Sean McVay shares advice for Liam Coen as first-time head coach for Jaguars
Sean McVay and Liam Coen have a long coaching history together. Coen has had multiple coaching stints with the Rams, including one as the assistant wide receivers coach from 2018-2019, assistant quarterbacks coach in 2020, and then a return as the offensive coordinator in 2022 after a departure for Kentucky in the 2021 season. Coen finds himself in a new light, being hired as the head coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars during the offseason.
McVay and Coen have remained close since their time together on the Rams. McVay has been a shoulder that Coen can lean on for advice, especially given the success McVay's had with two Super Bowl appearances in just eight years with the team.
'Oh yeah, Liam and I talk a lot, and I think it's about leaning on the people around you and not feeling like you have all the answers," McVay said when asked about Coen on Saturday. "This is something McVay has been very vocal about his whole career, considering he was hired to right the ship in 2017 at just 30 years old, making him the youngest head coach of all time.
Coen, a Warwick, RI, native, finds himself in a similar spot as McVay, being only 39 years old and a first-time head coach himself at the NFL level. McVay has more to say on Coen, reassuring the importance of having the right people around you.
'Make sure that you do a great job of being able to delegate to the great people that you've surrounded yourself with," McVay said of his advice for Coen. "Liam knows way more than I knew when I first got the job, so he's way ahead of the curve like all of these other guys that are getting their opportunities to go do their thing. So, they won't make the same mistakes I did.'
That's some very high praise from someone who has had as much immediate success as McVay did in L.A.
Coen will look to right the ship in Jacksonville after a 4-13 season that was filled with injuries and lacked star power throughout the roster in 2024. Being a first-year head coach is filled with new experiences, ups and downs, and adversity throughout the whole process, something Coen will have to navigate in his first year at the helm.
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