Cardinals hire Mike LaFleur as head coach

The Arizona Cardinals hired Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur as their new head coach, the team announced Sunday.

"In his career, Mike has been around some of the best and brightest coaches in football and has been a key contributor to highly successful teams," Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort said in a statement.

"He understands what winning football looks like and what it takes to achieve it. Mike is a strong communicator with a detail-oriented teaching style that has always gotten the best from his players, and we are incredibly excited for him to bring that to the Cardinals."

LaFleur's contract with the Cardinals is for five years.

With LaFleur heading to Arizona and Klint Kubiak reportedly joining the Las Vegas Raiders, all of the NFL's head coaching vacancies are now filled.

LaFleur, the brother of Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur, spent the last three seasons as the Rams' offensive coordinator under head coach Sean McVay. Los Angeles scored more points than any NFL team this campaign and has placed in the top 10 in scoring in two of LaFleur's three years with the franchise.

Prior to joining the Rams, LaFleur served as the New York Jets' offensive coordinator under Robert Saleh. He was also the passing game coordinator on Kyle Shanahan's staff in San Francisco from 2017 to 2020.

Arizona moved on from Jonathan Gannon earlier this season after the head coach couldn't build off of an 8-9 record in 2024. The Cardinals bottomed out in the NFC West with a 3-14 mark in 2025.