Redskins to Reportedly Hire Ex-Colts Coordinator Greg Manusky as OLB Coach
According to Fox Sports Senior NFL Reporter Alex Marvez, the Washington Redskins are set to hire former Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Greg Manusky as their new outside linebackers coach:
Source tells @NFLonFOX that @Redskins set to hire fired @colts DC Greg Manusky as their new outside linebackers coach
— Alex Marvez (@alexmarvez) January 20, 2016
Manusky spent four prior seasons as the Colts defensive coordinator, but was recently dismissed as the team has overhauled their coaching staff around head coach Chuck Pagano. Instead, the Colts decided to go forward with former Ravens linebackers coach Ted Monachino as their defensive coordinator.
In Manusky’s four seasons with the Colts, his defense has ranked 21st (24.2 ppg), 9th (21.0 ppg), 19th (23.1 ppg), and most recently 25th (25.5 ppg) in allowed points per game.
On a defense lacking playmakers; however, Manusky’s Colts defenses were at least passable all things considered:
Greg Manusky, fired by #Colts, was running Chuck Pagano's scheme without many playmakers. Curious to see if Pagano goes outside the box now
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 5, 2016
His biggest downfall was that his defenses failed to show much improvement on a year-to-year basis in his four seasons with the Colts. Specifically, his defenses would routinely get torched by elite quarterbacks–giving up an exorbitant amount of passing yards and touchdowns.
However, Manusky will now go to the destination where he began his coaching career, as he started as a linebackers coach with the Washington Redskins in 2001–having also played for the team as a middle linebacker from 1988-90.
While the Colts are clearly looking forward to seeing what Monachino can bring as their new defensive coordinator, it’s good to see that Manusky has landed safely on his coaching feet.