Christian Parker is squarely on the interview circuit.
The Broncos’ defensive backs coach on Friday interviewed for Green Bay’s open defensive coordinator post, a source confirmed to The Denver Post. That’s the second coordinator job he’s talked with another team about this month after an interview for the same job in New England.
It wouldn’t be surprising to see more, either, as the eight teams to change head coaches this winter fill their top vacancies and then those coaches set about hiring staffs.
This one, of course, was not with a new head coach but with Packers head man Matt LaFleur, who earlier this week fired Joe Barry and is looking for a replacement.
LaFleur and Parker have history, too. Parker served as a defensive quality control coach in 2019-20 for the Packers before his three-year stint as the defensive backs coach in Denver began.
Parker in Green Bay worked for LaFLeur and then-defensive coordinator Mike Pettine. Since then, he’s learned from Vic Fangio in 2021, Ejiro Evero in 2022 and Vance Joseph this season in Denver.
At just 32 years old, Parker quickly impressed Joseph as he has seemingly every coach he’s crossed paths with.
LaFleur has already worked with Parker in the past and saw some of his group’s best work of the season in Week 7 when the Broncos beat the Cowboys.