The New Orleans Saints are hiring Joe Woods as their defensive coordinator, NFL Network and ESPN reported Monday.
The move would reunite Woods with Saints head coach Dennis Allen. Woods was the defensive backs coach under Allen in 2014, when Allen was head coach of the then-Oakland Raiders.
Woods also would coach the defensive backs in New Orleans, per the reports. Allen will remain the defensive play caller.
The Saints lost co-defensive coordinator/defensive line coach Ryan Nielsen to the Atlanta Falcons and then parted ways with co-defensive coordinator/secondary coach Kris Richard last week. Nielsen is the Falcons' new defensive coordinator.