Jaguars Tweaking Power Structure After Hiring Doug Pederson
Feb 5, 2022, 5:04 PM
Doug Pederson looks on during a press conference introducing him as the new Head Coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars alongside Shad Khan, Owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, and Trent Baalke, General Manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars, at TIAA Bank Stadium on February 05, 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
(Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Doug Pederson won’t have the power Urban Meyer had with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Owner Shad Khan introduced Pederson as the team’s coach on Saturday.
Khan said he has applied to the NFL to hire an executive vice president.
“I’m not going to settle for anything less than a championship-caliber team.” – Coach Pederson#DUUUVAL pic.twitter.com/mwU7bl1Go9
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) February 5, 2022
An EVP would report to Khan and oversee Pederson and general manager Trent Baalke.
It’s a much different structure than what the Jaguars employed the last two years.
Time to go get it.#DUUUVAL pic.twitter.com/kZnJFTthxf
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) February 5, 2022
Khan’s only other EVP was two-time Super Bowl-winning coach Tom Coughlin, who held the job from 2017-19.
The Jaguars had a coach-centric model in 2021 with Meyer, which ended disastrously when he was fired after 13 games.
