NASHVILLE — Tennessee Titans coach Brian Callahan clarified Wednesday why he chose Dennard Wilson as his defensive coordinator. “I wanted the best defensive coach I could find and I believe we did with Dennard,” Callahan said during a press conference to introduce the Titans’ new defensive and offensive coordinators, Wilson and Nick Holz. As he explained when he was hired as Tennessee head coach, Callahan will call plays on offense — an atypical relationship between NFL coach and coordinator, but one that Callahan worked as a coordinator under Zac Taylor in Cincinnati. But the keys to the Titans defense, Callahan made clear Wednesday, belong to Wilson.
Dennard will have the autonomy to run the defense how he sees fit,” Callahan said. “As the head coach, my job is always to oversee that process, help him where he could need help, for him to lean on me when he has questions about what an offense is doing. “At the end of the day, the expectation is that Dennard’s got control of the defense, and I’ll be there as a resource and an asset when he needs it. But I wanted a guy who could command the defense, command the room for sure, and I think I found that.”
