The Eagles have included Joe Kasper from the Dolphins to their revamped defensive coaching team.
The Eagles have enlisted Dolphins assistant coach and former Eagles assistant Joe Kasper as their new safeties coach, as per NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe.
Kasper served on Nick Sirianni’s coaching staff in 2021 and 2022, under new Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio in 2022. He reunited with Fangio in Miami last year.
Initially, Kasper worked as a defensive quality control coach with the Eagles in 2021 and 2022 under Jonathan Gannon, and later transitioned to Dolphins safeties coach in the past year.
Kasper’s hiring marks a continuation of the defensive coaching staff overhaul that began with the Eagles parting ways with both 2023 defensive coordinators – Sean Desai and Matt Patricia – and proceeded with the addition of Fangio.
Kasper is the second assistant Fangio has brought in, with former Seahawks defensive coordinator Clint Hurtt reportedly joining the Eagles as defensive line coach. It was initially expected that another Seahawks assistant, Karl Scott, would come on board as Eagles secondary coach, but Scott is now anticipated to stay in Seattle.
In other news, D.K. McDonald – who served as the Eagles’ secondary coach in 2023 – is likely to become co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach at the University of Kansas, according to Bruce Feldman of The Athletic.
The Eagles have interviewed two candidates for the linebacker position – former Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry and former Eagles linebacker and assistant coach Mike Caldwell.
Among the other defensive coaches on the 2023 staff were D.J. Eliot (linebackers), Tracy Rocker (defensive line), Jeremiah Washburn (edge rushers), Ronell Williams (nickel corners), Taver Johnson (assistant secondary), Tyler Scudder (assistant linebackers), Mike DiAngelo (defensive quality control), and Matt Leo (defensive assistant).
While Fangio may choose to retain some, most are not expected to stay with the team.
Fangio embarks on his 44th year as a football coach. He spent the 2022 Super Bowl season as a defensive consultant with the Eagles.
Kasper previously coached at his alma mater, Mentor High outside Cleveland, after playing college football at Baldwin Wallace in Berea, Ohio. Baldwin Wallace competes in the Ohio Athletic Conference with Mt. Union, Sirianni’s alma mater.
He served as wide receivers coach at NCAA Division 3 John Carroll outside Cleveland in 2017 and was a graduate assistant at Duke under David Cutliffe from 2018 through 2020 before joining the Eagles.
