Jaguars Hire Super Bowl-Winning Coach Doug Pederson
Feb 3, 2022, 9:09 PM | Updated: 9:47 pm
Head coach Doug Pederson of the Philadelphia Eagles raises the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
(Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars hired Doug Pederson as their head coach Thursday night.
The decision ends a wild and winding search that ended up where it started more than a month ago.
We’ve hired Doug Pederson as head coach.#DUUUVAL pic.twitter.com/CE58SjM3o1
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) February 4, 2022
Pederson was Jacksonville’s first candidate interviewed when he met with owner Shad Khan and general manager Trent Baalke on Dec. 30.
#Jaguars owner Shad Khan weighs in on the hire of new coach Doug Pederson. pic.twitter.com/kQ0iU2zv8q
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 4, 2022
He waited more than month for a callback.
He got a second interview Tuesday and landed the job two days later.
Doug Pederson was the first head-coaching candidate that the Jaguars interviewed after they moved on from Urban Meyer; he started first and finished first.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 4, 2022
The 54-year-old Pederson takes over for Urban Meyer, who was fired after 13 games and countless missteps in what will go down as one of the worst coaching tenures in NFL history.
