Rizzi has been with the Saints since 2019, starting out as the special teams coordinator, then adding the assistant head coach title in 2022. He was named interim head coach on November 4 after the team fired Dennis Allen. New Orleans went 3-5 over the team's final eight games to finish the season 5-12.

Not much has remained consistent for the New Orleans Saints since the end of the Drew Brees and Sean Payton era, but the dominance of Alvin Kamara has. Kamara finished this season with 228 carries for 950 yards and six touchdowns.

Alvin Kamara just cast his vote for the next head coach of the New Orleans Saints. He believes Darren Rizzi has earned the opportunity to lead this team: