Darrell Bevell to be introduced as Jaguars interim head coach. Get to know him

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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 19: Offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell of the Jacksonville Jaguars looks connected successful the crippled against the Denver Broncos astatine TIAA Bank Field connected September 19, 2021 successful Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) (JULIO AGUILAR, 2021 Getty Images)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jaguars violative coordinator Darrell Bevell was named interim caput manager aft embattled caput manager Urban Meyer was fired earlier helium could implicit his archetypal play with the team.

Bevell, who volition pb the squad for the last 4 games, volition beryllium formally introduced successful his caller relation during a 3:30 p.m. quality league that News4JAX plans to transportation unrecorded connected air.

According to NFL insider Aaron Wilson, Bevell is “wildly popular” and the “polar opposite” of the benignant of person Meyer was.

Darrell Bevell being named interim manager is 'wildly popular' successful Jaguars building, replacement for Urban Meyer viewed arsenic 'polar opposite' successful presumption of enactment style, described arsenic 'collegial, hard-working," by league source

— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) December 16, 2021

It’s the 2nd clip Bevell, 51, has been unexpectedly thrust into the caput coaching occupation successful the past 2 seasons. Last year, Bevell assumed the rubric of interim caput manager for the Detroit Lions aft caput manager Matt Patricia was fired. Bevell won his caput coaching debut against the Chicago Bears, 34-30.

This season, Bevell has been the play-caller for the dismal Jaguars offense. In a nonaccomplishment past week against the Tennessee Titans, the Jaguars were unopen out, 20-0. The squad ranks 26th retired of 32 teams erstwhile it comes to violative accumulation this season, according to Pro Football Focus.

Bevell started his vocation arsenic an NFL violative coordinator successful 2006 for the Minnesota Vikings, wherever helium held the presumption for 4 years. He past was the violative coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks from 2011 to 2017. Bevell is credited with processing Russell Wilson into 1 of the apical quarterbacks successful the NFL portion helium was there.

With Bevell calling the plays connected offense, the Seahawks made 2 Super Bowl appearances and won Super Bowl XLVIII. The Seahawks came abbreviated successful Super Bowl XLIX against the New England Patriots after a arguable play telephone by Bevell wherever the squad decided to propulsion a walk connected 2nd and extremity from the 1-yard enactment with 26 seconds near alternatively of moving the shot with Marshawn Lynch.

Bevell’s NFL vocation started successful 2000 erstwhile helium was hired by the Green Bay Packers arsenic an violative assistant. In 2003, helium was promoted to quarterbacks manager and worked with Brett Favre.

Bevell was a backmost himself successful college.

In 1993, helium led Wisconsin to a astonishing play successful which the squad finished 10–1–1 to unafraid the school’s archetypal Rose Bowl invitation successful 30 years. Bevell finished his assemblage vocation with 19 schoolhouse records, including astir passing yards successful a azygous crippled and successful a career.

On Sunday, Bevell volition pb an NFL squad for the sixth crippled of his vocation erstwhile the Jaguars big the Houston Texans.

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Cole Pepper

Cole joined News4Jax full-time successful January 2017, but helium has been a portion of the squad since helium began filling successful arsenic a sports anchor successful 2005.