BREAKING: Jaguars Assistant Coach Tettleton Took College HC Interview

Could the Jacksonville Jaguars lose a second running backs coach to the college ranks?

Oct 16, 2024; Watford, United Kingdom; Jacksonville Jaguars assistant wide receivers coach Tyler Tettleton during practice at The Grove. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

The Jacksonville Jaguars could potentially lose a second offensive assistant to the college football coaching ranks.

According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Jaguars offensive assistant Tyler Tettleton recently interviewed for the head coach role at Ohio University. If Tettleton were to take the job, he would be the second Jaguars assistant this month to leave for a job in college football.

Former Ohio starting QB Tyler Tettleton, who also has coached at his alma mater, recently interviewed for the Bobcats head coaching job, sources say.

Tettleton, who is currently the #Jaguars assistant RBs coach, was their pass-game coordinator in 2021. A coach on the rise. pic.twitter.com/0dUdf0etmv

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 17, 2024

After being the Jaguars' assistant running backs coach in 2022, Tettleton served as assistant wide receivers coach in 2023 and entered 2024 in the same role. Tettleton was then made the Jaguars' new running back coach two weeks ago after former running backs coach Jerry Mack left to take the head coach job at Kennesaw State.

"Then, internally Tyler Tettleton, who's been in that room before, we're going to just sort of give him some running back responsibilities. He's coached them a little bit on the side the last couple of years," Pederson said earlier this month. "Been in that room, understands what we're doing offensively. So, we'll spread it out a little bit, but Tyler will be the main focal point there.”

"I think he and Jamel [Offensive Quality Control Jamel Mutunga] are two guys that it’ll be a great opportunity with the workload and being able to spread it out and handle that position," Pederson said. "Tyler will be the point person in there, but it'll be a good opportunity for him these next couple of weeks to really have a position group and then coach them and lead those guys.”

While it is unclear if Tettleton will actually be given the job, it is clear that Jaguars assistants are starting to form some contingency plans after the disastrous 2024 season.

If the Jaguars were to lose Tettleton, they at least can take solace in the fact that the 2024 season is nearing a close. But for now, the biggest storyline around the Jaguars is the future of Pederson and the rest of his coaching staff.

If assistants continue to look for ways off of Jacksonville's staff and onto other ones, then that may tell us all that we need to know about the feelings inside the building on where this thing could be heading.

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