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Jahri Evans discusses Saints staff changes and coaching the Senior Bowl

Jahri Evans could become a Hall of Famer next week, but for now he’s busy representing the Saints as a coach at the Senior Bowl:

Jahri Evans is a busy man. The New Orleans Saints assistant offensive line coach is working at the Senior Bowl this week, and next week he’ll learn whether or not he’s going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Beyond that, he’ll have to see if the new Saints coaching staff has room for him. Evans was asked about the upcoming changes and the ongoing search for a head coach, which caught him by surprise.

“Oh, wow I wasn’t expecting that,” Evans told reporters after Senior Bowl practice on Tuesday. “Honestly, I wasn’t even thinking about it, y’know I’m here trying to do as much as I can for these guys. Like I told them in the meeting, I’m here to sharpen the tools in their toolbox and add things to their toolbox. I think back home in New Orleans, that situation will handle itself, and when it does I’m pretty sure I have an opportunity to stay.”

When asked if he feels like the team will keep him around, Evans replied, “I hope so. I don’t know, this is my first go around with it. The team hasn’t had change in almost 20 years at the head position, right, so I think its a lot of people’s first go around with it in the building. I’m here now representing the Saints, and my job is to get my notes on these guys, help these guys be better. As long as I’m employed, I’ll still be working.”

When it comes down to it, this quote sounds like he has the opportunity to stay, which is an enormous positive as he has been a great addition to the staff and may be worth looking at for a promotion in the near future. Of all the assistants and positional coaches on the team, there are a few who are worthy of staying, and Evans is no doubt one of them.

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Seahawks announce 4 promotions in personnel department

The Seattle Seahawks announced a number of personnel department promotions following the 2022 NFL season.

Like many teams around the league, the Seattle Seahawks have been evaluating their coaching staff and personnel department following the conclusion of the 2022 NFL season.

Seattle announced four promotions on Thursday morning.

Jaguars chief of staff Fernando Lovo leaving for Texas, per report

Lovo returns to Austin, where he held the same role from 2016-20 under former coach Tom Herman.

Jacksonville will see its first midseason staff change as coach Urban Meyer’s chief of staff Fernando Lovo has taken a position at Texas, per NBC Sports’ Mike Florio. Lovo returns to Austin where he worked as the chief of staff from 2016-20 under former head coach Tom Herman.

Per his biography on the Jaguars website, Lovo “…will oversee various football support departments while also serving as Coach Meyer’s main liaison with the Front Office executive leadership team and Team President.”

Lovo also served under Herman at Houston, where he was assistant athletic director for football operations, before following him to Texas. He also followed Herman to Houston from Ohio State, where he had also worked under Meyer as a football operations coordinator.

He has a lengthy relationship with the coach, as Lovo, a graduate of the University of Florida, served under Meyer as a student at UF as a football operations assistant.

“Yeah, he came to me last week, and he wants to be an athletic director, and they offered him a really good job,” Meyer said after Sunday’s loss to San Francisco. “I knew that. Fernando’s like a son to me, so all positive.”

This is the first departure from Meyer’s staff since the season began, though the team did make a few minor changes to Meyer’s initial staff during the offseason.