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Head Coach,
Jack Del Rio
Pro Career: Jack Del Rio was named head coach of the Jaguars on January 17, 2003, becoming the second head coach in franchise history. In his first season, the Jaguars posted a 5-11 record, with six losses coming by seven points or less and a defense that ranked sixth in the NFL. Del Rio was the defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers in 2002, his sixth season as an NFL assistant coach. He previously spent 11 years as an NFL line-backer. At 41, Del Rio is the second-youngest head coach in the NFL, Jon Gruden is the youngest. In his only sea-son with Carolina, the team's defense ranked second in the league after finishing thirty-first in 2001. From 1999-2001, he was the linebackers coach for the Baltimore Ravens, helping the team win Super Bowl) OO (V the Ravens finished second in total defense in each of those three seasons. During the Ravens' Super Bowl championship season in 2000, Baltimore's defense set the NFL 16-game record by allowing only 165 points. Del Rio coached two seasons in New Orleans, as the linebackers coach in 1998 and the assistant strength coach in 1997. In 1985, he was a third-round choice of the New Orleans Saints and was named to the NFL's All-Rookie team. Del Rio also played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1987-88, Dallas Cowboys from 1989-1991, and Minnesota Vikings from 1992-95. He played in the Pro Bowl following the 1994 sea-son. Career record: 5-11.

Background: Four-year starter at line-backer from 1981-84 at Southern California, where he earned consensus All-America honors as a senior and was runner-up for the Lombardi Award. He was co-MVP of the 1985 Rose Bowl. Drafted by baseball's Toronto Blue Jays in 1981, Del Rio batted .340 while playing catcher on USC's baseball team in 1983 and 1984 with future stars Randy Johnson and Mark McGwire. He has a political science degree from Kansas.

Personal: Jack Del Rio was born April 4, 1963 in Castro Valley, Calif. Jack and his wife, Linda, live in Jacksonville, and have three daughters, Lauren, Hope, and Aubrey, and a son, Luke.