It’s a done deal. The Rams are hiring Sean McVay as their new head coach, as Alden Gonzalez of ESPN.com tweets. The Rams have since confirmed the news. It’s a five-year deal for McVay, Albert Breer of TheMMQB.com reports (on Twitter).
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McVay, still only 30, is now the youngest head coach in the modern era. On a day where the Chargers announced that they will also be moving to Los Angeles, the Rams have managed to steal the Chargers’ thunder.
“This is an exciting day for the Los Angeles Rams as we welcome Sean McVay as our new head coach,” owner Stan Kroenke said in a statement. “The accomplishments and success that he has rendered in less than a decade in our league are remarkable. I am confident in his vision to make a team a consistent winner and to ultimately bring a Super Bowl title home to Los Angeles.”
McVay, who has three years’ experience as a coordinator, teamed with head coach Jay Gruden to guide the Redskins to the NFL’s third-best total offense and a fifth-place DVOA ranking in 2016. He’s widely credited for turning Kirk Cousins into a top quarterback and the Rams are hopeful that he can do the same for No. 1 overall pick Jared Goff. McVay will also get to work with Todd Gurley, a player who has the ability to be an elite running back in the right system.
Now that McVay is in Los Angeles, he will reportedly try to bring Wade Phillips in as his defensive coordinator.
Good for him. Dumb for Rams. Save your paychecks kid.
WHAT THE HEC!!!! this is ah typo rite???
Next year he will become the youngest coach ever to be fired from the NFL
Nah, he’ll make it to the new stadium. Anything is better than Jeff Fisher’s inept offense!!
Agreed.
People will criticize, but truly, it’s better with any one other Fisher there. Now with McVay and Phillips, they can create a real program in LA.