How Liam Coen turned the Jaguars into a playoff team

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- After every victory celebration in the Jacksonville Jaguars' locker room this season, coach Liam Coen delivered an energetic fist pump and an emphatic "How's that feel?" It's a phrase his father, Tim, used after victories as a college and high school coach in Rhode Island -- though his fist pump was slightly different.

As the season went on and the wins piled up -- 11 ... 12 ... 13 -- the fist pumps got bigger and more effusive. As did the noise and cheers from players and coaches.

"[It's] a lot of buildup, a ton of prep, emotions, communication, there's that border of being exhausted/adrenaline at different points," the…