For the first time since 2008, the Baltimore Ravens have a new head coach.
The team announced on Thursday it had agreed to a deal with Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter.
Minter, 42, was as an assistant coach from 2017-20 on John Harbaugh's staff for the Ravens. Baltimore fired Harbaugh on Jan. 6, concluding his 18-year run with the franchise that had ranked as the second-longest active tenure among head coaches.
"I am truly honored to serve as the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens," Minter said in a release. "This is an organization whose values, culture and tradition of excellence reflect everything I believe about the game of football and how it should be played."
Under Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh, Minter orchestrated a defense that allowed the fewest points in the NFL in 2024 after ranking 24th just a year earlier. Last season, Los Angeles finished in the top 10 in both scoring defense (ninth) and yards allowed (fifth).
