The Arizona Cardinals will have at least two vacancies to fill on their defensive staff. A day after they lost linebackers coach Sam Siefkes, who became the defensive coordinator at Virginia Tech, they will need to find a new defensive line coach.

Thamel has coached the Cardinals’ linebackers for the last two seasons and spent the previous two with the Minnesota Vikings as defensive quality control coach in 2021 and assistant linebackers coach in 2022.

Most recently, he was the linebackers coach for the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals’ defense ranked highly in several areas in 2024. Before that, Siefkes worked for the Minneso

The Arizona Cardinals are reportedly moving on from defensive line coach Derrick LeBlanc after two seasons with the organization.

One year after making 12 selections in the NFL draft — more than any other team — the Arizona Cardinals have just five picks this year. They traded their sixth-rounder to Denver for Baron Browning at the deadline and previously sent their seventh-rounder to Carolina to acquire Robbie Anderson.

Sam Siefkes also is a former Wofford and Wisconsin-Platteville defensive coordinator, and he worked as a quality control coach for the Minnesota Vikings.

Virginia Tech has hired Sam Siefkes as defensive coordinator after he spent the last two seasons as the Arizona Cardinals’ linebackers coach.

Goodbye to the Chris Marve era. Welcome the Sam Siefkes era. Virginia Tech shocked the world with their defensive coordinator hire as they signed Arizona Cardin

Virginia Tech has hired former Arizona Cardinals linebackers coach Sam Siefkes as the program's new defensive coordinator.

According to Pete Thamel of ESPN, Virginia Tech is targeting Arizona’s linebackers coach Sam Siefkes to be the program’s defensive coordinator. Siefkes just finished his second season with Arizona as LBs coach. He previously was with the Vikings as their defensive quality control coach in 2021 and assistant linebackers coach in 2022.

Monday’s trumpeting of Siefkes included testimonials from Pry, Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon, Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell and former Vikings coach Mike Zimmer. In short, this was not

Per reports from Matt Zenitz and Pete Thamel, Virginia Tech is keying in on a new defensive coordinator, as they are targeting Arizona Cardinals' linebacker coa