Washington Commanders are promoting David Blough to offensive coordinator

David Blough is the new offensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders, rising from his previous job as assistant quarterbacks coach just a few years removed from being a backup QB in the league.

The Commanders announced the 30-year-old Bough's promotion on Saturday.

Blough, who never has called plays in the NFL, takes over the offense under head coach Dan Quinn and replaces former offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, who agreed to part ways with the team earlier in the week after Washington finished the season with a 5-12 record.

Quinn still needs to replace fired defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. and offensive line coach Bobby Johnson, and now also will need to find a quarterbacks coach and assistant quarterbacks coach.

Keeping Blough in the fold as OC, rather than potentially watching him leave for the same position with the Detroit Lions or elsewhere, helps Washington give star quarterback Jayden Daniels some continuity going into his third NFL season.

Daniels, the reigning AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, dealt with a series of injuries to his left knee, right hamstring and left elbow this season before being shut down in December. He played in only seven games as the Commanders took a major step back after going 12-5 in the regular season and making it all the way to the NFC title game a year earlier.

Blough worked under QBs coach Tavita Pritchard during Daniels’ standout rookie year in 2024, then filled in this past year after Pritchard was hired by Stanford as its coach.

As a player, Blough was a quarterback at Purdue in college and then appeared in nine games in the pros — going 0-7 as a starter — with the Lions and Arizona Cardinals from 2019-22.

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