CBS Sports has ranked the NFL's best new coordinators at the midway point of the 2026 season, with Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon taking the top spot.
Honorable mentions include New York Jets offensive coordinator Frank Reich, Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Zac Robinson, and Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard.
Top 10 New Coordinators at Midseason
10. Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Declan Doyle guided the league's No. 7 scoring offense (29.0 points per game) through four weeks with Lamar Jackson healthy, but the unit has averaged 15.8 points per game since Jackson's Week 5 injury.
9. Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Brian Fleury has maintained elite production from receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who joined Torry Holt, Steve Smith Sr., and Cooper Kupp as the only players with 900-plus receiving yards and nine-plus touchdowns in the first eight games of a season.
8. Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator Mike Rutenberg has kept the defense in the top half of the league (No. 13 scoring defense at 21.6 points allowed) despite losing Myles Garrett, with 11 players recording at least one sack and four with three or more.
7. New York Giants defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson has manufactured pressure with the league's third-highest blitz rate (41.9%), holding opponents to 6.1 yards per pass attempt, the second-lowest in the NFL, helping the Giants lead the NFC East at 4-2-1.
6. New York Giants offensive coordinator Matt Nagy has navigated a quarterback carousel, becoming the first team since the 2016 Patriots to have three different starting quarterbacks win before November, while keeping Malik Nabers engaged with four straight 100-yard receiving games.
5. Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy has shifted the offense around running back Kenneth Walker III, who ranks third in rushing yards (770) and second in yards per carry (5.5), with the Chiefs 11th in scoring despite a 37-year-old Travis Kelce as top target.
4. San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Raheem Morris leads the NFL's No. 1 seed with the No. 6 scoring defense (19.9 points allowed), No. 4 total defense (299.3 yards), and No. 5 run defense (86.8 yards), despite a negative time-of-possession margin.
3. Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Drew Petzing directs the No. 3 scoring offense (29.0 points per game) and has unlocked Jahmyr Gibbs, who has three 150-yard rushing games in 2026 after only two in his first three seasons combined.
2. Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Patrick Graham has revived the defense to No. 3 in scoring (18.0 points allowed), No. 6 total defense (305.6 yards), and tied for third in takeaways (13), with T.J. Watt matching his 2023 sack total in half the games.
1. Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon has produced a top-10 scoring defense (20.5 points allowed) and total defense (314.9 yards) despite the league's worst rushing offense (60.6 yards per game) keeping his unit on the field for 31:36 per game. Without Micah Parsons and Edgerrin Cooper, Gannon has developed Lukas Van Ness (4.5 sacks) and maximized safety play from Xavier McKinney and Evan Williams, with the Packers ranking second in takeaways (15).
