The Jacksonville Jaguars hired Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen as their head coach, the team announced Friday.
Coen had previously agreed to a contract extension with the Buccaneers and withdrew his name from the Jaguars’ search earlier this week, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The new deal reportedly would’ve made him the league’s highest-paid coordinator.
Jacksonville contacted Coen to see if he would reconsider after firing general manager Trent Baalke. The franchise’s ownership said it would let him pick his GM and pay him Ben Johnson-level money with a multi-year contract, sources told The Athletic’s Dianna Russini.
Coen signed a five-year deal with the Jaguars.