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Report: Jaguars interim RB coach interviewed for college HC gig

Report: Jaguars interim RB coach interviewed for college HC gig

Jacksonville Jaguars interim running backs coach Tyler Tettleton recently interviewed for the head coaching position at his alma mater, Ohio University, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

Tettleton joined the Jaguars as an offensive quality control assistant in 2022, signing onto Doug Pederson’s inaugural Jacksonville coaching staff. He has largely operated as an assistant running backs and wide receiver coach with the team.

Pederson named Tettleton as the primary replacement for former Jacksonville running backs coach Jerry Mack earlier this month when Mack left the club to become head coach at Kennesaw State.

“Tyler Tettleton, who’s been in that room before, we’re going to just sort of give him some running back responsibilities,” Pederson said on Dec. 2. “He’s coached them a little bit on the side the last couple of years. Been in that room, understands what we’re doing offensively.

“So, we’ll spread it out a little bit, but Tyler will be the main focal point there.”

An Ohio alumnus, Tettleton played quarterback for the Bobcats from 2009-13. He holds the program’s all-time passing records, career and single-season, for yards (9,125 and 3,302) and touchdowns (67 and 28).

Tettleton left on-field coaching positions with Ohio, as the Bobcats’ running backs coach and passing game coordinator, to align with the Jaguars in 2022.

Before his return to Ohio, Tettleton served as an offensive analyst for the LSU Tigers in 2020, an offensive quality control coach for the Cleveland Browns in 2019, a scouting assistant with the New York Jets in 2018 and a graduate assistant with the Oklahoma Sooners from 2015-17.

Doug Pederson names Jaguars interim RB coach after Jerry Mack’s exit

Doug Pederson names Jaguars interim RB coach after Jerry Mack’s exit

Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson revealed Monday that assistant wide receivers coach, Tyler Tettleton, will serve as Jacksonville’s primary interim running backs coach after Jerry Mack left the team to become Kennesaw State’s head coach this week.

Kennesaw State announced it had hired Mack as the program’s next head coach during Jacksonville’s 23-20 loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday. Mack remained with the Jaguars through the final whistle but began his new role with the Owls on Tuesday.

“Tyler Tettleton, who’s been in that room before, we’re going to just sort of give him some running back responsibilities,” Pederson said. “He’s coached them a little bit on the side the last couple of years. Been in that room, understands what we’re doing offensively.

“So, we’ll spread it out a little bit, but Tyler will be the main focal point there.”

Jaguars offensive quality control assistant Jamel Mutunga will assist Tettleton in the role, per Pederson.

Tettleton joined Jacksonville’s coaching staff in March 2022, leaving on-field, running back coaching and pass-game coordinating positions with the Ohio Bobcats to become an offensive quality control assistant with the Jaguars.

An Ohio alumnus, Tettleton played quarterback for the Bobcats from 2009-13. He holds the program’s all-time passing records, career and single-season, for yards (9,125 and 3,302) and touchdowns (67 and 28).

Before his return to Ohio, Tettleton served as an offensive analyst for the LSU Tigers in 2020, an offensive quality control coach for the Cleveland Browns in 2019, a scouting assistant with the New York Jets in 2018 and a graduate assistant with the Oklahoma Sooners from 2015-17.

Tettleton operated as an assistant running backs coach in his first season with the Jaguars before moving to assistant wide receivers coach ahead of the 2023 campaign.

“It’ll be a good opportunity for him these next couple of weeks to really have a position group and then coach them and lead those guys,” Pederson expressed.

The Jaguars hired Mack away from the same role at the University of Tennessee in February, to replace Bernie Parmalee, who was among nine Jacksonville coaching assistants fired following the 2023 season.

After finishing No. 30 in the NFL in yards per rush (3.6) and No. 24 in yards per game (96.8) in 2023, the Jaguars rank No. 12 (4.5) and No. 25 (101.3) in those respective categories through Week 13 this season.

Jacksonville’s primary running backs, Travis Etienne Jr. and Tank Bigsby, have combined to rush for 918 yards and six touchdowns over 197 carries.

“Let me just say with Jerry, appreciate what he did with that running back room,” said Pederson.

“[Mack] did a great job coming in and getting those guys prepared each week and wish him nothing but the best. This will be a great opportunity for Jerry to be a head coach again in college football and get that program going, and excited to watch him there.”

Report: Jags adding Tyler Tettleton as their offensive quality control coach

The Jags’ staff added another new face this week in Tyler Tettleton.

While the Jacksonville Jaguars have a busy week ahead of them at the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine, it hasn’t stopped them from bolstering their coaching staff. According to ESPN’s Pete Thamal, they added another offensive quality controls coach in Tyler Tettleton, who will join them after spending last season as a pass game coordinator and running backs coach for the Ohio University football program.

Before his time with the Bobcats as a coach, Tettleton was an offensive assistant for the Louisiana State Tigers under Ed Orgeron in 2020 and was an offensive quality control coach under Freddie Kitchens for the Cleveland Browns in 2019.

Tettleton spent the season before his time with the Browns in the NFL, too, as he was a pro personnel intern in 2018. Before that, he was a graduate assistant at the University of Oklahoma from 2015-17 under Bob Stoops and Lincoln Riley.

Like Pederson, Tettleton is a former quarterback except he didn’t do it on the NFL level. Instead, he was the signal-caller for the Bobcats from 2009-13. Eventually, he found himself briefly playing for the Hamilton Tigers of the Canadian Football League.

In the process of his collegiate career, he was able to make history by being the first quarterback in Bobcats history to throw for over 3,000 in a single season.

Tettleton will join a Jags staff that already had one offensive quality control coach in Nick Williams. However, Pederson had multiple offensive quality control coaches on his Philadelphia Eagles staffs, so it’s not a surprise that he’s following the same structure in Jacksonville.