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01-12-2017, 04:37 PM
Rams hire Redskins OC Sean McVay as head coach
Alden Gonzalez
ESPN Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Rams have decided on their new head coach, hiring 30-year-old Redskins offensive coordinator Sean McVay on Thursday.
McVay, who turns 31 on Jan. 24, will replace Jeff Fisher and become the youngest head coach since Art "Pappy" Lewis for the Cleveland Rams, who took the job in 1938 at 27 years old, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
"I am incredibly honored by this opportunity and I want to start by thanking Mr. [Stan] Kroenke and Kevin Demoff for their faith in me to lead the Los Angeles Rams as head coach," McVay said in a statement. "Collectively, we are committed to building a championship caliber team, and I'm excited to start that process and make our fans proud."
The Rams were so enthused with McVay that they agreed to hire him without first sitting down with Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, who was considered one of the favorites when the process began.
McVay has spent the past three years running the Redskins' offense and has been crucial in the development of quarterback Kirk Cousins. The Rams are hopeful that he can do the same with 2016 No. 1 overall pick Jared Goff and vastly improve a woeful offense that has gained the fewest yards in the NFL in each of the past two years.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18460972/los-angeles-rams-hire-redskins-oc-sean-mcvay-coach
Alden Gonzalez
ESPN Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Rams have decided on their new head coach, hiring 30-year-old Redskins offensive coordinator Sean McVay on Thursday.
McVay, who turns 31 on Jan. 24, will replace Jeff Fisher and become the youngest head coach since Art "Pappy" Lewis for the Cleveland Rams, who took the job in 1938 at 27 years old, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
"I am incredibly honored by this opportunity and I want to start by thanking Mr. [Stan] Kroenke and Kevin Demoff for their faith in me to lead the Los Angeles Rams as head coach," McVay said in a statement. "Collectively, we are committed to building a championship caliber team, and I'm excited to start that process and make our fans proud."
The Rams were so enthused with McVay that they agreed to hire him without first sitting down with Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, who was considered one of the favorites when the process began.
McVay has spent the past three years running the Redskins' offense and has been crucial in the development of quarterback Kirk Cousins. The Rams are hopeful that he can do the same with 2016 No. 1 overall pick Jared Goff and vastly improve a woeful offense that has gained the fewest yards in the NFL in each of the past two years.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18460972/los-angeles-rams-hire-redskins-oc-sean-mcvay-coach