Aaron Glenn's coaching staff shakeup took another sudden turn Tuesday.
The New York Jets are looking for a new offensive coordinator after Tanner Engstrand and the team agreed to part ways, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.
Glenn was already interviewing candidates to replace Steve Wilks, who was fired late in the season as the defensive coordinator. Following a 3-14 season, Glenn will now search for a play caller on offense.
Glenn and Engstrand had been discussing Engstrand's role in the past several days before the sides agreed to move on, the person told the AP on condition of anonymity because the team didn't announce the move.
Engstrand, a first-time play caller, worked with Glenn for four years as an assistant in Detroit before Glenn hired him to run the Jets' offense. But New York struggled on offense for most of the season with subpar quarterback play a major reason. Justin Fields, signed in the offseason, started only nine games before he was benched in favor of veteran Tyrod Taylor. Undrafted rookie Brady Cook started the final four games because of injuries to Fields and Taylor.
The Jets finished last in the NFL in yards passing and 29th in both total yards per game and points per game. Star wide receiver Garrett Wilson missed 10 games with a knee injury. But New York's running game behind Breece Hall, who had the first 1,000-yard season of his four-year career, was a bright spot while finishing 11th in the league.
Glenn said after the season he would evaluate the players, himself and his staff and move forward based on how those discussions went. It appeared Engstrand would return in his coordinator role, but Glenn decided to change course — and now Engstrand is out, rather than returning in a different role.
Three weeks after the season ended and with several teams already filling key vacancies, the Jets will now have to interview candidates for a new offensive coordinator, including at least two minority candidates to fulfill the league's Rooney Rule.
Special teams coordinator Chris Banjo, whose unit ranked among the best in the NFL, will be the only returning coordinator on Glenn's staff. Several other assistants, though, were fired in the past few weeks as Glenn looks to revamp his staff.
The Jets announced Tuesday they conducted a video interview with Dolphins pass game coordinator and secondary coach Brian Duker for their defensive coordinator vacancy. Duker joins eight other candidates who have interviewed with Glenn for the job, including Chris Harris, who served as New York’s interim defensive coordinator after Wilks was fired, Wink Martindale, Jim Leonhard, Mathieu Araujo, Ephraim Banda, DeMarcus Covington, Daronte Jones and Jim O’Neil.
Martindale is the only known candidate to so far have an in-person interview. The possibility remains that Glenn, previously a defensive coordinator with the Lions for four years, could decide to call plays himself.
New York's defense finished among the NFL's worst in several categories and the Jets became the first team in league history to go without an interception through a season.
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FILE - New York Jets head coach Aaron Glenn yells during an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Dec. 28, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)
FILE - New York Jets offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand answers questions from media at NFL minicamp football, June 11, 2025, in Florham Park, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray, File)
Three Texas siblings who perished in an icy pond were among several dozen deaths in U.S. states gripped by frigid cold Tuesday as crews scrambled to repair hundreds of thousands of power outages in the shivering South and forecasters warned the winter weather is expected to get worse.
Brutal cold lingered in the wake of a massive storm that dumped deep snow across more than 1,300 miles (2,100 kilometers) from Arkansas to New England and left parts of the South coated in treacherous ice.
Freezing temperatures hovered Tuesday as far south as Tennessee, Arkansas and North Carolina, and were forecast to plunge again overnight. Parts of northern Florida were expected to sink to 25 F (minus 3.9 C) late Tuesday into early Wednesday.
The arctic misery over the eastern half of the U.S. was expected to worsen Friday and Saturday. The National Weather Service said another winter storm could hit parts of the East Coast this weekend, and more record lows were forecast as far south as Florida.
“This could be the coldest temperature seen in several years for some places and the longest duration of cold in several decades,” the agency’s Weather Prediction Center warned Tuesday.
Officials in states afflicted with severe cold reported at least 42 deaths.
Three brothers ages 6, 8 and 9 died Monday after falling through ice on a private pond near Bonham, Texas, Fannin County Sheriff Cody Shook said in a news release Tuesday. The two older boys were pulled from the water by emergency responders and a neighbor, then taken to a hospital. The youngest was found after an extensive search of the pond. Bonham Independent School District said it was devastated by the loss.
More than 500,000 homes and businesses remained without power, with over half the outages in Tennessee and Mississippi. Reconnecting some hard-hit areas could take days. Electric utility Entergy said some of its 6,000 customers in Grenada, Mississippi, might not have power until Sunday.
Jean Kirkland used a lighter and paper Tuesday to ignite her gas stovetop. Her neighborhood in Lexington, Mississippi, lost power Sunday, and Kirkland and her daughter have been relying on the stove and a couple of gas-powered heaters to keep warm. Outside, icicles dangling from power lines clattered.
“When you’re used to certain things, you miss them when they’re gone,” said Kirkland, who’s been getting by without hot water and lights at night, as well as her TV.
Health officials warn against using gas-powered stoves to heat a home. They can give off fumes that increase the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least one carbon monoxide death was reported in Louisiana, according to the state health department.
Dozens of Mississippi counties were in need of bottled water, blankets, tarps, fuel and generators, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency was sending trucks loaded with supplies, Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday.
More than 120,000 outages remained in Nashville, Tennessee, and neighboring communities Tuesday. Nashville Electric Service said in a social media post it had dispatched more than 740 workers to restore power. It didn’t say how long that might take.
Nashville officials said nearly 440 people spent Monday night at community centers being used as temporary shelters, while 1,400 more stayed at area homeless shelters. Many residents booked rooms at local hotels.
Lisa Patterson had planned to ride out the deep freeze at her family's Nashville home. But she and her husband lost power, trees fell onto their driveway and their wood stove proved no match for the cold. Along with their dog, the couple had to be rescued and taken to a warming shelter.
“I’ve been snowed in up there for almost three weeks without being able to get up and down my driveway because of the snow. I’m prepared for that. But this was unprecedented," Patterson said.
In Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear warned that the temperatures could become so frigid that as little as 10 minutes outside “could result in frostbite or hypothermia.”
In New York City, officials said 10 people had been found dead outdoors in frigid weather. More deaths were reported across a dozen states. They included two people run over by snowplows in Massachusetts and Ohio, and two teenagers killed while sledding in Arkansas and Texas.
Bynum reported from Savannah, Georgia; Bates from Lexington, Mississippi; and Hall from Nashville, Tennessee. Associated Press writers around the country contributed.
A pond where neighbors say three young boys died after falling into the water is seen Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in Bonham, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
New York Waterway ferries move as ice floats on the Hudson River seen from the Edge sky deck at Hudson Yards, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Emma Teske shovels out her car following a winter storm that dumped more than a foot and a half of snow across the region, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in Haverhill, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A tree limb dangles from a power line near Lexington, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates)
A tree downed by ice rests in a front yard just feet from a house in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Travis Loller)
People take the Staten Island Ferry as ice floats on the Hudson River, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A woman walks across the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, following a weekend ice storm. (AP Photo/Bruce Newman)
Carrie Hampton tries to navigate a snowy intersection without spilling her coffee in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A person walks their dog in the snow after a storm in Portsmouth, N.H., Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
In this image provided by the City of Oxford, Miss., snow and ice cover trees and streets as a winter storm passes through, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Oxford, Miss. (Josh McCoy/City of Oxford, Miss. via AP)
A man digs a car out of the snow on Beacon Hill following a winter storm that dumped more than a foot of snow across the region, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A lineman works to restore power in Oxford, Miss. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, following a weekend ice storm. (AP Photo/Bruce Newman)
