With the Green Bay Packers starting to survey candidates for their coaching vacancy, there's speculation that Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald could be in play.
The Packers fired former coach Mike McCarthy back in early December following a disappointing home loss to the Arizona Cardinals, and since then, people in the NFL world have wondered who could be in line to replace him.
Now, with Green Bay reportedly already interviewing candidates such as Jim Caldwell and Chuck Pagano, it's clear that the front office wants to have their new coach in place sooner rather than later.
And it sounds like Fitzgerald may land among the candidates due to his connection with Mark Murphy, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk:
But what about college candidates? The name most prominently connected to the Packers’ vacancy is Pat Fitzgerald, and for good reason. Employed as the head coach at Northwestern since 2006, Fitzgerald secured the job on the watch of former Northwestern A.D. Mark Murphy. And, yes, that’s the same Mark Murphy who as of 2007 became the CEO of the Green Bay Packers.
The 44-year-old Fitzgerald, who became Murphy’s legacy-making hire at Northwestern, could become Murphy’s legacy-making hire in Green Bay, a coach who could remain in place for a decade or longer, assuming he has the chops to thrive at the next level.
Fitzgerald has put together a 95-70 record in 13 seasons at Northwestern, and he would certainly be an interesting candidate given his lack of experience at the NFL level.
But as always, he will be one of many rumored candidates for what figures to be one of the best coaching jobs available entering the offseason.
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