Jaguars 2024 coaching search tracker and staff updates

Your one-stop shop for updates on Jacksonville Jaguar coaching staff additions, interviews, rumored interests, and more.

With the Jacksonville Jaguars’ hiring of former Atlanta Falcons DC Ryan Neilsen now confirmed, the Jaguars look to fill the remainder of its executive office. In total, at least 10 Jacksonville former coaching staff members will need replacing for the coming season.

Def Coordinator – Mike Caldwell

Safeties Coach – Cody Grimm

Def Quality Control Coach – Tee Mitchell

Senior Defensive Asst – Bob Sutton

CB Coach – Deshea Townsend

DL Coach Brentson Buckner

Def Quality Control Coach – Sean Cullina

ILB Coach – Tony Gilbert

Asst OL Coach – Todd Washington

RB Coach – Bernie Parmalee

With the majority of the defensive staff being relieved of their role and the additional loss of two coaches on the offensive side, the Jaguars have multiple major holes in need of filling to round out their staff before the coming 2024 NFL Draft and NFL Combine seasons.

Potiential Current Open Roles: (Updated)

Offensive Passing Game Coordinator

RB Coach

Asst O-Line Coach

Sr Defensive Asst

Defensive Quality Control Asst (two)

Rumored Interest/Links:

• Jerry Mack – Running Backs Coach- University of Tennessee Volunteers

Reported Interviews:

• TBD

Reported Additions:

• Dave Huxtable – Former Def Assistant- Atlanta Falcons (unknown Jaguars role)

Huxtable worked with Nielsen from 2013 to 2016, before working with him in Atlanta. Nielsen was Huxable’s DL coach at NC State. A coach since 1982, he has been a DC at NC State, UCF, Pitt, UNC, GT, & Western Kentucky. While his specific role is currently unknown, DL coach would be a solid guess.

• Matt House- Former DC- LSU Tigers (hired as Jaguars LB Coach)

For the past two seasons, House has led the Louisiana State University (LSU) Tigers defense as their DC. After an impressive first season for his defense, he was recently relieved of his role, amid other staff changes three weeks ago at LSU. However, House has extensive NFL and college coaching experience at multiple stops. As mentioned above, he was the LB coach for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2019-2021. Additionally, he was the DC for Josh Allen’s Kentucky Blue Devils from 2017-2018.

• Kris Richard – Former Co-defensive coordinator and DB Coach- New Orleans Saints (unknown Jaguars role)

While Richard’s specific role has not been confirmed to date, an educated guess would be somewhere within the secondary (IE: DB Coach) and potentially the defensive passing game coordinator, as a former DB, and multiple successful stops as a DB coach. Richard was last with Nielsen in New Orleans from 2021 to 2022 as a DBs coach and co-DC. He also was the Seattle Seahawks DC from 2015 to 2017.

• Cory Robinson – Former Analyst – Tennessee Volunteers (hired as a Jaguars CB Coach)

Robinson has over a decade of coaching experience in both college and the NFL. He was a former defensive assistant with the New Orleans Saints from 2020 – 2022, before heading to Tennessee.

• Jeremy Garrett – Former DL Coach- Auburn Tigers (hired as a Jaguars DL Coach)

Garrett previously worked as an assistant defensive line coach with the Cleveland Browns in the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

TLDR: This Jaguars defense quite possibly may resemble the New Orleans Saints, huh?