Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Liam Coen reportedly told the Buccaneers late last night that he is leaving to be the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Coen withdrew his name from the Jacksonville search on Wednesday and was prepared to sign a lucrative deal to remain as the offensive coordinator in Tampa. Less than 24 hours later, Coen was back in Jacksonville working out a deal to coach the Jaguars.
Here is an excerpt from ESPN:
The two sides verbally reached agreement on a contract overnight, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
The decision capped a two-day saga in which Coen pulled himself from consideration for the Jaguars job, then agreed to a contract extension with the Buccaneers that would have made him the NFL’s highest-paid coordinator, and then changed his mind after Jacksonville reached out to ask him to reconsider after it parted ways with general manager Trent Baalke on Wednesday afternoon.