Los Angeles Chargers football news: LA Daily News

14 February 2026

• Chargers offseason primer: New DC Chris O’Leary up for the challenge
  There are plenty of tough decisions ahead on the defense, including whether they can re-sign star Khalil Mack and keep the outside linebacker group together.
• Chargers offseason primer: Offense and Justin Herbert need help
  “It’s our responsibility to get up to his level, and we’re continually striving to do that,” Coach Jim Harbaugh said after a second consecutive early playoff exit.
• Chargers’ injury-plagued 2025 season was both a success and a failure
  Injuries to key players, including Justin Herbert and Rashawn Slater, were factors in Coach Jim Harbaugh’s second 11-win season.
• Chargers DC Chris O’Leary calls homecoming ‘a no-brainer’
  The new defensive coordinator, who was the team’s safeties coach in 2024, takes over for Jesse Minter, who left to become the Baltimore Ravens’ head coach.
• The Audible: What’s next for the Rams and Chargers?
  SoCal News Group sports columnists Jim Alexander and Mirjam Swanson discuss what’s going on with the Lakers and Clippers, as well.
• Chargers hire Chris O’Leary as their new defensive coordinator
  O’Leary, who was the Chargers’ safeties coach in 2024, replaces Jesse Minter, who left last week to become the Baltimore Ravens’ head coach.
• Chargers OC Mike McDaniel seeks to unlock Justin Herbert’s full potential
  The Chargers’ new offensive coordinator stresses the importance of “taking a little off (Herbert’s) plate,” in developing a new plan of attack for the quarterback.
• Chargers officially hire Mike McDaniel as their new offensive coordinator
  McDaniel will be tasked with unlocking the full potential of quarterback Justin Herbert, who was the NFL’s ninth-leading passer during the 2025 season.
• Chargers’ defensive coordinator Jesse Minter hired as Ravens’ head coach
  Minter, 42, got his start as an NFL assistant coach with the Ravens, spending four seasons in several defensive roles between 2017 and 2020.
• Reports: Chargers expected to hire Mike McDaniel as offensive coordinator
  McDaniel who was 35-33 in four seasons as the Miami Dolphins’ head coach, replaces Greg Roman, who was fired last week. McDaniel seems to fit their goal of hiring someone to be their “offensive head coach.”