The Jaguars are continuing to interview defensive coordinator candidates for Liam Coen‘s new staff, adding Anthony Campanile and Jonathan Cooley to their list of candidates.
Campanile, the Packers’ linebackers coach and running game coordinator, interviewed for the job on Tuesday, per a team announcement. The Jaguars also requested an interview with Cooley, currently the Panthers’ pass-game coordinator, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
2024 was Campanile’s first season in Green Bay, where his run defense allowed the third-fewest yards per carry. He spent the previous four seasons coaching linebackers for the Dolphins. Miami’s run defense improved markedly during Campanile’s tenure, as did 2021 first-round outside linebacker Jaelen Phillips.
Cooley is yet another former Sean McVay assistant to receive coordinator interest this offseason and overlapped with Coen for two seasons in Los Angeles. Cooley started as the assistant secondary coach before moving up to defensive backs coach upon Ejiro Evero‘s departure in 2022. He then followed Evero to Carolina in 2023, where his pass defense allowed the third-fewest yards in the league. The Panthers regressed in 2024, though they dealt with several injuries on the defensive side of the ball.
Campanile and Cooley bring the Jaguars’ DC candidate list to five, including the following names:
- Anthony Campanile, linebackers coach/running game coordinator (Packers): Interviewed 1/28
- Jonathan Cooley, pass-game coordinator (Panthers): Interview requested
- Patrick Graham, former defensive coordinator (Raiders): Interviewed 1/27
- Daronte Jones, defensive pass-game coordinator (Vikings): Interviewed 1/27
- Aubrey Pleasant, defensive pass-game coordinator (Rams): Interviewed 1/28