There aren’t many openings for offensive coordinators on the Jacksonville Jaguars staff, and it appears like one more is about to be filled. Jerry Mack, the running backs coach at the University of Tennessee, is reportedly a candidate for the Jaguars’ running backs coaching position, according to Matt Zenitz of 247Sports. This position has been held by Mack since 2021.
In terms of rushing yards per game, the Volunteers rose from No. 84 to No. 11 in Mack’s first season at Tennessee. With forty running touchdowns in 2022, The Volunteers tied a school record and ranked third nationally. The only other SEC team with multiple running backs who scored 10 or more touchdowns on the ground in a single season was Tennessee. Mack spent three seasons as Rice’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach before joining Tennessee. Prior to that, he spent four seasons as the head coach of North Carolina Central, where he finished with a 31-15 record.
Previously, Mack worked as a passing game coordinator and receivers coach at Central Arkansas from 2008 to 2009, a wide receivers and tight ends coach at Jackson State from 2006 to 2007, a graduate assistant at Delta State from 2004 to 2005, a wide receivers coach at South Alabama for two seasons, a receivers coach at Memphis in 2011, an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 2020.
Mack has also taken part in five NFL internships with the Buffalo Bills (2008), Miami Dolphins (2019), Houston Texans (2018), and New York Jets (2009, 2010). A day after the 2023 season concluded, the Jaguars fired Bernie Parmalee as their running backs coach, and they are now searching for a new coach.
