The Colts would like to have a word with Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn regarding their head coaching vacancy, and have formally put in an interview request for Quinn, Todd Archer of ESPN reports.
This is now the second job Quinn has been connected to during this coaching cycle. He is already scheduled to meet with the Broncos on Friday.
In his first year in Dallas, Quinn resurrected a historically bad Cowboys defensive unit and nearly turned them into one of the top units in the NFL in 2021 overnight.
They were even better this season before they suffered some key injuries. And despite the injuries, the Cowboys still had a top-5 scoring defense and a top-10 total defense in the regular season. The Cowboys' defense also ranked No. 2 in the NFL in turnover margin and led the league with 33 takeaways.
Quinn has been a hot name around the league the last two years, and that was before his defense dominated Tom Brady and the Buccaneers' offense on Monday night.
Prior to his time with Dallas, Quinn was head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 2015-2020, taking that team to the Super Bowl after the 2016 season.