Rams to hire O’Connell as OC?

Gary Klein@LATimesklein
Rams close to hiring Kevin O’Connell as OC, people with knowledge of the situation said. McVay still playcaller. O’Connell’s role would be similar to Matt LaFleur’s in 2017.

Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
I’m also told that the plan is for Sean McVay to continue to call plays, which is just fine. He now has O’Connell to assist in all facets, both in game prep and during games.

The Rapid Rise Of Kevin O’Connell

https://www.redskins.com/news/rapid-rise–kevin-oconnell-redskins-offensive-coordinator

Just two years ago, the Redskins lost their young offensive coordinator in Sean McVay to the Los Angeles Rams. He’s gone on to excel as a head coach, taking the team to a Super Bowl in his second season.
Now, the Redskins have another young assistant looking to leave his mark and show similar promise. In February, they promoted quarterbacks coach Kevin O’Connell to offensive coordinator, shifting Matt Cavanaugh into a senior offensive assistant role.
The 34-year-old O’Connell has continued to climb through the coaching ranks since he joined Washington, moving from quarterbacks coach to passing game coordinator last year. Now he’ll have a chance to run the entire offense with a plethora of dynamic weapons.
“Being a coordinator in my opinion, it’s about putting the people, your personnel, in situations where they can be successful,” he said. “Ninety percent of that in my opinion is the quarterback, and if the quarterback has success, the other ten guys around him if they’re doing their job will feel that success as well.”

Due to the variety of season-ending injuries last year, O’Connell received a very unique assignment in 2018. After losing starter Alex Smith and reliable backup man Colt McCoy for the season, the Redskins turned to O’Connell’s former Jets teammate Mark Sanchez and then journeyman Josh Johnson in an emergency late-season situation.
Sanchez weathered the storm but in his second game was replaced by Johnson, who led the Redskins to a crucial 16-13 win in Week 16 against Jacksonville that kept the team’s playoff hopes alive. O’Connell showed he was able to adjust his system and provide a game plan to any quarterback that was under center come Sunday.
“One of the things that I enjoyed about Alex [Smith], and really Colt [McCoy], was when we came out of Richmond with those two in the room, you really felt like Colt knew how we would play the game without Alex, and could step into that role and play that role,” O’Connell said. “Every coaching point Alex got, Colt got. We felt like we could maintain that, but you lose Colt and you’ve got two guys coming in that have not been a part of the organization.”

from the wiki

O’Connell with the New England Patriots in 2008
Just prior to being drafted, San Diego sports writer Nick Canepa described O’Connell as having a great background and leadership qualities. At the 2008 NFL Combine, O’Connell ran the 40-yard dash in 4.61 seconds; only University of San Diego quarterback Josh Johnson had a faster time.

New England Patriots
The New England Patriots selected O’Connell with their third pick (94th overall) of the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft. O’Connell rushed for a touchdown in the 2008 preseason against the New York Giants in the fourth quarter, in a game the Patriots eventually lost 19-14. He made his NFL debut on September 21, 2008 in the fourth quarter against the Miami Dolphins, throwing his first four career passes and completing three.

O’Connell was waived by the Patriots on August 30, 2009, two days after a preseason game in which starting quarterback Tom Brady was injured, and, in the second half, O’Connell threw two interceptions and only threw 3 completions on 10 attempts. The Patriots gave no explanation for releasing O’Connell, who was in competition with veteran quarterback Andrew Walter, signed after his release from the Oakland Raiders, and undrafted free agent rookie Brian Hoyer of Michigan State.

Detroit Lions
O’Connell was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions on September 1, 2009.

New York Jets
The Lions traded O’Connell to the New York Jets, for a 7th round 2011 draft pick, on September 6, 2009.

He was named a team captain for the September 20 game against the New England Patriots.

On August 31, 2010, New York would release O’Connell.[8] Following his departure, O’Connell found that he had a torn labrum in his throwing arm, an injury he sustained during the preseason. The injury required surgery.

Following his release, the New York Jets re-signed O’Connell to a two-year deal. He had been placed on the injured reserve list.[10] He was later released again on July 29, 2011.

Miami Dolphins
On August 5, 2011, O’Connell signed with the Miami Dolphins, but was waived on September 3.

Second stint with the Jets
O’Connell was claimed off waivers by the Jets on September 4, 2011.

San Diego Chargers
O’Connell was signed by the San Diego Chargers on July 29, 2012 to serve as an emergency back-up in the Chargers’ practices with Charlie Whitehurst suffering an injury and Kyle Boller announcing his retirement from the league.[13] He was released on August 12, 2012.

Coaching career

Cleveland Browns
On February 17, 2015, it was announced that O’Connell was named to the position of quarterbacks coach of the Cleveland Browns for the 2015 NFL season.

San Francisco 49ers
O’Connell was hired to the offensive staff of the San Francisco 49ers on February 26, 2016.

Washington Redskins
On January 20, 2017, O’Connell was announced as the new quarterbacks coach of the Washington Redskins. This announcement was made following the promotion of Matt Cavanaugh to offensive coordinator.O’Connell himself was promoted to offensive coordinator for the 2019 season, with Cavanaugh moving to a senior assistant role.

Coaching tree

NFL head coaches under whom Kevin O’Connell has served:

Mike Pettine, Cleveland Browns (2015) (+ offensive coordinator John DeFilippo, West Coast offense)
Chip Kelly, San Francisco 49ers (2016)
Jay Gruden, Washington Redskins (2017–2019)
Bill Callahan, Washington Redskins (2019) Interim head coach

Rams hiring Kevin O'Connell as OC, Staley as DC https://t.co/gMl3uJtiFD

— RamsNewsNow (@RamsNewsNow) January 11, 2020