Doug Pederson to be Jacksonville Jaguars’ next head coach

getting fired on Dec. 16 after just 13 games at the helm. 

Pederson, however, brings NFL success to his second tenure as head coach. Pederson was the Eagles’ head coach when the team won Super Bowl LII against the New England Patriots. In five seasons as Eagles head coach, Pederson compiled a regular-season record of 42-37-1, and the Eagles made the playoffs in three of those seasons.

Pederson played 10 seasons in the NFL, mostly as a backup quarterback, most notably behind Brett Favre with the Green Bay Packers.

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The Pederson development comes after Byron Leftwich removed himself from consideration for the Jaguars post. Leftwich was interviewed twice by the Jaguars, but made it known that he couldn’t work with general manager Trent Baalke, two people with knowledge of the situation told the USA TODAY Network. The people spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation.

Contributing: John Reid, Florida Times-Union

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