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Cards fill NFL's final head coaching vacancy by hiring Colts co-ordinator Bruce Arians

Bob Baum / The Associated Press
January 17, 2013

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FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2012, file photo, Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians watches the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans in Indianapolis. The Arizona Cardinals confirmed in a release Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, that they have filled the league's final head coaching vacancy by hiring Arians. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

TEMPE, Ariz. - The Arizona Cardinals have filled the NFL's final head coaching vacancy by hiring Indianapolis offensive co-ordinator 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 Pagano 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.

Arians was the sixth known candidate interviewed to replace Ken Whisenhunt, who was fired after six seasons.

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