Report: Colts to hire Jim Bob Cooter as OC

The Indianapolis Colts are expected to hire Jim Bob Cooter as their offensive coordinator, multiple outlets reported Monday.

It would mark the first coordinator hire of new head coach Shane Steichen, who will be the offensive play caller for the Colts.

It would also mark Cooter's second stint in Indy.

Also, the Colts are also hiring University of Cincinnati offensive coordinator Tom Manning as their tight ends coach, according to reports.

Cooter, 38, just completed his first season in Jacksonville as passing game coordinator under Doug Pederson. Cooter knows Steichen from Philadelphia, where Cooter was an offensive consultant in 2021 with the Eagles while Steichen was offensive coordinator.

Cooter got his coaching start in Indianapolis, where he was an offensive assistant under Jim Caldwell from 2009-11. After stops in Kansas City and Denver, Cooter followed Caldwell to Detroit, where he was the Lions' quarterbacks coach in 2014-15 before being promoted to OC for the 2016-18 seasons. He was running backs coach under Adam Gase in New York from 2019-20 before working with Steichen in Philadelphia.