Seahawks’ Mike Macdonald new youngest head coach in NFL, passing Jerod Mayo and ending Sean McVay’s 7-year run

Earlier this offseason, new Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo overtook Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay as the youngest coach in the NFL. Mayo is a mere 30 days younger than McVay, and his reign as the league’s youngest coach lasted considerably less time than McVay’s did. 

Mayo was named head coach on Jan. 12, 2024, and it took until just Jan. 31 until new Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald took Mayo’s spot atop the list. Macdonald, 36, is about eight months younger than Mayo. He was most recently the defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens, who just lost in the AFC title game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Interestingly, Macdonald and Mayo replaced the two coaches who were previously the two oldest coaches in the NFL. Former Seahawks coach Pete Carroll held that title for quite some time, and after he parted ways with Seattle, Bill Belichick was the oldest head coach in the league for about 24 hours until he and the Patriots parted ways. 

Now, instead of Seattle having the NFL’s oldest coach and New England having the second-oldest, the Seahawks have the league’s youngest coach and the Patriots have the second-youngest. Macdonald and Mayo are two of the eight current head coaches aged 40 or younger.

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McVay had held the mantle as the youngest coach in football for so long, that the last time he wasn’t the youngest coach in the league was back in 2016, when the league’s youngest coach was … Adam Gase — who was then in his first season with the Dolphins. He ended up getting three years in Miami and two more with the New York Jets, but hasn’t coached in the NFL since.

Clearly, the Patriots and Seahawks are hoping for something more…

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Author : Jared Dubin

Publish date : 2024-01-31 21:20:26

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