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Jacksonville Jaguars coach search: Who is Aubrey Pleasant, defensive coordinator candidate?
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Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen is continuing to interview coaches to fill out his staff. The head coach appears to be focused on acquiring the team's next defensive coordinator.
Coen has already interviewed two candidates for the team's vacant DC role, including former Las Vegas Raiders coordinator Patrick Graham and Minnesota Vikings defensive pass game coordinator and defensive backs coach Daronte Jones .
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Now, the team has announced they've completed an interview with Las Angeles Rams defensive pass-game coordinator and assistant head coach Aubrey Pleasant. The interview was conducted on Tuesday morning.
On Monday, Coen said that he wants his defense to play like "savages," noting that physicality is going to be a staple of the team's identity as a whole.
"I want them playing on the edge. I want them to play on the edge because it's a violent game, they have to be that way," he told writers in a scrum at the Miller Electric Center not long after his introductory press conference. "I want them to play that way. So that's where it starts. If we can get that out of these guys, I think we'll be in moving in the right direction."
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Who is Los Angeles Rams ' Aubrey Pleasant?
October 15, 2023; Inglewood, California, USA; Los Angeles Rams defensive backs/pass game coordinator Aubrey Pleasant during the third quarter against the Arizona Cardinals at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Pleasant is a 15-year coaching veteran and joined the Rams staff as a cornerbacks coach in 2017.
Pleasant began his coaching career after going undrafted out of Wisconsin in 2009. After a year at the high school level, Pleasant went to Michigan as a defensive graduate assistant in 2011 and was promoted to assistant defensive backs coach in 2012.
Pleasant made the jump to the NFL in 2013 as a coaching intern with the Cleveland Browns . Pleasant moved on to the Washington Commanders as an offensive assistant before transitioning to defensive quality control coach (2014-16).
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Pleasant moved on to the Rams as a cornerbacks coach (2017-20), the Detroit Lions as a defensive backs and passing game coordinator (2021-22) and an offensive consultant with the Green Bay Packers (2022).
He came back to the Rams in 2023 under his current role.
Demetrius Harvey is the Jacksonville Jaguars reporter for the Florida Times-Union. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @Demetrius82 or on Bluesky @ Demetrius .
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This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jaguars interview Aubrey Pleasant for defensive coordinator role
