The Falcons coaching staff is close to complete, with all the major coordinator and positional coaching positions filled at this point. It’s probably safe to say at this point, then, that there are themes in terms of how this team has chosen to build its staff.
Those easy-to-identify themes concern familiarity and experience. On the offensive side of the ball in particular, Arthur Smith has drawn on his past to build his staff, picking coaches he knows and is comfortable with from past stints. On the defensive side of the ball, that’s also true, but the major driving force behind most of the hires seems to be experience, with four positional coaches having prior experience as college or NFL defensive coordinators or co-defensive coordinators.