Now entering his third season as the Jacksonville Jaguars head coach, Doug Pederson completed his first two years with back-to-back winning records. He spent time as a Kansas City Chiefs coaching staff member under his long-time collaborator Andy Reid.
Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. spoke to American Century Championship tournament participant Pederson about Reid becoming the league’s oldest coach and impacting his career.
“As the oldest coach in the National Football League right now, I mean, it’s for a reason, and it’s because of the success that he’s had on the football field, and obviously, he’s to me, it’s a Hall of Fame career, hands down,” said Pederson. “I’ve learned so much as a player from him when he coached me and Brett Favre in Green Bay, which are still some of the things that I use as a head coach now in Jacksonville.
“Then, when I got to work for him in Philadelphia when he was the head coach there, and I became an assistant coach for him, just watching how he comes to work every single day and his attention to detail and his focus and drive, and how he leads his football teams.”
Pederson coached the Philadelphia Eagles from 2016 to 2020 and won the 2018 Super Bowl, the first Super Bowl title in the Eagles’ history. As a backup quarterback for the Green Bay Packers under Reid as a coordinator, Pederson was part of the 1997 Super Bowl championship team. According to Jacksonville’s head coach, Reid isn’t expected to appear on any golf course soon.
“No, I don’t even think he plays golf,” said Pederson. “So, no, I’m not going to get him on the golf course.”
Pederson will be attending this year’s American Century Championship tournament for the fifth time.
This past offseason, we caught up with Coach Pederson at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe.#FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/QzJ6KIJBwV
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