I'd like to see Khan find a way to pry Jim Harbaugh out of Michigan and buy out his $9M contract. But that's unlikely. 

 

With that said. If I had to rank my top three. I'd go with the below at the moment. 

 

1. David Shaw - Head Coach - Stanford - He's had experience before in the NFL at a multitude of positions. He worked under Harbaugh and has done a great job keeping Stanford alive. I think he's a good enough coach for the next level. He seems like a student type of each position but will lay into guys if he has to for making a mistake. I think he would find the fastest way to fix our offensive lineman and running game and then work on whoever his quarterback is. 

 

2. Todd Haley - Offensive Coordinator - Pittsburgh - He wasn't all that impressive at Kansas City. But one things for sure. He's not shy about getting onto his players and he's not shy about having a very aerial offense and balanced offense to boot. If it's any coach right now in the NFL that could help fix this offense it would be him. If he can fix the running game he'd probably try to mimic the same offense he's ran in Pittsburgh. They've had a lot of success under his coordination. 

 

3. Mike Smith - Defensive Coordinator - Tampa Bay - Former DC JAX / Former HC ATL - Was Mike Smith a stellar head coach at ATL? Not completely. But was he terrible? No. He had a winning record there. I think he went 66 - 46 there in ATL. He put together a lot of winning seasons and kind of stalled out his final two years there I think mostly due to injuries on the roster. Right now he has the Buccaneers ranked 13th overall on defense. Which isn't bad for someone who sat out two years worth of football until Koetter called him up during the off-season when he was awarded the coaching job. They're giving up a lot of points per game this year but I think most of that, much like the situation here in Jacksonville this season, can be attributed to the sloppy play of their offense putting them in bad spots with costly turnovers, etc. 

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