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Jack Del Rio was hired as the second head coach in Jacksonville Jaguars' history on Jan. 17, 2003. He is one of eight current NFL head coaches who also played football in the league.
The 2007 season is his fifth, and his four-year record was 34-20 and includes one playoff appearance, in 2005. That team was eliminated by New England in the AFC Wild-Card Game, 20-3.
A former linebacker, Del Rio's charge was to build up the Jags' defense and special teams. He accomplished both, but his early tenure in Jacksonville was marked by a faux pas. Del Rio brought an ax and a log into the locker room to symbolize a blue-collar mentality he wanted his team to have. Punter Chris Hanson c...
The 2007 season is his fifth, and his four-year record was 34-20 and includes one playoff appearance, in 2005. That team was eliminated by New England in the AFC Wild-Card Game, 20-3.
A former linebacker, Del Rio's charge was to build up the Jags' defense and special teams. He accomplished both, but his early tenure in Jacksonville was marked by a faux pas. Del Rio brought an ax and a log into the locker room to symbolize a blue-collar mentality he wanted his team to have. Punter Chris Hanson c...
Jack Del Rio was hired as the second head coach in Jacksonville Jaguars' history on Jan. 17, 2003. He is one of eight current NFL head coaches who also played football in the league.
The 2007 season is his fifth, and his four-year record was 34-20 and includes one playoff appearance, in 2005. That team was eliminated by New England in the AFC Wild-Card Game, 20-3.
A former linebacker, Del Rio's charge was to build up the Jags' defense and special teams. He accomplished both, but his early tenure in Jacksonville was marked by a faux pas. Del Rio brought an ax and a log into the locker room to symbolize a blue-collar mentality he wanted his team to have. Punter Chris Hanson cut his leg badly while swinging the ax.
Before the 2007 season, the second signature moment of the Del Rio Era occurred: he cut veteran starting quarterback Byron Leftwich in favor of more-mobile backup David Garrard, a gutsy decision that many observers around the NFL questioned. As an NFL assistant, Del Rio worked for Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka (New Orleans), for Super Bowl champion coach Brian Billick (Baltimore) and for Super Bowl coach John Fox (Carolina).
Del Rio grew up in the San Francisco Bay area as an Oakland Raiders fan and a three-sport star. He played high school baseball with future major-league stars Randy Johnson and Mark McGwire, and the Toronto Blue Jays drafted him out of Hayward High to be a catcher. But Del Rio liked football, and he decided to play it at Southern California.
A four-year starter and a consensus All-American linebacker for the Trojans, he played on teams that were 30-15-1. Del Rio was picked by New Orleans in the third round of the 1985 draft and played 15 seasons for four teams (New Orleans, Kansas City, Dallas and Minnesota). He earned his college degree (B.S. in political science) from Kansas, which he earned while playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.
The 2007 season is his fifth, and his four-year record was 34-20 and includes one playoff appearance, in 2005. That team was eliminated by New England in the AFC Wild-Card Game, 20-3.
A former linebacker, Del Rio's charge was to build up the Jags' defense and special teams. He accomplished both, but his early tenure in Jacksonville was marked by a faux pas. Del Rio brought an ax and a log into the locker room to symbolize a blue-collar mentality he wanted his team to have. Punter Chris Hanson cut his leg badly while swinging the ax.
Before the 2007 season, the second signature moment of the Del Rio Era occurred: he cut veteran starting quarterback Byron Leftwich in favor of more-mobile backup David Garrard, a gutsy decision that many observers around the NFL questioned. As an NFL assistant, Del Rio worked for Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka (New Orleans), for Super Bowl champion coach Brian Billick (Baltimore) and for Super Bowl coach John Fox (Carolina).
Del Rio grew up in the San Francisco Bay area as an Oakland Raiders fan and a three-sport star. He played high school baseball with future major-league stars Randy Johnson and Mark McGwire, and the Toronto Blue Jays drafted him out of Hayward High to be a catcher. But Del Rio liked football, and he decided to play it at Southern California.
A four-year starter and a consensus All-American linebacker for the Trojans, he played on teams that were 30-15-1. Del Rio was picked by New Orleans in the third round of the 1985 draft and played 15 seasons for four teams (New Orleans, Kansas City, Dallas and Minnesota). He earned his college degree (B.S. in political science) from Kansas, which he earned while playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.
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