The Rams' coaching staff for the 2026 season has been finalized.

Head coach Sean McVay's finalized staff features a mix of promotions and new additions as well as familiar names. All told, the staff includes 16 returnees and eight new hires. Here is more about each of them.

Head Coach: Sean McVay

McVay enters his 10th year as head coach of the Rams. In 2025, Los Angeles reached the playoffs and double-digit wins for the seventh time in McVay's first nine seasons. L.A. has also finished with a winning record in all one but one season of McVay's tenure so far.

Assistant Head Coach: Kliff Kingsbury

Kingsbury joins the Rams' coaching staff after serving as the Commanders' offensive coordinator the last two seasons. He reportedly interviewed for the Ravens' head coach and offensive coordinator openings, as well as the Titans' and Giants' offensive coordinator openings, before ultimately joining McVay's staff.

Offensive staff

Offensive Coordinator: Nate Scheelhaase

Another new title for Scheelhaase in his third season on L.A.'s staff after serving as pass game coordinator last season. This promotion comes after he reportedly received multiple head coach and offensive coordinator interview requests this past cycle.

Quarterbacks/Associate Coordinator: Dave Ragone

Ragone returns for his third season as the Rams' quarterbacks coach, but this marks his first with associate coordinator in his title as part of this staff. Working closely with Ragone, quarterback Matthew Stafford was named NFL MVP after leading the league in passing yards (4,707) and passing touchdowns at the helm of the NFL's No. 1 total offense and No. 1 scoring offense last season.

Wide Receivers: Rob Calabrese

Calabrese gets a big promotion entering Year 3 after spending the first two seasons as an offensive assistant. The wide receivers were one of the position groups Calabrese worked closest with in his previous role.

Offensive Line: Ryan Wendell

Wendell returns for his fourth season overseeing the Rams' offensive line. In 2025, the Rams tied with the Broncos for the fewest sacks allowed in the regular season with 23, marking back-to-back seasons where they've allowed the sixth-fewest sacks or better.

Tight Ends: Scott Huff

Returning for his second season on the Rams' staff, Huff's group collectively improved their production from 51 catches, 459 receiving yards and three touchdowns in 2024 to 103 receptions, 1,128 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns 2025, playing a key role as Los Angeles took on a 13 personnel-led offensive identity by the end of the season.

Senior Offensive Assistant/Wide Receivers: Eric Yarber

Entering his 10th season working with the wide receivers, Yarber now holds the title of senior offensive assistant/wide receivers coach. He joins assistant offensive line coach Zak Kromer as the longest-tenured member of McVay's offensive staff.

Last season, Yarber led a receivers group headlined by Puka Nacua, whose 129 receptions led the NFL and 1,715 receiving yards were second-most in the league in the regular season. Additionally, Davante Adams led the league in receiving touchdowns with 14.

Running Backs: Ron Gould

Gould returns for his fourth season leading L.A.'s running backs. He's been a central figure to Kyren Williams' production over the last two seasons; in 2024, Williams set career highs in rushing yards (1,299) and rushing touchdowns (14).

Assistant Offensive Line: Zak Kromer

Kromer is one of the two longest-tenured member of McVay's offensive staff and worked with Wendell to help the offensive line achieve the success it did over the last two seasons

Assistant Offensive Line: Brian Allen

A former Rams starting center, Allen initially began working with the team in a consultant capacity at the beginning of last season and is now on the coaching staff full-time.

Assistant Wide Receivers: Robert Woods

Fans won't have to look far to wonder where Woods is headed in retirement. Fresh off signing a one-day contract to a retire as a Ram, Woods joins the team's coaching staff as an assistant wide receivers coach working with Calabrese and Yarber.

Defensive Assistant: Robert Wright

This will be Wright's first season as a defensive assistant on L.A.'s staff. He spent the last two seasons as Syracuse's co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach, and prior to that was the University of Buffalo's defensive coordinator in 2023, overlapping with former Buffalo standout and current Rams inside linebacker Shaun Dolac. Wright began his coaching career as a special teams quality control coach at his alma mater, the University of Miami, in 2015, and went on to have stops at Illinois (defensive graduate assistant 2016-17, defensive quality control 2018) where he worked primarily with the linebackers and nickelbacks in those roles, Texas A&M (defensive graduate assistant, 2019-20), Iowa State (special teams quality control coach, 2021), Duke (senior defensive analyst, 2022) before joining Buffalo's staff.

Defensive staff

Defensive Coordinator: Chris Shula

Shula returns for his third season as defensive coordinator and 10th overall on the Rams staff. In his second, Los Angeles finished 10th in scoring defense and 12th in run defense.

Run Game Coordinator/Defensive Line: Giff Smith

Returning for his third season on the Rams staff, 2026 marks Smith's second with this title. Defensive ends Kobie Turner (seven) and Braden Fiske (three) accounted for 10 of Los Angeles' 47 sacks last season.

Inside Linebackers: Greg Williams

Williams returns for his third season coaching L.A.'s inside linebackers. In 2025, Nate Landman's 132 total tackles led the team and also set a new career high.

Pass Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs: Jimmy Lake

A senior defensive assistant last season, Lake takes over the pass game coordinator/defensive backs coaching role previously held by Aubrey Pleasant.

Safeties: Chris Beake

Beake returns for his fourth season working with the Rams' secondary and fifth on the Rams' defensive staff overall.

Outside Linebackers: Joe Coniglio

Coniglio returns for his fourth season as outside linebackers coach. In his third, outside linebackers Byron Young and Jared Verse both earned Pro Bowl nods, with Young getting his first after a career-high 12 sacks in 2025.

Pass Rush Coordinator: Drew Wilkins

Wilkins returns for a second season working with the Rams' pass rush. In his first season, the Rams tied with the Seahawks and Texans for the seventh-most sacks in the NFL with 47.

Assistant Defensive Backs: Michael Hunter

Hunter is among the eight new hires, joining the Rams after serving as assistant defensive backs coach for Ohio State the last two years. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma State, doing so for two years before coaching the cornerbacks at Tula in 2023 and then heading to Ohio State.

Senior Offensive Assistant: Brian Johnson

Johnson joins the Rams' staff after serving as the assistant head coach/pass game coordinator for the Commanders the last two seasons. Prior to that, he was with the Eagles for three seasons, serving as quarterbacks coach in 2021 and 2022 before being promoted to offensive coordinator in 2023.

Special Teams staff

Special Teams Coordinator: Bubba Ventrone

After spending the previous three seasons with the Browns, and the five seasons prior to that as the Colts' special teams coordinator, Ventrone takes over the Rams' special teams after Chase Blackburn was let go late last season and after his assistant, Ben Kotwica, held down the role on an interim basis for the remainder of the season.

Assistant Special Teams: Kyle Hoke

Hoke previously held the same title in Cleveland and keeps it following Ventrone to Los Angeles. Prior to becoming an assistant special teams coach with the Browns, Hoke spent 13 years at the college level, with stops at Texas A&M (2024), San Diego State (2020-23), Indiana State (2019), Texas State (2018), John Carroll (2017), South Carolina (2015-16), Army (2014) and Western Michigan (2012-13).

Game Management

Game Management Coordinator/Assistant Tight Ends: Dan Shamash

Shamash is back for a second season working with the Rams' tight ends and also educating players and coaches on NFL rules and regulations. The Rams were the least-penalized team for the 2025 regular season with just 75 penalties against them.