The Los Angeles Rams hired Sean McVay last month to lead the franchise, making him the youngest head coach in NFL history. McVay was 30 years old when he was appointed the title on January 12, a few days before he celebrated his 31st birthday on January 24. The previous youngest coach in league history was Lane Kiffin, who was hired at 31 to lead the Oakland Raiders in January 2007.
According to The Los Angeles Times, McVay has earned a reputation for detail, presence, organization, and quarterback whispering while zooming through pro football’s coaching ranks. His resume also includes a three-season run as the Washington Redskins' offensive coordinator, and as an assistant in Washington since 2010.
On being the youngest head coach in the league, he told On Air with Ryan Seacrest: "You feel very fortunate to be in this situation, Ryan, and it's one of those situations where I've been around great people to help get to this place and get into coaching. Really, my grandfather's influence as an executive for the 49ers for all five of their Super Bowls was instrumental in helping me get into it."
McVay will take over a franchise that finished their last season 4-12 with former head coach Jeff Fisher. The Rams are on a 13th consecutive nonwinning streak and a 12-year playoff drought, but McVay plans to rebuild the team's stagnant record starting with a new coaching staff.
"The first step for us was being able to hire a great coaching staff, and that's what we feel like we've been able to do. We've got some key pieces in place that we feel will give ourselves a chance to compete," he said. "We're going to focus on our process. What that process is going to be tailored around is daily improvement and developing our daily, our weekly, our yearly rhythm to kind of help us reach our full potential, which is the number one goal."
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