ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Broncos Head Coach Sean Payton has announced the addition of 16 coaches to the team’s staff, including Joe Lombardi as Offensive Coordinator, Vance Joseph as Defensive Coordinator, Mike Westhoff as Assistant Head Coach and Ben Kotwica as Special Teams Coordinator.
On offense, the Broncos named John Morton as Pass Game Coordinator, Keary Colbert as Wide Receivers Coach, Declan Doyle as Tight Ends Coach and Zach Strief as Offensive Line Coach.
Defensively, Denver named Greg Manusky as Inside Linebackers Coach and Michael Wilhoite as Outside Linebackers Coach. Marcus Dixon will remain Defensive Line Coach and Christian Parker will continue to serve as Defensive Backs Coach.
Chris Banjo has been named Assistant Special Teams Coach and will work with Westhoff and Kotwica on the Broncos’ special teams staff.
The Broncos also added Dan Dalrymple as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. Korey Jones will remain as Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach.
Paul Kelly will be the Broncos’ Assistant to the Head Coach.
Several of the Broncos’ new coaches have spent time working with Payton during his 15-year tenure with the Saints.
Lombardi, who most recently served as the Chargers’ offensive coordinator from 2021-22, spent 12 seasons with the Saints as an offensive assistant (2007-08) and quarterbacks coach (2009-13; 2016-2020). In between stints as New Orleans’ quarterbacks coach, he served as the offensive coordinator in Detroit for two seasons. An Air Force graduate, Lombardi helped the Chargers to top-10 offenses — and top-three passing offenses — in his two seasons in LA.
Joseph will rejoin the Broncos after serving as Denver’s head coach from 2017-18. Since his stint in Denver, Joseph spent four years as the Cardinals’ defensive coordinator and helped Arizona to a pair of top-15 scoring defenses and top-10 passing defenses. Joseph has 18 years of NFL experience and five seasons of experience as an NFL defensive coordinator.
Westhoff, a longtime NFL…
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