If the NFL were to hand out an award for the most dysfunctional coaching search of 2025, that award would almost certainly go to the Jacksonville Jaguars. It's been a bizarre week for the Jags, who are hiring Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen as their new head coach.

Liam Coen’s path to the head coaching job of the Jacksonville Jaguars had been relatively conventional until it looked like the job was his. Like many first-time head coaches who have been hired over the last six or seven years,