Tom Coughlin’s career as a coach and executive in the NFL is over now, but that doesn’t mean the 76-year old isn’t watching the Jacksonville Jaguars anymore.
In an interview with First Coast News, the former Jaguars coach and executive vice president raved about the job that Doug Pederson did with the team in 2022.
“Doug Pederson did a great job, hands down,” Coughlin said. “Can you imagine at 3-7 saying, ‘I have a vision. I see us playing the Tennessee Titans on Week 18 for the divisional title.’ What are you crazy? You look like a bunch of…
“He had the audacity to say that, but you know what’s returned? They do believe in each other. Fourth quarter wins, never say die. Now that’s been missing around here for a long, long time. Never say die. That same team the year before, things are not going their way? The last team that I was with here, things aren’t going their way? They’re checking out.”
The Jaguars finished the regular season on a five-game win streak that included a 17-point comeback against the Dallas Cowboys and a come-from-behind win against the Titans in Week 18. Then in the playoffs, Jacksonville erased a 27-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Chargers.
Coughlin previously coached the Jaguars for the first eight seasons of the franchise’s history. After 12 seasons coaching the New York Giants, Coughlin returned to the Jaguars as an executive in 2017 and spent three years in the role.
