Where Jaguars’ Liam Coen ranks among NFL head coaches
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The Jacksonville Jaguars went through a lot of effort to land Liam Coen, and it paid off immediately. Despite the rough start — no fan will ever forget that "Duuuuval" chant — he took a struggling franchise and turned it around right away. It was a historic success from Coen and the Jaguars, and he was rewarded accordingly with a Coach of the Year nomination.
Now, as the league looks ahead to the 2026 season, NBC Sports' Patrick Daugherty ranked all 32 head coaches, and provided analysis as well. Bizarrely, Coen came in at No. 14, just one spot above Shane Steichen, head coach of the division rival Indianapolis Colts, who is yet to make the playoffs. Making matters worse, Coen came in at No. 14 out of just 22 head coaches, given that the 10 new hires were ranked separately.
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While Daugherty expressed optimism for Coen's future in Jacksonville, there's really no explanation as to why he's ranked in the bottom half.
"Liam Coen’s Jaguars tenure had inauspicious beginnings. He somehow bungled the very act of getting hired before uttering the Jags’ signature “Duval” chant in the cadence of a killer movie clown at his introductory press conference. Paired with new GM James Gladstone’s “millennial word salad”-style of speech, Coen started off looking like the latest in a long line of failed Jaguars saviors. Then he got to saving them. Although that did not result in a postseason victory, Coen and company posted the club’s highest winning percentage of the 21st century. Making the playoffs is the first goal for any NFL head coach, but for Coen it was really just icing on the cake of his primary 2025 objective: Getting Trevor Lawrence’s career back on track. The often tentative and scattershot would-be franchise player was a more believable roster cornerstone by season’s end. So, Coen accomplished his first-year priorities and then some, arguably cramming 2-3 years of work into one. Just like we shouldn’t overreact to one bad press conference, the same is true of one good season. But Coen certainly looks like the man primed to get the Jags out of the draft lottery for good."
No, the Jaguars did not win in the playoffs, but to be clear — it was an incredibly close game, and they lost by just three points to Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills. Overall, the Jaguars' 2025 season was fantastic, and there is much to look forward to for 2026.
As noted by Daugherty, Coen was able to turn Lawrence into the best version of himself, and take the 4-13 team to a 13-4 record. That level of success was literally historic -- he is the only first-time head coach to ever take a team with four or fewer wins and turn it into one with 12 or more wins.
He was incredibly successful in other areas as well; under Coen, the Jaguars had the best run defense in the league, boasted a high-performing offense, and became the only team in NFL history to have 30-plus takeaways one year after having fewer than 10 the previous season.
Unsurprisingly, Coen was nominated for NFL Coach of the Year, and he only narrowly lost, coming in second place. Suffice it to say, he's far better than No. 14 out of 22.
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: Liam Coen lands at No. 14 in 2026 NFL coach rankings