The Philadelphia Eagles are moving quickly to fill out their coaching staff after several members exited for jobs on Kellen Moore’s staff in New Orleans.
Life moves pretty fast, to quote Ferris Bueller, so it’s important to stop and look around once in a while before you miss it. With Kevin Patullo getting promoted to offensive coordinator, the Eagles are reportedly ready to hire Parks Frazier to take over Patullo’s old role as passing game coordinator.
The coaching move appears to be a done deal. The Miami Dolphins took his bio down from their official website the same day the news was leaked.
Eagles needed to develop some type of pipeline within their coaching staff this offseason after promoting Kevin Patullo.
That’s exactly what they did by hiring Parks Frazier as the next pass game coordinator.
Despite being just 33-years-old, Parks has coached eight seasons in… pic.twitter.com/HAcQzBVqm9
— Anthony DiBona (@DiBonaNFL) February 19, 2025
But, the bigger question troubling Eagles’ fans on February 19 was, who is Parks Frazier?
Is he a good fit for Jalen Hurts and the offense?
What is his passing-game philosophy?
And, perhaps most importantly, does his personality fit Nick Sirianni’s culture?
Let’s take a look at what we know — and what we sleuthed on the internet — about the newest member of the Eagles’ coaching staff …
1. The Man Behind the Coach: Randall Parks Frazier II was born in Corinth, Mississippi on November 20, 1991. He is 33 years old and married to Caroline Cann. His wife was a team reporter for the Indianapolis Colts’ website when the two met in 2018. It was an instant romance for the Southern-raised couple, highlighted by a magical backyard wedding. They have two beautiful children, with another one on the way, and a Golden Retriever named Coach.
(Also: their favorite date-night spot is Cracker Barrel).
Cann told Bridal Musings: “The first time we ever met was during a press conference for the head coach. Although I didn’t see Parks first, I heard him! I am from South Carolina and while living in the Midwest I didn’t hear many familiar southern accents. So, when I heard a deep, Mississippi southern drawl, whipped my head around to find Parks standing up against a wall in the back of the press conference. From that moment on, a wonderful friendship began.”
Bird seed: Frank Reich officiated their wedding — nine months after their first date — in the backyard of the Frazier family home in Mississippi. The marriage proposal was a scavenger hunt of sorts, filled with fond memories of the places they first shared meals and drinks — the intersection of their football and life journeys — and it all started with a team security guard and an envelope directing Caroline to a TV studio at the Colts’ practice facility. Click here to read the love tale.
2. NFL Experience: Seven Years: Frazier has eight seasons of coaching experience in the NFL, beginning his pro career as an assistant to the head coach in Indianapolis under Frank Reich in 2018. He was promoted to offensive quality control coach (2020) — working closely with then-offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni — before going on to serve two seasons (2021-22) as assistant quarterbacks coach. Frazier took over as interim offensive coordinator (under interim head coach Jeff Saturday) halfway through the 2022 season after Frank Reich, along with offensive play-caller Marcus Brady, was fired that November.
Frazier was the passing-game coordinator for the Carolina Panthers in 2023 (working with Bryce Young), then spent the 2024 campaign as an offensive assistant for the Miami Dolphins (working with Tua Tagovailoa). Miami ranked No. 18 in total offense: 325.9 yards per game.
Bird seed: The Colts’ offense ranked No. 9 in points per game (28.2) under Frazier’s leadership while ranking No. 6 in rushes of 10-plus yards (64), and No. 10 in first downs per game (22.8). The Indianapolis offensive line also tied for the second-fewest sacks allowed (21).
3. Coaching Up Legends, Dealing with Turmoil: Frazier coached three legendary quarterbacks in Indianapolis: Matt Ryan, Andrew Luck, and Philip Rivers. They were at the end of their careers when he got them, but there are lessons to be learned. He had to navigate a tumultuous situation in Indianapolis when team brass decided to bench Ryan in 2022 for poor play. Frazier didn’t hide from the adversity.
Frazier said: “It’s easy to lead when things are going well. When things are not going well, you know, you really see what a guy is made of and I think that he continues to show that, and that’s why guys continue to believe in him and follow him and want him to do well.”
Ryan added this when asked about Frazier (via Colts.com): “Parks is going to be a really good coach in this league for a long time.”
That 2022 season was a rough one for the Colts. They ranked dead-last in turnovers (34), with Matt Ryan accounting for 18 of them — but listen to Frazier’s comments about ball security. If you close your eyes, you might see Nick Sirianni saying the same thing.
“I think it comes down to the habits,” Frazier said, via Colts’ website. “It’s harped on and it’s practiced, but I think you have to truly put an emphasis on protecting the football every single day at practice. And it has to be in your subconscious … if you’re thinking about it in on gameday it’s too late … it’s got to be something that every time you’re touching the ball in practice you’re thinking about it.”
Eagles needed to develop some type of pipeline within their coaching staff this offseason after promoting Kevin Patullo.
That’s exactly what they did by hiring Parks Frazier as the next pass game coordinator.
Despite being just 33-years-old, Parks has coached eight seasons in… pic.twitter.com/HAcQzBVqm9
— Anthony DiBona (@DiBonaNFL) February 19, 2025
4. Quarterback Mindset, with Defensive Background: His football journey is rooted in the quarterback position. He started his college career at Northeast Mississippi Community College before transferring over to Murray State. Frazier appeared in seven games for the Racers, including two starts, and finished the 2013 campaign by going 85-of-127 for 666 yards and four touchdowns.
That experience gave him the ability to read defenses, leading him to three college jobs on the defensive side of the ball: Samford (defensive quality control, 2015); Middle Tennessee State (defensive quality control, 2015); Arkansas State (offensive graduate assistant, 2016-17).
5. ‘He’s Gonna Be a Stud’: Frazier’s long ride from the college ranks to the professional ones is an interesting one — Zak Keefer did a deep dive on it for the IndyStar — but the most meaningful nuggets have to do with his work ethic in Indianapolis. Frazier would sometimes clock out at 2 a.m. and clock back in at 5:30 a.m. Sleeping in his truck if he had to. His insane attention to detail was noted by then-head coach Frank Reich and then-offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni.
Want proof? Here is an excerpt from Keefer’s 2018 article:
At Reich’s discretion, Frazier, 26, prepares the practice plan every day and the offensive call sheets for every game; he types up Andrew Luck’s wristband every Sunday – “Nothing can be wrong, not one digit,” he stresses; he fires passes to the wideouts during warmups; then up in the coach’s box, over the headset, he shares with Reich and offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni the coverages and defensive tendencies he’s noticing in the opponent. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
From sleeping in his truck to the NFL in a little over three years. At least these days he has an apartment. And a salary.
“He’s a stud,” Sirianni says. “He’s gonna be a star.”
6. Trying to Establish His Philosophy: It’s hard to pinpoint a specific trend on what Frazier’s offensive philosophy has been over the years. Or what it might be on the Eagles. One thing, he’s not afraid to rely on his running backs. Frazier coached some great backs, mainly Jonathan Taylor in Indianapolis, and watched him run for a league-best 1,811 yards on a league-high 332 carries in 2021. In Miami, De’Von Achane had 203 totes for 906 yards in 2024.
Here is how described his leadership philosophy in an interview with Dr. Fred Johnson:
“I’m trying to establish my philosophy and what I’m going to stand on and what my foundation is going to be,” Frazier said, “and I was kind of in that mindset and was in Spring Ball one day and I get a FaceTime from Frank Reich, asking me if I want to come up and interview and talk, and just see if there was a possibility for a position there and so I did. I had no intentions of working or coaching in the NFL.”
The rest is history … or history in the making. The Eagles are about to find out.
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