The saga that resulted in Liam Coen reportedly leaving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to take the Jacksonville Jaguars head coaching job has left NFL
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.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen has been speaking with the Jacksonville Jaguars regarding the team's head coaching vacancy and
Later Thursday night, it was learned that Coen would take the Jacksonville job. The Buccaneers seem to have strongly reacted to this defection.
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.
Liam Coen was a top candidate for the Jacksonville Jaguars job before removing himself from the race just one day ago. Now, he's back in Duval County interviewing for the job once again, and his current team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has reportedly been caught unaware.
In the 24 hours that saw Coen go from highest-paid coordinator to head coach, one team was left in the dark and the other found its match.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a sudden OC vacancy after the Liam Coen debacle. Multiple reports say they are looking to the college level to potentially bring on a coach who didn't have success in the NFL leading a team.