Ravens hires Chuck Pagano as Senior Secondary Trainer

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  • Jamison Hensley28 January 2025, 22:30 a one

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      Jamison Hensley is a reporter that covers Baltimore Ravens to ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011 and covered AFC North before focusing exclusively on Ravens from 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland SportsWriter of the Year Award in 2018, and he writes a book entitled: Flying High: Stories of Baltimore Ravens. He was the amber beat author of Baltimore Sun from 2000-2011.

OWINGS MILLS, MD. – Baltimore Ravens hired surprisingly former Indianapolis Colt’s head coach Chuck Pagano as their senior secondary coach on Tuesday in an attempt to improve their inconsistent passport.

Pagano, 64, comes out of a four-year pension to return to Baltimore, where he served as defensive coordinator in 2011. He will look like to help a ravens defense allowed 237.4 yards passing PR passing . Fight, which ranked 26. In the NFL.

“Chuck brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and coaching talent to our team,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said in a statement. “He has deep ties to the program and is happy to come to work.”

This is not the first time Harbaugh has lured a previous defensive coordinator out of retirement. He brought Dean Pees back as a senior adviser in October, which helped reverse the Baltimore defense midway through the season.

Harbaugh said last week that Pees would not return to a full -time role but remains a consultant.

Ravens’ latest reunion is with Pagano, who was the secondary coach at Harbaugh’s first coaching staff in Baltimore in 2008. Three years later, Pagano became the defensive coordinator of Ravens, who ranked No. 3 in Yards and allowed points in 2011.

After a season as Baltimore’s defensive coordinator, Pagano Colts’ head coach was from 2012 to 2017, preparing a 56-46 (.549) record, including the playoffs. Then he was Chicago Bears’ defensive coordinator for two seasons before announcing his retirement in July 2021 and said he would spend more time with his family.

Now Pagano is back in Baltimore, where he can help Zach Orr, Ravens’ second -year defensive coordinator. The ravens allowed 4,150 meters passing in 2024, marking the second time in their history that they gave up over 4,000 meters passing in a single season.

Giving up great plays in the air was a big topic for the Ravens’ defense. Baltimore also allowed 58 finishes of 20 yards or more, which was the third most in the NFL and the second most of the Ravens since 2000.

Pagano will oversee a talented raven’s secondary, which includes two Pro Bowl players in Safety Kyle Hamilton and Cornerback Marlon Humphrey as well as Cornerback Nate Wiggins, a first round of 2024. Stephens.