Dianna Russini of TheAthletic.com reports that Rivers has withdrew his name from consideration for the Bills head coaching job. Rivers interviewed with the team after Sean McDermott was fired last week.
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Rivers came out of retirement to join the Colts during the final weeks of the 2025 regular season, but failed to win any games and the Colts were eliminated from playoff contention. He said his plan was to return to coaching his son’s high school team before the Bills offered him the opportunity to immerse himself in the world of NFL coaching.
Had the Bills hired him, Rivers would have been the third person to land an NFL head coaching job without any professional or college coaching experience. That could still happen or Rivers could try a more conventional entry point to become a head coach at some point in the future.