With Mike McCarthy visiting today, Jonathan Gannon arriving in Nashville tomorrow, and Robert Saleh interviewing tomorrow virtually, the Titans are wrapping up their first round of head coaching interviews. Tennessee is moving on to the second round of their process, scheduling interviews with Kevin Stefanski, Matt Nagy, and Jeff Hafley, per Titans insider Paul Kuharsky. 
There’s a bit of concern that Stefanski may not end up making his appointment. The former Browns head coach is scheduled to arrive in Nashville tomorrow, but he’s spending today conducting his second interview with the Falcons. Reports today have indicated that Stefanski is the “top candidate” in Atlanta, and since the team has met the interviewing requirements of the Rooney Rule, there’s nothing stopping them from offering him a contract today.
If news comes out over the next several hours that Stefanski is staying in Atlanta, it would be the second time Tennessee will have been stood up for a second, in-person head coaching interview. The team’s first brush with that type of misfortune came when John Harbaugh cancelled the Titans’ in-person meeting in Baltimore after spending the day before with the Giants and ultimately accepting New York’s offer.
There’s a chance the same issue could arise in Hafley’s situation, as well. The Dolphins boldly pronounced the Packers defensive coordinator as their frontrunner today ahead of his Monday second interview in Miami. Hafley’s Green Bay ties to new Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan could have Hafley desiring a reunion with his former coworker. The Titans have Hafley’s second interview schedule for the following day, so there’s a non-zero chance Tennessee could see the same situation play out three times with three coaches coming off the board after prior-day visits with three other teams.
Both candidates have reason to hear out multiple offers, though. Like Harbaugh, Hafley is currently considered to be a favorite with any team that has interviewed him. Stefanski also has his fair share of suitors, so if the Falcons and Dolphins don’t seem to be going all-out like the Giants did for Harbaugh, it would probably behoove Hafley and Stefanski to allow other teams to throw out competing offers.
With all this in mind, the Titans may want to schedule Nagy’s second interview as soon as possible. The Chiefs offensive coordinator doesn’t have any second interviews scheduled elsewhere, so at the moment, he would be the least likely candidate to accept another team’s offer the day before his second interview with the Titans. Nagy only interviewed for the Jets job last year, so his four interviews and his advancement to the second round of interviews in Tennessee this year show him moving in a positive direction as he continues to work his way back from his four-year stint as a head coach in Chicago.
As the Titans move into the next phase of their hiring process, team owner Amy Adams Strunk will be getting involved. Throughout the initial interviews, general manager Mike Borgonzi has led a four-person committee thus far. The decision will still be left to Borgonzi, but Adams Strunk will have final approval of his choice. They’ll just have to hope that they get opportunities with Stefanski, Hafley, and Nagy so that their decisions don’t become limited as a result of other teams eliminating their options.