Jaguars hire Buccaneers OC Coen as head coach
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Michael DiRocco
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars announced Friday that they have agreed to terms with Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen to be the team’s head coach. A source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that the deal is for five years.
The decision capped a two-day saga in which Coen pulled himself from consideration for the Jaguars job, then agreed to a contract extension with the Buccaneers that would have made him the NFL’s highest-paid coordinator, and then changed his mind after Jacksonville reached out to ask him to reconsider after it parted ways with general manager Trent Baalke on Wednesday afternoon.
“To repeat my message earlier this week, I am deeply committed to building a winner here in Jacksonville,” Jaguars owner Shad Khan said in a statement. “I also believe in being judged by actions, not words. That’s why I took swift and decisive action this week to hire Liam Coen as the new head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. I am pumped that Liam is accepting the challenge and opportunity to build the winner that Jaguars fans and partners fully deserve. I know our players feel the same.”
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Coen traveled to Jacksonville on Thursday afternoon and met with Khan and interim general manager Ethan Waugh. A source told ESPN’s Jenna Laine that Coen reached out to Tampa Bay coach Todd Bowles earlier Thursday night to tell him about his renewed interest in the Jaguars’ job, but Coen did not speak with anyone else in the Bucs’ front office.
