Parker joined The Denver Post in September 2022 after covering the Broncos for USA Today. Before that, he spent five years covering Nebraska football and athletics for the Lincoln Journal Star. He's a New Glarus, Wisconsin native and a University of Wisconsin graduate.
DENVER , CO – JANUARY 4: Secondary coach Jim Leonhard of the Denver Broncos stands on the field before the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
Denver secondary coach Jim Leonhard is leaving to be the Bills’ defensive coordinator under new head coach Joe Brady, a source confirmed to The Denver Post on Saturday morning. Leonhard has spent the past two seasons coaching Denver’s defensive backs and the group has been among the best in football.In fact, Broncos head coach Sean Payton said he tried to hire Leonhard in 2023 for his first coaching staff, but the former University of Wisconsin defensive coordinator and interim head coach instead decided to take a year off after he didn’t get the permanent posting at UW, his alma mater.Bills hiring Broncos offensive assistant Pete Carmichael as OC, source saysBroncos interview Buffalo QB coach Ronald Curry for offensive coordinator job, sources say A Tony, Wisconsin native, Leonhard is plenty familiar with Buffalo. He spent the first three years of his decade-long playing career there from 2005-07 and then returned in 2013. He is the Denver coach in as many days to leave for a coordinator posting with the Bills, joining senior offensive assistant Pete Carmichael, who became Brady’s offensive coordinator on Friday. Payton now has seen five coaches leave his staff by firing or by choice. In addition to the two departures, Payton fired offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi, receivers coach Keary Colbert and cornerbacks coach Addison Lynch. Leonhard and Lynch worked together, so Lynch could be in line to follow with Leonhard.Students walk out of Mapleton schools for ICE protests after Denver-area district tells them they can’t leave Nationwide general strike leads to ICE Out protests, school and business closures across metro DenverSeveral Denver-area school districts delayed or closed over staff absences from ICE Out protestsBroncos' Bo Nix clap back is why relationship works with Sean Payton | Renck & FileFor years, Colorado Medicaid mistakenly paid a program's providers several times too much -- costing millions
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