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It doesn’t seem like Philip Rivers wants to stay away from professional football.
Just as he became a Hall of Fame semifinalist, Rivers delayed his eligibility for Canton to return to the NFL after nearly five years away, playing three games for the Indianapolis Colts last season.
But now, in his second period of retirement, Rivers is reportedly interviewing for the Buffalo Bills’ vacant coaching position.
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers stands on the sideline during the first half against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium. (Troy Taormina/Imagn Images)
The Bills fired Sean McDermott on Monday, two days after a controversial loss to the Denver Broncos in the AFC divisional round. Owner Terry Pegula said the loss resulted in McDermott’s firing.
Rivers is currently the head coach of St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope, Alabama. He announced his official retirement just before the new year.
“I’m done,” Rivers said at the time. “I have a son who will be a senior and I have the St. Michael’s soccer team ready. They beat us in the semifinals two years in a row,” he added. “So, it will be his last year. My second son will be in ninth grade. They will be on the same team together.
“So it’ll be fun to come home to the kids. The school has been very excited. A lot of them came to the game last week. It’ll be fun. It’ll kick off our offseason program, to say the least. Maybe the things I tell them they’ll take a little more seriously now that I’ve been playing.”
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers (17) passes against the San Francisco 49ers during the first half of an NFL football game, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
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Rivers returned amid an injury to Daniel Jones, while Anthony Richardson was also not healthy.
“Everything was aligned,” he said. “It was a place I had been, a team I was familiar with, the offense was exactly the same. The coach I knew. It was all those things that made it the perfect storm.
“I’m back on the bench. It was a fun, blurry three weeks that no one saw coming, including me, and that’ll be it.”
Sure he’s back on the bench, but maybe he’s one of the NFL.
Rivers had 544 passing yards, four touchdown passes and three interceptions in those three starts. He completed his NFL playing career with 63,984 passing yards and 425 passing touchdowns.
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers throws during the first half of an NFL game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Dec. 28, 2025. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
The Bills’ loss marked another crushing blow to McDermott’s tenure as Bills head coach. McDermott accepted the job before the start of the 2017 season, and Buffalo has finished below .500 only once since then. He helped lead the Bills to the playoffs in eight of his nine seasons. The team reached the conference title game twice but never returned to the Super Bowl.
