JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The wife of the Jacksonville Jaguars’ next head coach is standing up for her family after she said people have been “negative about my kids.”
Ashley Coen’s husband Liam Coen, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator, was taking a second look at the Jags’ head coaching job Thursday after taking himself out of the running Wednesday.
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Also on Wednesday, the Jaguars announced the firing of General Manager Trent Baalke and then made another attempt to hire Liam Coen as the team’s head coach.
Rick Stroud, the Tampa Bay Times’ Bucs beat reporter, laid out part of the timeline Thursday night, mentioning that one of the Coens’ children was sick:
“Liam Coen contacted head coach Todd Bowles around 5 p.m. Thursday. He said he had been with one of his kids, who had taken ill, at a doctors office. He mentioned the Jaguars situation only briefly, saying he wanted to look back into it.”
To be clear, the Liam Coen contacted head coach Todd Bowles around 5 p. m. Thursday. He said he had been with one of his kids, who had taken ill, at a doctors office. He mentioned the Jaguars situation only briefly, saying he wanted to look back into it.
— Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) January 24, 2025
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This led many on social media to speculate that Coen used having a sick child as a rouse to go to Jacksonville for another interview.
Ashley Coen posted on X on Friday morning, saying that their son was at a hospital Thursday “seeing a specialist for his autoimmune disease.” Here is her full post:
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“I hate that I even have to say this, but when people are negative about my kids, I will not be silent. Our son is sick, we were at the hospital yesterday seeing a specialist for his autoimmune disease. Please don’t spread misinformation and assume because you heard one side.”
I hate that I even have to say this, but when people are negative about my kids, I will not be silent. Our son is sick, we were at the hospital yesterday seeing a specialist for his autoimmune disease. Please don’t spread misinformation and assume because you heard one side.
— Ashley Coen (@ashleyfordcoen) January 24, 2025
During the noon hour, Action Sports Jax found that Ashley Coen had changed her Twitter header to the Jags’ logo.
The Jaguars made it official Friday afternoon that Liam Coen would be the Jags’ next head coach and Mrs. Coen tweeted out a #DUUUVAL.
#DUUUVAL https://t.co/I1kMzXirzq
— Ashley Coen (@ashleyfordcoen) January 24, 2025
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