With Trent Baalke out, Liam Coen could be back soon

He was out. And now he might be back in.

Per multiple reports, Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen has returned to Jacksonville as part of the team’s head coaching search. The move comes after Coen removed his name from the mix, which by all appearances led the Jaguars to fire GM Trent Baalke.

Now that Baalke is out, Coen is talking to the Jaguars about becoming the team’s next head coach.

Coen had agreed to a new contract with the Buccaneers after deciding to be benched. Obviously, he’s still free to take a head coaching job with any other team. And he could very soon.

He served as offensive coordinator for the Rams in 2022 before returning to the University of Kentucky in the same role for 2023. After Dave Canales left the Bucs to coach the Panthers, Coen replaced Canales in Tampa Bay.

The 39-year-old Rhode Island native coached at the college level from 2010 to 2017 before taking a job with the Rams. He went to Kentucky in 2021 before returning to the Rams in 2022 before returning to Kentucky in 2023.

If hired, he will be the fifth head coach of the team since Shad Khan bought it in 2012.

Khan fired Doug Pederson after the 2024 season, two years after the Jaguars reached the divisional round of the playoffs.