Earlier on Wednesday, Mike Garofolo of the NFL Network reported that the New York Jets and Chicago Bears requested permission to interview Commanders assistant quarterbacks coach David Blough.
Thanks to Washington’s tremendous offensive success under Kliff Kingsbury in 2024, another team wants to interview one of his assistants. The Jacksonville Jaguars revealed on X — formerly Twitter — that they had completed an interview with Commanders quarterbacks coach Tavita Pritchard.
Pritchard, 37, just completed his second season as Washington’s QB coach. Initially hired to serve on Eric Bieniemy’s offensive staff under Ron Rivera in 2023, Dan Quinn retained Pritchard last offseason.
A former college quarterback at Stanford, Pritchard immediately jumped into coaching after his playing career ended. He spent the first 13 years of his coaching journey at his alma mater, serving in roles such as QB coach, running backs coach, wide receivers coach and offensive coordinator. Current Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh gave Pritchard his first coaching job in 2010.
We have completed an interview with Tavita Pritchard for our Offensive Coordinator position. pic.twitter.com/dHwV1r5Wmo
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) January 30, 2025
The Jaguars recently hired former Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen as head coach. Pritchard and Coen have no known connections.
Kingsbury chose not to interview for head coaching vacancies this cycle, so it will be interesting to see how many of his assistants he can keep.
