This could be interesting. The New Orleans Saints are interviewing Miami Dolphins wide receivers coach Robert Prince for their offensive coordinator vacancy on Saturday evening, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. The team also met with Minnesota Vikings assistant Daronte Jones to interview him for their defensive coordinator job earlier on Saturday. Kellen Moore is working quickly to identify candidates and fill out his staff.
Prince, 59, is someone Kellen Moore has known for a very long time. He was the Boise State wide receivers coach at the same time Moore was the Broncos’ starting quarterback, and they reunited a few years later on the Detroit Lions after Moore turned pro and Prince was hired to their staff. Prince later joined Moore on the Dallas Cowboys as the wide receivers coach when he was the offensive coordinator.
He was not retained when Mike McCarthy parted ways with Dallas this offseason, but Prince initially was hired as the Dolphins’ wide receivers coach. This would give him an opportunity for promotion so maybe his stay in Miami ends up being brief.
So clearly Prince is someone Moore has familiarity working with. Moore will continue to call plays as Saints head coach so a coordinator like Prince would be expected to do more preparation and game planning during the week than radioing plays in on game days. Stay tuned.