Vic Fangio says retirement rumors don’t reflect what’s happening, insisting he’s “good for another two years at least” after Philadelphia’s Super Bowl LIX win. The Eagles defensive coordinator says a checkup showed he’s “reverse aging,” and that he never got s
Vic Fangio had the kind of offseason silence that doesn’t last long in the NFL. After Philadelphia won Super Bowl LIX, retirement chatter began to circle him—one report even suggested he would step away following the playoff loss to the 49ers.
But on Thursday, the Eagles defensive coordinator moved to squash the noise with a blunt message: he’s not going anywhere.
“No, I wasn’t close,” Fangio said, via video from NBC Sports Philadelphia. “I’ve had those thoughts the last few years. Every year at the end of the year I just think about it. I never really got serious to where I would have done it. and it was no different than I did after the ’24 season. after the ’23 season. I told the players the other day that we had our annual physical — we get physicals as coaches — and the docs told me I was reverse aging with my lab work and everything that came up. So, I told them, ‘You guys are stuck with me for a while, a long while.’”.
Fangio, 67, didn’t just dismiss the rumors—he painted them as something he has considered repeatedly, then kept pushing aside. He said the decision never reached the point where he would act on it, and he compared how he felt after recent seasons.
“I still like doing it,” Fangio said. “I like the group of guys we have. I like working with them. I still like the challenge of the job. Work for a good organization. It’s just something I think you’ll always think about at the end of the year. But in the end. I didn’t come close to doing it. and I really don’t foresee myself doing it [any time soon]. I’m good for two years at least.”.
The football details have kept moving around him, but so has his personal timeline. Fangio is entering his third season as Philadelphia’s defensive coordinator. He also said the idea of stepping away isn’t being driven by fear or exhaustion. even if “birth certificate” numbers are there to remind him to “consider it.”.
Fangio’s NFL coaching path goes back to 1986, when he began with the Saints. He was head coach of the Broncos for three seasons. and he has served as an NFL defensive coordinator for 22 seasons. going on 23. That résumé is why the rumors carried weight—yet his message Thursday made it clear those reports didn’t match his plans.
During Fangio’s two seasons with the Eagles, Philadelphia finished second and fifth in points allowed. The numbers don’t end the debate about long-term futures in the NFL. but they do explain why the coordinator’s sudden. tight answer landed the way it did: the man fielding retirement talk insists he’s got time.
With his “two years at least” line on the record, the question shifts. Not whether Fangio could step away, but what happens when that timetable approaches—and whether the group he says he still loves working with can keep making the decision feel optional.
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