Nate Scheelhaase has 4 head coaching interviews before Sunday

The Los Angeles Rams are preparing for a big Divisional Round match this weekend. Los Angeles plays against Chicago in a game with a trip to the NFC title game on the line. The Rams have obviously had a lot of success this season, and now the entire league wants it poach talent from your coaching staff.

Rams passing game coordinator Nate Schellhas is a popular head coaching candidate during this year’s recruiting cycle.

Sheelhaase has four interviews with the head coach in the next two days before LA’s playoff game on Sunday.

He finished the interview with the head coach with the Browns early Friday morning. Scheelhaase is also scheduled to interview with the Steelers and Raiders on Friday. On Saturday, he will also interview the Ravens.

Sheelhaase was the first head coaching interview the Steelers have requested after Mike Tomlin retired earlier this week.

LA’s passing game coordinator isn’t just in demand because the team won a lot of games. The success of the Rams’ passing offense also makes Schellhase attractive to other teams.

Stafford’s MVP-caliber season certainly looks good on Schellhase’s resume.

The 37-year-old quarterback had one of his best regular seasons ever in 2025. Stafford had 4,707 passing yards with 46 touchdowns and just eight interceptions. He had never thrown for so many touchdowns in one season before. It was also his second time passing for over 4,000 yards since joining the Rams in 2021.

But Sheelhaase isn’t the only Rams assistant coach with strong interest in head coaching jobs.

Both LA coordinators, OC Mike LaFleur and DC Chris Shula, are also popular head coaching candidates.

It will be interesting to see which of LA’s assistant coaches get the head coaching jobs this offseason. At this point, it feels inevitable that at least one of them will leave the Rams. Especially with a whopping nine league-wide vacancies.

But the longer the Rams stay in the playoffs, the longer teams have to wait before hiring Schellhas and his fellow assistant coaches.

Rams at Bears kicks off Sunday at 6:30pm ET.