Saturday told reporters today he wants the full-time job, though he doesn’t have an interview set up yet,” Breer wrote. “Says there’d be ‘significant change’ with the team if he gets the job.”
Saturday said he hopes to remain as the team's head coach next season and that he has shown enough to remain on the sidelines after the Colts ended with a 4-12-1 record, the team's worst since then-head coach Chuck Pagano's final year in 2017, according to Pro Football Reference.
“Hopefully, I’ve shown my leadership,” he told ESPN. “I wish we were better than 1-7. Everybody in that locker room and everybody here, it makes all our jobs a lot easier if you win, right?
“Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened. I’m not dissuaded by that.”
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