Jack Del Rio Fired by the Jacksonville Jaguars; Will He Land a College Football Coaching Job?

All, College Football, NFL Jason McIntyre November 29th. 2011, 8:34am

Chris Mortensen of ESPN is reporting that the Jaguars fired coach Jack Del Rio. This isn’t a major surprise. Del Rio barely survived last season and had no shot this year when the team released QB David Garrard days before the start of the regular season. Del Rio started the season with Luke McCown at QB, but that experiment quickly failed, and rookie Blaine Gabbert was tossed into the fire. Gabbert’s been a wreck in 10 games, completing less than 50 percent of his passes (though it’s not like he’s got anyone skilled to throw to). The Jaguars are a raging dumpster fire, having scored the fewest points in the NFL (138, yes, fewer than the inept Colts and the pathetic Rams). Del Rio switched back to McCown in Sunday’s loss to Houston, and perhaps that was the last straw for management.

Or, maybe Del Rio knew he was done at season’s end, so he wanted to be cut loose early so he could have a crack at one of the many college football openings? Del Rio went to USC and is from California … while he was playing in the NFL in 1990, he went to the University of Kansas to get his degree. UCLA and Kansas have coaching openings. I imagine Del Rio will lobby hard for any job, and yes, that includes lower-tier schools like UAB, Memphis, and even Washington State.

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51 Responses to “Jack Del Rio Fired by the Jacksonville Jaguars; Will He Land a College Football Coaching Job?”

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Gaseous Clay Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 8:44 AM
I wouldn’t hire this guy to clean my septic tank. But who knows, Dave Wannstedt kept getting jobs.
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cracker jack Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Penn State!
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QueeferSutherland Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Del Rio is a really good defensive coach and will land on his feet somewhere. At the very least he’ll be a D-coordinator in the NFL, which, frankly, is preferable to the 80-car pileup that is Jacksonville.
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TheBigLead Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 8:56 AM
not sure if this was intentional …
I wouldn’t hire this guy to clean my septic tank..
Penn State!
but i think those two are the same thing, right?
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Jay V Of Considerable Influence Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
At the very least he’ll be a D-coordinator in the NFL
I find this a far more likely scenario than a head coaching gig in college. He has never been a college coach, started coaching in pros immediately upon retirement. Has never done an ounce of recruiting. He’s going to be sticking around the NFL.
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johndewar Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:03 AM
Or, maybe Del Rio knew he was done at season’s end, so he wanted to be cut loose early so he could have a crack at one of the many college football openings?
Could be.
Or, he sees everything you described (including his own probable demise at season’s end) and figured “what’s the point”?
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roger from oz Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:10 AM
He’s more of a septic tank guy than a football coach.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
great move by the Jags and only about 5 years overdue. Any CFB team that hires him as head man is making a huge mistake.
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bsanders37 Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Injuries and QB instability, the quickest way to the hiring line.
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Vincent Vega Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
He and Norval might make a decent OC and DC combo somewhere. Indy maybe, because they are going down hard, and someone is going to have to coach up Luck, Caldwell sure as hell can’t do it.
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Chief Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Injuries and QB instability
Should’ve nabbed Tebow.
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Urinal Mint Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
DC at USC
it makes sense
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
yes, that includes lower-tier schools like UAB, Memphis, and even Washington State.
The Tigers are arguably the worst team in FBS. They’re already in the septic tank. Heck yeah, we should go after him.
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Urinal Mint Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:21 AM
I’ll miss the pleather motorcycle jacket
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bsanders37 Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:23 AM
At least the Jags’ punters current and future can rest easy now.
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Gaseous Clay Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
DC at USC
it makes sense
lane is shit canning his dad?
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Urinal Mint Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
lane is shit canning his dad?
Sorry, I meant to throw “in 2018″ in there
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Urinal Mint Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
although I imagine he could do better at Kansas than Turner Gil
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
and someone is going to have to coach up Luck, Caldwell sure as hell can’t do it.
Andy Reid!
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sportsdork Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Andy Reid would like to hire Del Rio to be his quarterbacks coach.
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YYSA Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Andy Reid would like to hire Del Rio to be his quarterbacks coach.
For what team?
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Gaseous Clay Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Or, maybe Del Rio knew he was done at season’s end, so he wanted to be cut loose early so he could have a crack at one of the many college football openings?
Wouldn’t Jacksonville have let him quit, if that were the case, since now they have to pay him? They seem pretty keen on not spending money they don’t have to, without regard to winning football games. Although Garrard sucks, too.
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Anti-KC Res Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
Del Rio purposefully got fired so he can goto the remote western outpost at Pullman? I don’t think so.
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Geeezeus Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
Should’ve nabbed Tebow.
Nope.
This should have happened last summer, but the labour issues bought him some additional time. Hope whomever they bring in next summer retains Mel Tucker as DC, he’s done a good job with that unit.
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bsanders37 Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:34 AM
The real question is, who the hell wants to coach the Jaguars? Bad location, bad fanbase, bad QB, huge money tied up in your LB corps. Jim Haslett, come on down!
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bsanders37 Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Not sure why that’s being moderated, but ok.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:36 AM
In a bizarro world, it would be sweet to see Del Rio go into hiding for a few weeks, and then show up in Westwood…as UCLA coach!
Walking out from behind a wall, wearing Bruin blue and gold, disparaging his alma mater cross town.
I know in the real world it won’t happen. But, for a moment, the sight cracked me up.
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YYSA Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
The real question is, who the hell wants to coach the Jaguars? Bad location, bad fanbase, bad QB, huge money tied up in your LB corps. Jim Haslett, come on down!
Dennis Erickson to Jacksonville!
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Not sure why that’s being moderated, but ok.
sounds a hell of a lot like the jets if you ask me.
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Anti-KC Res Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:46 AM
The real question is, who the hell wants to coach the Jaguars? Bad location, bad fanbase, bad QB, huge money tied up in your LB corps. Jim Haslett, come on down!
Maybe they can convince some sucker that the Jags will be in LA in a couple years.
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SouvenirCity Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Blaine Gabbert should be forced to pay Del Rio’s unemployment benefits.
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AssaultWithAConcreteDildo Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:50 AM
I heard he was going to “stump” for the Kansas job.
/get it?
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ATL_Badger Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:50 AM
The real question is, who the hell wants to coach the Jaguars?
It’s one of the 30 best jobs in coaching, isn’t it? I guess if you mean that cowher isn’t going to want to coach there, then yeah. But what guy who hasn’t been a head coach is going to say no?
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sportsdork Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Hey, at least they’ve got that $18 million guaranteed tight end locked down.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Another one bites the dust.
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sportsdork Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
But what guy who hasn’t been a head coach is going to say no?
Any guy with other NFL head coaching options. In other words, the good candidates.
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coop247 Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
I wouldn’t hire this guy to clean my septic tank..
Penn State!
but i think those two are the same thing, right?
Go fuck yourself.
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sportsdork Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
I see the moderation gremlin is quite lively this morning.
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Rick Jensen Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
I wouldn’t hire this guy to clean my septic tank. But who knows, Dave Wannstedt kept getting jobs.
Overly strong words about Del Rio. Wannstedt wasn’t so bad at Pitt. As far as former Jimmy Johnson assistants go, he always was way better than Norval Eugene Turner.
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Geeezeus Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Blaine Gabbert should be forced to pay Del Rio’s unemployment benefits.
They rushed him. Del Rio knew his job was on the line, should have stayed with McCown.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Who’s next?
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scripty Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:58 AM
keep choppin’ Jack…
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payaso Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 9:59 AM
I find this a far more likely scenario than a head coaching gig in college. He has never been a college coach, started coaching in pros immediately upon retirement. Has never done an ounce of recruiting. He’s going to be sticking around the NFL.
Yup. Coaches have a generally have a tough time going from the pros to college, where the game is much more innovative with a larger variety of styles.
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Urinal Mint Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 10:01 AM
wearing Bruin blue and gold
a Bruin blue and gold pleather jacket, no less
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
although I imagine he could do better at Kansas than Turner Gil
true.
As for next Jags coach, it will probably be some cheap noob.
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jim Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 10:10 AM
It looks like Jack Of The River is up shits creek without a paddle. And looking at his record, he does epitomize the term “mediocre coach.”
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Anti-KC Res Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 10:18 AM
although I imagine he could do better at Kansas than Turner Gil
A damn sea urchin could do better than Gill.
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mmonast Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 10:25 AM
Eric.Mangini.
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Chief Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 10:31 AM
although I imagine he could do better at Kansas than Turner Gil
A damn sea urchin could do better than Gill.
/Fetch cries
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Mantis Toboggan Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Norv Turner when he gets fired from the Chargers.
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Cowboy Mike's Red Hot Ricochet Barbecue Sauce Says:
November 29th, 2011 at 10:46 AM
Hahaha team is getting sold. Goodbye Florida! Hellllllo reallignment.