The Jacksonville Jaguars and new coach Doug Pederson have a busy offseason ahead of them after a rough 2021 season, but the team took a significant step in getting things set up for the 2022 season Thursday. The organization announced the finalization of their new staff for the upcoming season, which included 24 assistants.
The #Jaguars have finalized their 2022 coaching staff, the team announced today.
The group is as follows: pic.twitter.com/FDM1jvCxhf
— James Johnson (@SportsGrind_Don) February 17, 2022
As reported, his coordinators will be Press Taylor and Mike Caldwell on the offensive and defensive sides, respectively, while Heath Farwell will handle the special teams coordinator role. Of the three, Taylor is the lone assistant who was on Pederson’s staff when he was a head coach the first time. Meanwhile, Caldwell coached alongside him under Andy Reid in Philadelphia, and Farwell will be working with Pederson for the first time after acquiring his same role from Buffalo the past three seasons.
Offensively, there will be 10 assistants under Taylor. That includes veteran notables like Jim Bob Cooter (passing game coordinator), Mike McCoy (quarterbacks coach), and Bernie Parmalee (running backs coach), to name a few. Of the three notables, McCoy will even have an assistant under him, and it will be Andrew Breiner, who was on Pederson’s last staff in Philadelphia.
Phil Rauscher, Chris Jackson, and former Jaguar Richard Angulo will be coaching the offensive linemen, receivers, and tight ends, respectively. Assisting Rauscher on the offensive line will be Todd Washington, who is returning from Urban Meyer’s staff, while Will Harriger, another holdover from the last staff, will assist Jackson with the receivers.
Lastly, Nick Williams will be helping on the offensive end and will be the Jags’ offensive quality control coach. He also will join the Jags after previously being on Pederson’s staff in Philadelphia where he was a coaching assistant from 2018-20.
Assisting Caldwell at the key positions on defense will be Deshea Townsend, Breston Buckner, Bill Shuey, Tony Gilbert, and Cody Grimm, who will coach the cornerbacks, defensive linemen, outside linebackers, inside linebackers, and safeties, respectively. Townsend will also hold the role of being the defensive passing game coordinator.
Of the group of defensive assistants, Buckner will have an assistant on the defensive line, and that will be Rory Segrest, another former Reid assistant who has worked with Pederson and Caldwell.
The Jags will also be retaining two holdovers from Meyer’s staff to help on defense in senior defensive analyst Bob Sutton and defensive quality control coach Patrick Reilly, both of whom had the same roles in 2021.
Assisting Farwell on special teams will be Luke Thompson. He is another assistant who was on Pederson’s last staff and held the same role in 2019-20 with the Eagles.
Lastly, ElizaBeth Mayers and Tyler Wolf will be returning as the Jags’ assistant to the head coach and director of team administration, respectively. Both have been with the Jags for a while now, as Mayers joined the organization in 2013 and Wolf did so in 2009.