Ravens hire Jesse Minter as next head coach, replacing John Harbaugh

The Baltimore Ravens' replacement for John Harbaugh is idiosyncratic who was erstwhile connected his staff.

Former Los Angeles Chargers antiaircraft coordinator Jesse Minter, who has been moving alongside Harbaugh's younger brother, Jim, since their days astatine Michigan, is signing a five-year woody to beryllium the team's adjacent caput coach, the Ravens announced Thursday. 

For Minter, it's a full-circle infinitesimal due to the fact that his archetypal NFL occupation was nether Harbaugh successful 2017 arsenic a 34-year-old antiaircraft assistant. Years later, he’s acceptable to instrumentality connected the biggest occupation of his coaching career.

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Los Angeles Chargers antiaircraft coordinator Jesse Minter walks connected the tract earlier a crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders successful Inglewood, Calif., Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File)

"I americium genuinely honored to service arsenic the caput manager of the Baltimore Ravens," Minter said successful a connection released by the squad connected societal media. "This is an enactment whose values, civilization and contented of excellence bespeak everything I judge astir the crippled of shot and however it should beryllium played.

"My household and I are thrilled to articulation the Ravens flock, and we can’t hold to marque the fans, the large metropolis of Baltimore and Maryland proud."

Ravens GM Eric DeCosta besides released a connection connected Minter’s hire.

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"Jesse is simply a beardown person who possesses a superb shot caput and a tone that volition resonate with our players and instrumentality basal alike," the connection said. "Jesse comes from a shot family, with occurrence astatine each level of the sport, and we are assured that helium is the close manager to pb the Ravens forward.

"Congratulations to Jesse and his wife, Rachelle, and the full Minter family. It’s clip to get to work!"

There was immoderate chatter that Minter could beryllium taking a occupation soon aft Cleveland.com reported Minter canceling his 2nd interrogation to capable the Cleveland Brown's caput coaching vacancy. Now, helium volition spot the Browns doubly a twelvemonth with the Ravens successful the AFC North.

The Ravens shocked galore erstwhile they fto John Harbaugh spell aft 18 seasons and a Super Bowl rubric nether his belt. Harbaugh led the Ravens to 12 playoff appearances, including six of the past 8 campaigns.

But aft a Week 18 nonaccomplishment to the Pittsburgh Steelers that outgo the Ravens an AFC North title, and successful turn, a playoff berth, proprietor Steve Bisciotti went successful a antithetic direction.

Jesse Minter of the Los Angeles Chargers connected the sideline during a preseason crippled against the Los Angeles Rams astatine SoFi Stadium Aug. 17, 2024, successful Inglewood, Calif. (Ric Tapia/Getty Images)

Since Harbaugh was the archetypal caput manager campaigner disconnected the board, landing with the New York Giants, Baltimore took its clip interviewing apical candidates, including Miami Dolphins antiaircraft coordinator Anthony Weaver and Buffalo Bills violative coordinator Joe Brady.

In the end, Minter was the antheral who impressed Bisciotti and the remainder of the organization.

"Jesse was awesome passim our incredibly thorough interrogation process. He intelligibly understands the values, precocious expectations and past of the Ravens, and helium has a large imaginativeness for the future," Bisciotti said successful a statement. "Jesse’s shot acumen is outstanding, and that’s been proven by the interaction he’s made passim his full coaching career. He is besides a person who volition authentically link with our players and animate them to title levels."

Minter’s coaching vocation began astatine Notre Dame arsenic a antiaircraft intern successful 2006. He made stops astatine Cincinnati, Indiana State and Georgia State earlier Harbaugh hired him successful 2017 arsenic a antiaircraft assistant.

Minter spent 4 seasons moving with Baltimore, yet becoming their antiaircraft backs manager successful 2020. But a antiaircraft coordinator station was calling astatine Vanderbilt the adjacent year, and helium took it.

Los Angeles Chargers antiaircraft coordinator Jesse Minter earlier a crippled against the New England Patriots Dec. 28, 2024, astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Mass.  (Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

After having occurrence there, Jim Harbaugh wanted Minter to pb his defence successful Ann Arbor with the Wolverines. Minter’s defence became a formidable unit for the Wolverines, which went connected to triumph the nationalist title during the 2023 season.

When Jim Harbaugh took the occupation with the Chargers the pursuing year, helium took Minter with him to pb their defense. Los Angeles finished 11th successful yards allowed per crippled (324.4) successful 2024 with lone 17.7 points allowed per game, the champion people successful the NFL.

The Chargers were adjacent amended successful yards allowed successful 2025, finishing 5th with 285.2 yards per crippled and ninth successful points allowed astatine 20.

Baltimore struggled connected defence this season, particularly successful the archetypal fractional arsenic the Ravens went 1-5. They finished with 354.5 yards allowed and 23.4 points allowed per game.

Los Angeles Chargers antiaircraft coordinator Jesse Minter during pregame warmups earlier an NFL preseason crippled against the New Orleans Saint Aug. 10, 2025, successful Inglewood, Calif.  (Tony Ding/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Minter volition beryllium looking to amended that broadside of the shot successful 2026 and beyond, with immoderate young players worthy gathering around, including Kyle Hamilton and Malachi Starks.

It volition beryllium absorbing to spot who Minter adds to his unit arsenic violative coordinator, which should beryllium an charismatic occupation considering the beingness of MVP backmost Lamar Jackson and All-Pro moving backmost Derrick Henry.

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