NFL Executives Expect Mike Macdonald and Todd Monken to Land Head Coaching Jobs

One of the byproducts of a winning season is the possibility of losing key people to other organizations.

In the case of the Ravens, both first-year Offensive Coordinator Todd Monken and second-year Defensive Coordinator Mike Macdonald are expected to be candidates for head coaching jobs.

Moreover, one anonymous general manager told The Washington Post’s Jason La Canfora that he believes both coordinators will land head coaching gigs in the next hiring cycle.

The expected interest in Monken and Macdonald validates Head Coach John Harbaugh’s decision to bring them into the fold.

“After years of stability at the coordinator spots, Harbaugh altered the primary coaching voices on both sides of the ball, undoubtedly thinking he might enjoy a sustained run with at least one of the two new hires,” La Canfora wrote. “Harbaugh stayed within his coaching tree by tabbing a rising wunderkind in Macdonald, who steadily worked his way up the team’s ranks before spending one year running Harbaugh’s brother Jim’s defense at Michigan and then returning to Baltimore to replace Don ‘Wink’ Martindale. Harbaugh went outside his coaching circle to hire Monken from Georgia early this year, going with more of a grizzled play-calling veteran to expand the team’s passing concepts beyond what former coordinator Greg Roman established.

“Losing both so quickly would be the kind of first-world problem many franchises could only aspire to have, and the Ravens are focused on trying to win another Lombardi Trophy. But it seems as if Harbaugh did such a good job replacing Roman and Martindale that he will probably be reshuffling his staff again.”

There’s been plenty of buzz about the 36-year-old Macdonald, whose unit is No. 1 in points allowed and No. 2 in yards allowed, being a hot head coaching candidate, but “one top executive with a team…