Broncos head coach candidate: Matt Eberflus, Indianapolis Colts Defensive Coordinator

Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesMatt Eberflus first showed up on radars at Toledo, where he became a graduate assistant in 1992 after a successful playing career playing under Nick Saban and Gary Pinkel. At Toledo, Eberflus worked under Pinkel and then Rockets-DC Dean Pees as an assistant. After Pees left to coach at Notre Dame, Eberflus became the outside linebackers coach/recruiting coordinator, a position he held till 1999. He spent his last two years at Toledo coaching defensive backs and helped guide Toledo to finishing 3rd in the NCAA in scoring defense in 2000. Eberflus followed Pinkel to Missouri as his defensive coordinator and secondary coach from 2001 to 2008. While at Missouri, Eberflus started using the “Tampa 2” defense he’s found so much success with in the NFL. He and Lovie Smith often compared notes about the system.

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