A winter 2025 housecleaning led to a dramatic turnaround for the Jaguars last season. With general manager **James Gladstone** and head coach **Liam Coen** taking over as first-timers in their respective roles, the Jaguars stunningly pulled off a nine-win improvement. After sinking to 4-13 in their last year under GM **Trent Baalke** and head coach **Doug Pederson**, the Jaguars vaulted to 13-4 and claimed the AFC South title.
Despite homefield advantage, the Jaguars could not make it out of the wild-card round. The playoff-tested Bills upended the Jags in a nail-biter, but there should be plenty of optimism in Duval County going into the second offseason of the Gladstone-Coen era.
### Coaching/front office:
A record-tying 10 teams changed head coaches this offseason, leading to an enormous amount of staff upheaval in the past several weeks. Case in point: Of last season's 14 playoff qualifiers, only the Jaguars, Texans and Panthers will return the same offensive and defensive coordinators in 2026. It's especially fortunate for the Jaguars, whose promising DC-OC duo were legitimate candidates to become head coaches. Campanile and Udinski ultimately stuck around on new contracts, giving Coen the luxury of continuity at those all-important positions in his second season.
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