Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen is taking himself out of the running for the Jaguars’ head coaching job to stay in Tampa on a new contract that now will place him amongst the highest-paid coordinators in the NFL, per sources. Bucs are keeping their OC.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator Liam Coen will no longer be in the running for the Jacksonville Jaguars’ head coaching opening. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Coen is staying with the Buccaneers as their offensive coordinator and under a new contract that makes him among the highest-paid offensive coordinators in football.

Liam Coen has turned down the Jacksonville Jaguars' head coaching job, electing to remain with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Dallas Cowboys have spoken with several head coaching candidates over the past 10 days, but one appears to be standing out at this point. ESPN insider Adam Schefter revealed Thursday on Get Up that Brian Schottenheimer “may be the guy in Dallas.

Schottenheimer is the first known internal candidate to interview for the head coaching job. The 51-year-old Schottenheimer, son of the late NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer, joined the Dallas staff as a consultant in 2022 and held the offensive coordinator title the past two seasons while McCarthy was the play-caller.