The NFL is facing a shortage of qualified head coaching candidates. There has been so much turnover among coaching staffs that the development of assistant coaches has been very poor. Teams in the market for a head coach will have to get creative with their coaching searches. The creativity could lead teams to the collegiate level.

One issue with collegiate head coaching candidates is their lack of experience forming an NFL coaching staff. It is one thing to gamble on a college head football coach but it is another to gamble on an offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator and every other position coach who has never coached in the professional league.

There are currently four head coach openings in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns, New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos, Cincinnati Bengals, Miami Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers.

Cleveland Browns on 247Sports examines some of the coaching names that could be discussed during head coaching searches.

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