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Arizona hires Indy assistant as new head coach
Posted: 7:35 PM Jan 17, 2013
Reporter: Associated Press
Thursday January 17, 2013
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- The Arizona Cardinals have filled the NFL's final head coaching vacancy by hiring Indianapolis offensive coordinator Bruce Arians.
The team confirmed the hiring in a release Thursday night.
The 60-year-old longtime assistant went 9-3 as Colts interim head coach while Chuck Pagono was undergoing treatment for leukemia last season.
Arians arrived in Arizona on Wednesday night, had dinner with top team officials, then interviewed on Thursday and met with reporters to indicate his interest in the job. He was offered and accepted the job Thursday night. Arians also was a finalist for the Chicago job that went to Marc Trestman.
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Arians was the sixth known candidate interviewed to replace Ken Whisenhunt, who was fired after six seasons.
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