The Baltimore Ravens attempted to keep the train of interviews coming in requesting a sit-down with a familiar face.
The Baltimore Ravens are keeping their options open in conducting interviews for their next head coach, but tapping back into theThat initiative has tracked throughout many of the Ravens' interviews, and that's only half of the way through their process of scouring the league for's replacement.
Look no further than the first sit-down their organized, which featured Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator Vance Joseph, or their choice to bring recently-fired Cleveland Browns Head CoachThese men were heavily involved with some of the best defensive units that the 2025 season had to offer, groups that ran laps around what the Ravens trotted out. The Browns have particularly picked Baltimore's interest, as it doubled down on attempting to poach one of Cleveland's lone bright spots by inviting Jim Schwartz, Stefanski's defensive coordinator, in for his own shot at the job. The Ravens requested an interview with Browns DC Jim Schwartz for their head coaching job, per source. Schwartz also interviewed for Cleveland’s head coaching job and the team doesn’t want to lose him. But their AFC North rivals will speak with him. Schwartz is a hot-enough candidate to have interviewed for the top job with his incumbent Browns, indicating that he's viewed as an in-house asset. The Ravens have enjoyed enough encounters against Schwartz' defensive legion, having squared off against his Browns a half-dozen times since he accepted their lead defensive coaching role three off-seasons ago. Even when Cleveland lacked quarterback reliability, he helped churn out the NFL's best defense in his first campaign with the Browns, and returned to the top-four in 2025 behindSchwartz, a Baltimore native, actually spent a brief stint with his hometown team as the Ravens' first-ever outside linebackers coach during their maiden 1996 voyage. He served that role for three seasons before embarking on an illustrious three-decade voyage around the league, even serving as the head coach of the Detroit Lions for five years betweenDec 29, 2013; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz hugs quarterback Matthew Stafford following the game against the Minnesota Vikings at Mall of America Field at H.H.H. Metrodome. The Vikings defeated the Lions 14-13. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-Imagn Images | Brace Hemmelgarn-Imagn Images Just over 12 years since he was fired from Detroit, he's ascending right back into a compelling head coaching candidate in this winter's wide-open field. Eight teams, good for a quarter of the NFL, have elected to move on from their respective on-field leaders, with the Browns and Ravens chief among the hungry franchises. Cleveland's already shared several ties with the once-contending Ravens in the week since the regular season concluded, each being forced to sit and watch as the playoffs kick off around them. Harbaugh's interest in the Browns has been noted as he surveys his options, and as it turns out, his former team may be making a similar play at one of the Browns' own favorite candidates. Make sure you bookmark Baltimore Ravens On SI for the latest news, exclusive interviews, film breakdowns and so much more!Henry covers the Washington Wizards and Baltimore Ravens with prior experience as a sports reporter with The Baltimore Sun, the Capital Gazette and The Lead. A Bowie, MD native, he earned his Journalism degree at the University of Maryland.
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