{"id":687567,"date":"2026-01-19T00:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/687567\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T00:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:47:16","slug":"jaguars-grant-udinski-gets-second-interview-with-browns-for-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/687567\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguars Grant Udinski gets second interview with Browns for head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Jan. 18, 2026, 2:56 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jacksonville Jaguars\u2019<\/a> offensive coordinator Grant Udinski is reportedly getting a second head coaching interview with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cleveland-browns\/329\" data-autotag=\"9cb205d1-d46a-4c2c-a80a-90061986bc20\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>, according to the NFL Network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If Udinski were to land this job, at 30 years old he would become the youngest head coach in NFL history, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adamschefter\/status\/2012946409280991692?s=46&amp;t=Pfffp7nQINafWRz-FFyRiw\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Adam Schefter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This interview will take place in-person. ESPN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jfowlerespn\/status\/2012953144720793637?s=46&amp;t=Pfffp7nQINafWRz-FFyRiw\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jeremy Fowler<\/a> noted that along with Udinski, Jim Schwartz, Todd Monken, and Mike McDaniel will have in-person interviews as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This past year was Udinski&#8217;s first with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jaguars<\/a>. He played a key role in Trevor Lawrence&#8217;s growth and in the success the Jacksonville offense had over the second half of the season, averaging almost 33 points per game during their eight-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Before joining the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" data-autotag=\"0e187629-debe-49e8-9e02-83bd36ad3fcc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jaguars<\/a>, Udinski spent a few years in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/minnesota-vikings\/347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a>&#8216; organization, and in his final season with the team, he was the assistant offensive coordinator and the assistant quarterbacks coach, working closely with head coach Kevin O&#8217;Connell.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Udinski could also be a candidate for a play-calling offensive coordinator job among some of the teams with head coaching openings. Liam Coen calls the plays for the Jaguars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">(Please note that this article will be updated.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Jan. 18, 2026, 2:56 p.m. ET Jacksonville Jaguars\u2019 offensive coordinator Grant Udinski is reportedly getting a second&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,95957,95892,95936,95935,95895,95897,95899,95884,95883,95934,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-687567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","12":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","13":"tag-jaguars","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnfljaguars","16":"tag-sstsnjaguars","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagcleveland-browns","19":"tag-tagespn-inc","20":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","21":"tag-tagliam-coen","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagoverall-negative","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-tagtrevor-lawrence","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115919011636423918","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}