It has been nearly two months since legendary coach Jeff Stoutland stepped down as the Eagles’ offensive line coach after 13 incredible seasons.

Stoutland finally addressed his decision on a podcast released on Friday.

On the latest episode of The SZN with Nick Foles & Evan Moore, Stoutland was a guest and spent about an hour chatting about a bunch of different topics from memories with Foles, the Tush Push, his coaching philosophies and more. 

While Stoutland didn’t dive too deep into his departure, he did explain it a little bit.

“I’ve done this for a very long time as I’ve said, 30 years in college, 13 years in the NFL, so a lot of players will ask me along the way, ‘Hey Coach, can we talk?’ or whatever,” Stoutland said. “And they have the thought of maybe not playing football in college any longer of if a guy is thinking about retiring in the National Football League. So I’ve had these conversations with players. I always say, ‘Look, I can’t tell you what you should do or are going to do. I have no idea. That’s not right for me to say that.’ But I always say this: ‘I think there’s some point in your life where you kind of know. You kind of just know.’ 

“I think I reached that point. I was in a position where a lot of things changed, things were happening, things had taken place. And I’m like, ‘Wait a second, this is what I talked to the other players about all the time.’ I just felt like it was that time. I haven’t looked back since. I know there’s things that I’ll miss but I know there’s going to be some exciting things going forward and opportunities and challenges and that’s kind of what I’m all about.”

Stoutland, 64, will go down as one of the greatest coaches in Eagles history, a two-time Super Bowl champion and the driving force behind some of the greatest players the franchise has ever seen. One of those great players is future Hall of Famer Lane Johnson, who elected to return in 2026 for his 14th NFL season. Johnson and Stoutland arrived in Philadelphia together in 2013.

On a recent appearance on the Fitz & Whit podcast, Johnson called Stoutland’s departure “unexpected” but said he thinks Stoutland will be around “in some capacity” this season.

Stoutland was asked about that on The SZN podcast.

“I have no idea,” Stoutland said. “I haven’t had a conversation with anybody about anything like that. I don’t know. But Lane and I, we came in together in ’13. That was the Chip Kelly first year. I always think we felt like we’d end up leaving together as well. I don’t know. There was almost a silent agreement kind of but that didn’t happen unfortunately.”

The Eagles are undergoing major offensive changes this offseason. They moved on from former offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo and hired 33-year-old Sean Mannion to take his place. The Eagles also hired a new OL coach in Chris Kuper and a new run game coordinator in Ryan Mahaffey. Both of those roles had previously been held by Stoutland for years.

While the podcast conversation went in a lot of different directions, it began with a question to Stout about what he’s most proud of from his 13 years with the Eagles.

“The relationships that I’ve built with not only the players but the people in the organization, from top to bottom,” Stoutland said. “I mean, like, everybody. People in the cafeteria, the training room, the video department. They’re all really close friends of mine. I appreciate relationships and friendship. So that part I’ll miss. But I’m excited. I’ve always been a person that if you’re going to do something, go all in. Go all in, be excited, be energetic, not make believe but really feel like. So there’s a lot of creative ideas, things that I’m looking into and I’m excited about this new chapter in my life.

“Forty-four years is a long time to be in this business. It’s a grinding business, requires a lot of time away from your family. So I’m excited about doing ordinary things like going for a walk in the neighborhood with my wife Allison, or going to play golf in September. I have no idea what that’s like. I’m really excited about this whole new thing. And the other thing I’m very excited about is I really want to help people.”

Stoutland didn’t say whether or not he wants to return to coaching but did talk about continuing Stoutland University in some capacity to help others — players and coaches included.

A few minutes later, Stoutland was off to the races, energetically talking the angles of backside guards on RPOs.