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Team
  
Washington Redskins

Alma mater
  
Miami University

Positions
  
Wide receiver


Name
  
Sean McVay

College
  
Miami (Ohio)

Titles
  
Offensive coordinator

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Date of birth
  
(1986-01-24) January 24, 1986 (age 29)

Similar People
  
Jay Gruden, Joe Barry, Kyle Shanahan, Matt Cavanaugh

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Sean McVay (born January 24, 1986) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). Upon his hiring in 2017 at the age of 30, he became the youngest head coach in modern NFL history.

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Early life

McVay was born in Dayton, Ohio. He is the son of Tim and Cindy McVay. Sean’s father, Tim, played football as a defensive back at Indiana University. The McVay family lived in Dayton until Sean was six years old. McVay's grandfather, John McVay, is a former San Francisco 49ers general manager, who was involved in constructing the five Super Bowl winning seasons for the team.

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McVay graduated from Marist School in 2004. He was a four-year starter at Marist as a quarterback and defensive back for the War Eagles high school football team. He was the first player in school history to amass 1,000 yards rushing and passing in consecutive seasons. He totaled 2,600 yards rushing and 40 touchdowns rushing during his career and also passed for 2,500 yards and 18 touchdowns, leading the War Eagles to a 26–3 record, including a 14–1 record and state title as a senior, when he was named the Georgia 4A Offensive Player of the Year.

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McVay attented Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he played college football playing wide receiver from 2004–2007, earning Miami’s Scholar-Athlete Award in 2007. He caught 39 passes for 312 yards for the RedHawks. He graduated from Miami in 2008.

Early coaching career

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McVay began his coaching career as an assistant wide receivers coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2008. The following year in 2009, he was the wide receivers/quality control coach for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League (UFL).

Washington Redskins

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In 2010, he was hired as the assistant tight ends coach for the Washington Redskins. In 2011, he was promoted to tight ends coach, a position he held through 2013.

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On January 14, 2014, he was promoted by new Redskins head coach, Jay Gruden, to offensive coordinator. In his first year as offensive coordinator, he turned the team's offense into the 12th ranked pass offense in the National Football League (NFL) -- averaging 268.4 passing yards per game with third year quarterback, Kirk Cousins -- the 17th ranked rush offense, with 97.9 rushing yards per game, and the 10th ranked total offense in the NFL, a year after the team's offense finished ranked 25th in total offense, averaging 24.3 points per game and 353.8 total yards per game. In 2016, the offense ranked as the third best pass offense in the NFL with 309.3 passing yards per game, improved to the 20th ranked rush offense after being 25th the year prior (averaging 106.0 rushing yards per game), and finished 12th overall in total offense, averaging 24.8 points per game and 385.6 total yards per game.

Los Angeles Rams

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On January 12, 2017, McVay was hired as the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams at the age of 30, which made him the youngest head coach in modern NFL history, surpassing Lane Kiffin, who was 31 when hired by the Oakland Raiders in 2007.

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On September 10, 2017, McVay made his regular season debut against the Indianapolis Colts and led the Los Angeles Rams to a lopsided 46-9 win over the Colts for his first game.

Coaching tree

NFL head coaches under whom McVay has served:

  • Jon Gruden, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, (2008)
  • Mike Shanahan, Washington Redskins, (2010-2013)
  • Jay Gruden, Washington Redskins, (2014-2016)
  • References

    Sean McVay Wikipedia