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Jacksonville Jaguars assistant coach hired by college football team during Sunday's game
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The Jacksonville Jaguars lost a football game Sunday, 23-20 to the Houston Texans.
The Jaguars lost a quarterback, when Trevor Lawrence was knocked out with a concussion on an illegal hit by Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair, a play that sparked a large-scale brawl in the second quarter at EverBank Stadium.
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And the Jaguars also appear to have lost an assistant coach… during the game, no less.
Kennesaw State University announced Jaguars running backs coach Jerry Mack as their new head football coach on Sunday afternoon, declaring the hire on social media.
The university issued its release at 2:39 p.m., during halftime of the Jags' loss to the Texans. Kennesaw State's athletic department announced an "introductory event" to welcome Mack to the college at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Jaguars running backs coach Jerry Mack is pictured during the Jags' International Series practices in London.
Mack, 44, has worked on Doug Pederson's Jaguars staff since the start of 2024, when he joined from the University of Tennessee to replace Bernie Parmalee.
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Pederson confirmed Kennesaw State's hiring of Mack following Sunday's game.
Kennesaw State, in its first year of Football Bowl Subdivision competition, finished 2-10 this year. The Owls fired inaugural head coach Brian Bohannon nine games into his 10th season, with Chandler Burks taking charge for the remaining three.
Mack's only previous head coaching role came at North Carolina Central from 2014-17. He has served as a college assistant with Delta State, Jackson State, Central Arkansas, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Memphis, South Alabama, Rice and Tennessee prior to his Jaguars tenure.
It's not yet clear whether Mack will remain with the Jaguars for the team's five remaining games, nor is it certain who would fill his role in charge of running backs if he leaves the team now.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville Jaguars: Kennesaw State hires assistant coach Jerry Mack
