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Ultimately, Weaver made his choice based upon the " intensity " of the candidates, and in January 1994, Tom Coughlin was hired as the first ever head coach of the Jaguars.

While he had previously had great success with Boston College, many at the time believed his hiring was a risky move.

Coughlin had worked in the NFL as a position coach, but he had been neither a head coach nor a coordinator in the NFL.