Jason Wolf

USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee

The Titans are beginning to turn their attention to the hunt for a head coach.

Tennessee will interview Mike Mularkey on Thursday, according to a league source, beginning the process with the most familiar candidate. Mularkey finished with a 2-7 record as interim coach after former coach Ken Whisenhunt was fired Nov. 3.

Mularkey owns an 18-39 record as a head coach, having gone 14-18 in two seasons with the Bills from 2004 to '05, and 2-14 in his lone season with the Jaguars in 2012. Mularkey was the Titans' assistant head coach and in charge of tight ends when he was promoted to replace Whisenhunt.

An interview is also being scheduled with Lions defensive coordinator Teryl Austin, according to NFL Network. Austin’s interview would satisfy the NFL's Rooney Rule, which requires teams to meet face-to-face with a minority candidate for head coaching vacancies. Austin met with the Dolphins, Browns and Giants last week and interviewed with four teams last season.

The Titans also plan to interview Jaguars assistant and former Bills head coach Doug Marrone, according to ESPN.

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The Titans have yet to name a general manager, but have interviewed six external candidates since firing Ruston Webster on Jan. 4, the day after the regular season finale.

Chris Ballard, the Chiefs’ director of football operations, interviewed for the GM job Monday. Last week, the Titans interviewed Chris Polian, the Jaguars’ director of player personnel; Jon Robinson, the Buccaneers’ director of player personnel; Marc Ross, the Giants’ vice president of player evaluation; former Broncos GM Ted Sundquist; and former Lions GM Martin Mayhew.

Multiple GM candidates, if they were hired, would choose against retaining Mularkey as head coach, according to a source with knowledge of the team's interview process.

Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk and president and CEO Steve Underwood, who are on the four-person hiring committee, will represent the franchise at the NFL owners meetings Tuesday and Wednesday in Houston, according to a team source. Owners are expected to vote on which, if any, teams will relocate to Los Angeles. The Chargers, Raiders and Rams have submitted applications to move to the nation’s second-largest market.

The Titans had an 18-46 record during Webster's four-year stint as GM, including a 5-27 mark the past two seasons. They went 3-13 this season, tied for worst record in the NFL, and own the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.

Jefferson job hunting: Titans wide receivers coach Shawn Jefferson is expected to interview for the same job with the Rams and Dolphins, according to ESPN. He’s been with the Titans for three seasons. Jefferson spent the previous eight seasons as an assistant with the Lions, including his final three as wide receivers coach.

Offensive coordinator, again: The Bears promoted quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains to offensive coordinator, replacing Adam Gase, who was hired as Dolphins head coach. Loggains was an assistant with the Titans from 2008 to '13 and spent his final two seasons in Nashville as offensive coordinator.

Former Vanderbilt corner signed: The Titans signed former Vanderbilt cornerback Steven Clarke to a futures contract. Clarke played in 49 games for the Commodores, recording 93 tackles, eight passes defensed, one interception, three fumble recoveries, 1½ sacks and a forced fumble. He spent the last two seasons playing for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.

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