The New Orleans Saints and the Dallas Cowboys are the only two NFL teams still looking for a new head coach after the Las Vegas Raiders hired Pete Carroll and the Jacksonville Jaguars hired Liam Coen recently.
The saga that resulted in Liam Coen reportedly leaving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to take the Jacksonville Jaguars head coaching job has left NFL
It appears the Jacksonville Jaguars are reportedly zeroing in on Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen for the head coach job.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen is back in the running for the Jaguars' coaching job, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Thursday afternoon. Coen, 39, is a day removed from apparently agreeing to remain with the Buccaneers on a lucrative new contract. After that news became public, Jacksonville canned general manager Trent Baalke.
Liam Coen has turned down the Jacksonville Jaguars' head coaching job, electing to remain with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
With Tampa Bay Buccaneers coordinator Liam Coen calling an audible and moving toward being the next Jacksonville Jaguars coach, it minimizes the PR hit on Shad Khan.
This will mark Coen's first stint as an NFL head coach, following just two total seasons as an NFL offensive coordinator.
The Bucs tried reaching out to Coen and his camp Thursday, they but did not hear back as the coach traveled to Jacksonville to finalize the deal, ESPN's Adam Schefter added. Coen eventually got back to Bucs head coach Todd Bowles to inform him of the interview with Jacksonville, Schefter followed up.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have hired a new head coach, and team owner Shad Khan celebrated the move with a strongly worded statement. Liam Coen has finalized a deal to become the new head coach of the Jaguars following a bizarre series of events.
If Liam Coen becomes the Jaguars head coach, he will be one of the top 10 highest-paid NFL head coaches in the league.
Liam Coen had taken himself out of the running for the Jacksonville job, but reversed course and officially became the Jaguars' next coach on Friday.