The Jacksonville Jaguars moved on from general manager Dave Caldwell in late November, leaving a general manager vacancy, and now they have a head coaching vacancy to address. Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the team parted ways with Doug Marrone after the team finished their 2020 season with a 1-15 record, which is a franchise low.
Jaguars and Doug Marrone parted ways this morning, per source. Jaguars now join the Jets, Lions, Falcons and Texans as current teams with HC openings.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 4, 2021
Marrone, 56, had been with the Jags since 2016 when Gus Bradley hired him as an assistant. It would only take a year for him to climb the pecking order as he was named the Jags’ coach in 2017 after Bradley was fired. He then joined Caldwell and Tom Coughlin to form the main members of the Jags’ football operations.
During his time as head coach in Jacksonville, Marrone accumulated a 23-43 record and a 2-1 postseason record. In terms of an overall head coaching record, that puts him at a 38-60 figure when adding in his time as the Buffalo Bills’ coach.
Marrone’s firing has pretty much been expected since Caldwell was let go. However, ownership told him that he and his staff were safe from that point to the end of the season. The reports that have surfaced this month about Urban Meyer being a target made it feel even more likely that Marrone would be gone.
Now, owner Shad Khan can begin focusing on Meyer and any other coaching candidates they would like to interview. They also will have to fill the vacancy left by Caldwell, though they could set it up to where the coach finds a general manager — if not the other way around.
