Liam Coen finalizes Jaguars teaching employees with a number of acquainted names

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jaguars have finalized head coach Liam Coen’s employees as he appears to rebuild the franchise.

Coen’s first employees has 174 seasons of collective expertise, a median of 8.3 seasons per coach. The typical age of the employees is 42 years previous. Two of the notable hires Friday included passing recreation coordinator Shane Waldron and receivers coach Edgar Bennett.

The hirings of offensive coordinator Grant Udinski and defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile had been beforehand introduced.

Waldron spent half of 2024 because the Bears offensive coordinator earlier than being fired. Previous to that, Waldron was the Seahawks OC from 2021-23. Spencer Whipple is one other title to observe. He spent six seasons within the Cardinals system, most just lately because the move recreation specialist. He’ll function the quarterbacks coach with the Jaguars. John Van Dam is the offensive move recreation specialist and spent the final six seasons in Tampa Bay, most just lately as a passing recreation assistant.

Bennett is a reputation Jacksonville people ought to know. He’s a neighborhood product who performed at Lee Excessive Faculty underneath Corky Rogers earlier than occurring to Florida State. He’s spent 20 years within the NFL as a coach, together with the ultimate seven seasons with the Raiders.

“What I actually like about this employees – and this actually started to form in the previous few days – is that we already converse the identical trendy, NFL language,” Coen mentioned. “We every have remarkably comparable backgrounds, teaching influences and revolutionary offensive or defensive ideas. With this shared terminology, we are able to speed up previous the usual studying curve that almost all staffs face, and as an alternative prioritize installations on offense, protection and particular groups. I’m excited to get began.”

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