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USA Today
13-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Cardinals announce coaching additions, promotions
The Arizona Cardinals have had some coaching staff turnover this offseason. Six coaches do not return from last season's staff. Offensive line coach Klayton Adams became the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys and linebackers coach Sam Siefkes became the defensive coordinator for Virginia Tech. Passing game specialist Spencer Whipple is now the quarterbacks coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Defensive line coach Derrick LeBlanc was not retained and has since landed as the assistant defensive line coach for the Jaguars, while outside linebackers coach Rob Rodriguez and defensive quality control coach Ronald Booker do not return. The Cardinals announced five new additions to the staff this week and two promotions. Cardinals coaching staff promotions Connor Senger, pass game specialist Senger, previously the Cardinals' offensive quality control coach, was promoted to be pass game specialist, replacing Spencer Whipple, who became quarterbacks coach for Jacksonville. Blaine Gauthier, offensive quality control coach Gauthier was promoted to offensive quality control coach. He spent the last two seasons on the staff as part of the Bill Bidwill Coaching Fellowship. Cardinals coaching staff additions The Cardinals added five staff members. Justin Frye, offensive line coach Frye's addition was previously reported, replacing Adams. He spent the last three seasons as Ohio State's O-line coach and coached Cardinals left tackle Paris Johnson, the team's 2023 first-round pick, during his final season at Ohio State. He was a graduate assistant from 2007-2010 for Indiana and Florida, each school for two years. After that, he was the offensive line coach for Temple in 2011-2012, Boston College from 2013-2017 before going to UCLA in 2018 working for head coach Chip Kelly. He was the O-line coach in 2018 and from 2019-2021 was offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, before going to Ohio State. Winston DeLattiboudere III, defensive line coach Replacing LeBlanc, his addition was also previously reported. He is 27 years old and spent the last two seasons at the University of Minnesota, where he was defensive line coach and then promoted to assistant head coach in January 2024. He has a little experience in the NFL. In 2022, as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship, he helped coach the Jacksonville Jaguars' defensive line during training camp and then, in 2023 under the same fellowship, spent the offseason program with the Green Bay Packers. He started his coaching career in 2020 as a graduate assistant at Charlotte, working with defensive linemen, and then in 2021 as a graduate assistant at Oregon. In 2022, he was Akron's defensive line coach before going to Minnesota, where he played collegiately. Cristian Garcia, linebackers coach His addition, replacing Siefkes, was also previously reported. He has been in the NFL coaching ranks for four years, most recently last season as assistant defensive backs coach for the Dallas Cowboys under Mike McCarthy and defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, with whom Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon and defensive coordinator Nick Rallis both previously worked with. He was with the Washington Commanders from 2021-2023 as a defensive assistant and defensive quality control coach. He finished the 2023 season as the interim assistant defensive backs coach. He played linebacker collegiately and coached three years in the college ranks, 2018-2019 at UNLV and 2020 at Georgia Tech. Matt Feeney, outside linebackers coach Feeney replaces Rodriguez. He comes from the Las Vegas Raiders, where he was defensive quality control coach in 2022-2023 before being promoted to interim linebackers coach when Antonio Pierce was made interim head coach. In 2024, he was their assistant defensive backs coach. Prior to that, he coached eight years in college after playing linebacker collegiately for John Carroll University. As a coach, he spent three years at John Carroll from 2014-2016, two seasons at Tennessee-Chattanooga and three years at Akron. He was Akron's defensive coordinator from 2019-2021. Alec Osborne, defensive quality control coach Osborne replaces Booker. he comes from the college ranks, where he coached since 2017. He began in 2017 as a defensive graduate assistant for Northwestern State. In 2018, he was a defensive graduate assistant and coached defensive ends at McNeese. He was a defensive graduate assistant from 2019-2021 at LSU where he helped with outside linebackers, inside linebackers and nickelbacks. He then spent the next two seasons as defensive quality control coach for Baylor and then, in 2024 was inside linebackers coach at Louisiana-Monroe, where he played tight end collegiately. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
Boston Globe
07-02-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Liam Coen's Jaguars coaching staff includes former UMass colleagues
Coen hired two guys who coached with him at UMass in 2015: pass game coordinator Shane Waldron and quarterbacks coach Spencer Whipple. Whipple's father, Mark, spent two stints as Minutemen head coach — 1998–2003, winning the Division 1-AA (now FCS) national championship in his first year, and 2014–2018. The 2015 team went 3-9 in FBS. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Waldron was fired as Chicago's offensive coordinator last season, and Spencer Whipple spent the last six years in Arizona. Advertisement We have finalized our 2025 coaching staff. — Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) Former Minnesota assistant Shaun Sarrett will serve as Jacksonville's offensive line coach. Sarrett held the same position in Pittsburgh for 2019-20, when the Steelers had one of the league's least-productive rushing attacks. NFL coaching veteran Edgar Bennett, who was born and raised in Jacksonville, returns home as receivers coach. Coen retained Richard Angulo as tight ends coach and hired NFL veteran Chad Morton as running backs coach. John Van Dam followed Coen from Tampa Bay and will be the team's offensive pass game specialist. Coen also retained Tyler Tettleton as assistant receivers coach. On defense, Coen hired Matt Edwards (defensive line), Tem Lukabu (linebackers), Anthony Perkins (defensive backs), longtime NFL assistant Ron Milus (secondary), Derrick LeBlanc (assistant defensive line), Ken Wilkins (assistant linebackers), and Drew Lascari (assistant defensive backs). Coen also retained Mario Jeberaeel as a defensive assistant and Luke Thompson as assistant special teams coach. The 39-year-old Coen previously hired 29-year-old Grant Udinski as his offensive coordinator and 42-year-old Anthony Campanile as his defensive coordinator. Together, they give the Jaguars a first-time head coach, a first-time OC and a first-time DC. They also have a first-time executive vice president after hiring Hall of Fame left tackle Tony Boselli. And they could end up with a first-time general manager, a position they expect to fill after the Super Bowl. Advertisement Drake Maye inspiring 'super' hope with Patriots teammates Share WATCH: The young QB has his fellow Patriots focused on the postseason. Beat reporter Nicole Yang dives into how Mike Vrabel is already making a difference.
Associated Press
07-02-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
New Jaguars coach Liam Coen fills out his staff, which totals 174 years of NFL experience
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — New Jacksonville Jaguars coach Liam Coen filled out most of his staff Friday, including adding some veteran assistants on both sides of the ball. The group combines for 174 years of NFL coaching experience and averages 42 years old. 'What I really like about this staff ... is that we already speak the same modern, NFL language,' Coen said. 'With this shared terminology, we can accelerate past the standard learning curve that most staffs face, and instead prioritize installations on offense, defense and special teams. I am excited to get started.' Coen hired two guys who coached with him at UMass in 2015: pass game coordinator Shane Waldron and quarterbacks coach Spencer Whipple. Whipple's father, Mark, was the head coach of that UMass team that finished 3-9. Waldron was fired as Chicago's offensive coordinator last season, and Spencer Whipple spent the last six years in Arizona. Former Minnesota assistant Shaun Sarrett will serve as Jacksonville's offensive line coach. Sarrett held the same position in Pittsburgh for two seasons (2019-20), when the Steelers had one of the league's least-productive rushing attacks. NFL coaching veteran Edgar Bennett, who was born and raised in Jacksonville, returns home as receivers coach. Coen retained Richard Angulo as tight ends coach and hired NFL veteran Chad Morton as running backs coach. John Van Dam followed Coen from Tampa Bay and will be the team's offensive pass game specialist. Coen also retained Tyler Tettleton as assistant receivers coach. On defense, Coen hired Matt Edwards (defensive line), Tem Lukabu (linebackers), Anthony Perkins (defensive backs), longtime NFL assistant Ron Milus (secondary), Derrick LeBlanc (assistant defensive line) and Ken Wilkins (assistant linebackers) and Drew Lascari (assistant defensive backs). Coen also retained Mario Jeberaeel as a defensive assistant and Luke Thompson as assistant special teams coach. The 39-year-old Coen previously hired 29-year-old Grant Udinski as his offensive coordinator and 42-year-old Anthony Campanile as his defensive coordinator. Together, they give the Jaguars a first-time head coach, a first-time OC and a first-time DC. They also have a first-time executive vice president after hiring Hall of Fame left tackle Tony Boselli. And they could end up with a first-time general manager, a position they expect to fill after the Super Bowl.
