Todd Wash, who led the Jaguars’ defense to a Top 10 ranking in his first season as defensive coordinator this past season, will remain in that position. Jaguars Executive Vice President of Football Operations Tom Coughlin and Head Coach Doug Marrone made the announcement Saturday morning.
 
“Todd Wash is an experienced and creative defensive coach – and he has done an excellent job with the defense here in Jacksonville,” Coughlin said in a statement.
 
Marrone, who served as the Jaguars’ interim head coach for the last two games of last season, served as the Jaguars’ assistant head coach-offense/offensive line since the beginning of the 2015 season. Marrone in that capacity worked closely with Wash on a weekly/daily basis.
 
Coughlin, like Marrone, mentioned possible changes to the defense. The Jaguars under former Head Coach Gus Bradley ran a 4-3/3-4 hybrid defense that emphasized single-high safety play and a strong-side defensive end opposite a lighter pass-rushing defensive end known as a “Leo.”
 
“Todd will bring his own ideas and changes to our defensive unit and will make this a strength of our team going forward,” Coughlin said.
 
“The strength of this team last season was the defensive line and the linebackers – and as a unit, the defense kept this team in games and gave them a chance to win several times,” Coughlin said.

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