List of Jacksonville Jaguars head coaches

The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football franchise based in Jacksonville, Florida. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team, along with the Carolina Panthers, joined the NFL as expansion teams in 1995. The Jaguars, along with the Houston Texans, have never played in a Super Bowl or any other NFL Championship, but have made 3 appearances in AFC Championship games: twice against the New England Patriots after the 1996 season and the 2017 seasons, and once against the Tennessee Titans after the 1999 season.

Tom Coughlin, the Jaguars' first coach from 1995 to 2002, is also the most successful coach in Jaguars team history, as measured by playoff appearances, conference championship appearances, and overall winning percentage of games won.

The Jaguars have had seven head coaches since their inaugural 1995 season, including one interim coach. Tom Coughlin and Jack Del Rio each won 68 games while coaching the Jaguars, though Coughlin is the most successful in terms of winning percentage, winning 53.1% of his games in charge. Urban Meyer has been head coach since January 14, 2021.

History

Tom Coughlin era (1995–2002)

The Jaguars first head coach was Tom Coughlin, who was hired by owner Wayne Weaver well over a year before the team's inaugural season in 1995. The Jaguars won four games their first season, surpassing the previous record of wins for an expansion team (three), but falling well short of the Carolina Panthers record-setting pace that same year of seven wins. The next year, 1996, Coughlin and the Jaguars went to the AFC Championship game, a feat repeated in 1999, but both years the Jaguars fell short of the Super Bowl. In 2002, Coughlin was fired.

Jack Del Rio (2003–2011)
Jack Del Rio is the longest-serving head coach of the Jaguars, coaching the franchise between 2003 and 2011

Hired to replace Coughlin was Jack Del Rio. He was hired on January 16, 2003[1] and fired on November 29, 2011. He was replaced on an interim basis with Mel Tucker.[2] Del Rio coached the team from 2003 to 2011, recording a winning percentage of 48.9% from 139 regular season games, but was fired after going over eight full seasons without winning a division title.

Mike Mularkey (2012)

In 2012, Mike Mularkey was hired as head coach. His team was hit by several key injuries throughout the season and managed going on 2–14, the worst record in franchise history at the time. As a result, the new owner Shahid Khan decided he wanted new leadership and fired the General Manager (GM), Gene Smith. The new GM, Dave Caldwell, decided to fire Mike Mularkey.

Gus Bradley era (2013–2016)

In 2013, the Jaguars hired Gus Bradley to become their new head coach.

Bradley served a total of four years as the head coach of the Jaguars (2013–2016), but never was able to make the playoffs. Bradley was fired shortly before the end of the 2016 season.

Doug Marrone era (2016–2020)

Doug Marrone replaced Bradley for the final two remaining games of the 2016 season as the interim head coach of the Jaguars. On January 9, 2017, the Jaguars removed the interim tag and hired Marrone to be their sixth head coach. In Marrone's first season as head coach, the Jaguars finished with a 10–6 regular season record in 2017, made the playoffs for the first time since 2007 and made a AFC Conference Championship appearance but were defeated by the New England Patriots. Over the next three seasons under Marrone, the Jaguars finished 4th in the AFC South with losing seasons and failed to make the playoffs for three consecutive seasons. In 2020, Marrone led the Jaguars to a franchise-worst and league worst 1–15 season record in 2020, clinching the Jaguars their first franchise 1st overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Following the end of the 2020 season, Marrone was fired on January 4, 2021.

Urban Meyer era (2021–present)

On January 14, 2021, Urban Meyer was hired as the sixth head coach of the Jaguars, replacing Doug Marrone.

Key
# Number of coaches[N 1]
Yrs Years coached
First First season coached
Last Last season coached
GC Games Coached
W Wins
L Loses
T Ties
Win% Win – Loss percentage
00* Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Jaguars

Coaches
Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2020 NFL season.
# Name Start End Regular season Playoffs Awards Reference
GC W L T Win% GC W L
1 Tom Coughlin 1995 2002 128 68 60 0 .531 8 4 4 2 AFC Central Championships (1996, 1999)
4 Playoff Berths 		[3]
2 Jack Del Rio 2003 2011[N 2] 139 68 71 0 .489 3 1 2 2 Playoff Berths [4]
3 Mel Tucker* 2011[N 2] 5 2 3 0 .400 — [5]
4 Mike Mularkey 2012 16 2 14 0 .125 — [6]
5 Gus Bradley* 2013 2016[N 3] 62 14 48 0 .226 — [7]
6 Doug Marrone 2016[N 3] 2020 66 23 43 0 .348 3 2 1 1 AFC South Championship (2017)
1 Playoff Berth 		[8]
7 Urban Meyer* 2021 Present 0 0 0 0 – —

Notes
  1. A running total of the number of coaches of the Jaguars. Thus, any coach who has two or more terms as head coach is only counted once.
  2. After 11 games of the 2011 season, with the Jaguars at 3–8 (.273), Del Rio was fired as head coach and replaced by defensive coordinator Mel Tucker on an interim basis.
  3. After week 15 of the 2016 season, with the Jaguars at 2–12 (.143), Bradley was fired as head coach and replaced by offensive line coach Doug Marrone on an interim basis. Marrone removed interim tag for the 2017 season.

See also

References
  1. "Coordinator Del Rio replaces Coughlin in Jax". ESPN. 2003-01-16. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
  2. "Jaguars fire coach Del Rio after eight-plus seasons". NFL.com. National Football League. November 29, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  3. "Tom Coughlin Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  4. "Jack Del Rio Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  5. "Mel Tucker Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  6. "Mike Mularkey Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  7. "Gus Bradley Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  8. "Doug Marrone Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
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