{"id":799532,"date":"2026-03-08T02:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T02:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/799532\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T02:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T02:51:13","slug":"jaguars-hire-new-coach-on-defense-under-anthony-campanile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/799532\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguars hire new coach on defense under Anthony Campanile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 7, 2026, 8:50 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> have reportedly made an addition to their defensive coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to Matt Zenitz of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS Sports<\/a>, 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> are hiring Grant Morgan to be a defensive assistant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If that name rings a bell, Morgan signed with the Jaguars after the 2022 NFL draft as an undrafted rookie. He was a linebacker and played his college ball at Arkansas, where he was an All-American.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In his brief coaching career, Morgan has spent time with Illinois at the college level and with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" data-autotag=\"9402befb-12da-4b26-905a-81ab1fea0850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Giants<\/a> in the NFL as a defensive assistant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A defensive assistant can have an all-encompassing role, but one might guess that, given Morgan&#8217;s background, he could spend some time with the linebackers as well.<\/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\">Morgan joins Anthony Campanile&#8217;s staff, which thrived on generating turnovers and was the best in football against the run. During the Jaguars eight game winning streak to end the season, the defense was one of the stingiest in football, holding opponents to under 15 points per game in that stretch of games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamrankings.com\/nfl\/stat\/opponent-third-down-conversion-pct\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Third down defense<\/a> and generating more consistent pressure &#8212; that also turns to sacks &#8212; are two areas where the Jaguars&#8217; defense can improve in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 7, 2026, 8:50 p.m. ET The Jacksonville Jaguars have reportedly made an addition to their defensive coaching&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,102460,95936,95896,95891,95888,95895,95899,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-799532","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-tagarkansas","19":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116191290039994942","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799532","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=799532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}