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A winter 2025 housecleaning led to a dramatic turnaround for the Jaguars last season. With general manager James Gladstone and head coach Liam Coen taking over as first-timers in their respective roles, the Jaguars stunningly pulled off a nine-win improvement. After sinking to 4-13 in their last year under GM Trent Baalke and head coach Doug Pederson, the Jaguars vaulted to 13-4 and claimed the AFC South title.<\/p>\n
Despite homefield advantage, the Jaguars could not make it out of the wild-card round. The playoff-tested Bills upended the Jags in a nail-biter, but there should be plenty of optimism in Duval County going into the second offseason of the Gladstone-Coen era.<\/p>\n
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A record-tying 10 teams changed head coaches this offseason, leading to an enormous amount of staff upheaval in the past several weeks. Case in point: Of last season’s 14 playoff qualifiers, only the Jaguars, Texans and Panthers will return the same offensive and defensive coordinators in 2026. It’s especially fortunate for the Jaguars, whose promising DC-OC duo were legitimate candidates to become head coaches. Campanile and Udinski ultimately stuck around on new contracts, giving Coen the luxury of continuity at those all-important positions in his second season.<\/p>\n
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