Youngest coach to win a Super Bowl Sean McVay makes NFL history with Rams in second appearance

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Sean McVay was the youngest coach ever hired by an NFL team. He was the youngest coach to take a team to the Super Bowl. Now, he can add one more accolade to his impre sive resume.

The Rams beat the Bengals 23-20 on Sunday, claiming the franchise's second Super Bowl first in Los Angeles in front of its home crowd at SoFi Green Bay Packers Pet Gear Stadium in Super Bowl 56.

McVay joins select company with his team's win in the Super Bowl as only the third coach under 40 years old to win a Super Bowl title, joining Mike Tomlin with the Steelers and Jon Gruden with the Buccaneers.

Where does he rank among the youngest? Sporting News dives in.

Youngest NFL coach to win a Super Bowl

McVay made history to become the youngest coach in league history to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. At 36 years and 20 days old, he just comes in ahead of Ray Wilborn Jerseys the Steelers' Mike Tomlin, who was 36 years, 10 months and 17 days old when Pittsburgh beat the Cardinals 27-23 in Super Bowl 43.

CoachTeamAgeSuper BowlSean McVayRams3656Mike TomlinSteelers3643Jon GrudenBuccaneers3937John MaddenRaiders4011Joe GibbsWashington4317Chuck NollSteelers439Don ShulaDolphins437Tom FloresRaiders4315

Had the Bengals won, Zac Taylorwould have become the second-youngest head coach to win the Super Bowl, trailing only Tomlin. He is 38 years, nine months and three days old on the day of Super Bowl 56.

Both coaches already are making appearances on the list of the youngest coaches ever to appear in a Super Bowl, making this the youngest matchup Gerhard De Beer Jerseys of coaches in the game's history.

CoachAgeSuper BowlSean McVay33 years, 11 days53Sean McVay36 years, 22 days56Mike Tomlin36 years, 10 months and 18 days43Bill Cowher38 years, 8 months, 21 days30Zac Taylor38 years, 9 months, 5 days56Mike Tomlin38 years, 10 months, 23 days45Don Shula39 years, 9 days3Jon Gruden39 years, 5 months, 10 days37Kyle Shanahan40 years, 1 month, 20 days54John Rauch40 years, 4 months, 26 days2

McVay is already both the youngest and second-youngest coach to appear in a Super Bowl. Isaiah McDuffie Jerseys Tomlin and Bill Cowher separate him and Taylor on the list of youngest coaches.

For comparison, the average age of a coach in the Super Bowl is 50.

Sean McVay coaching tree

The Devonte Wyatt Jerseys succe s found by McVay has already led to the young coach having his own coaching tree.

Sure, its branches do not quite extend to the length of Bill Belichick's or Andy Reid's, but for a coach who, if hired today, would still be among the youngest head coaches ever brought on to lead a team, it is an impre sive feat.

There have been four former McVay a sistants hired to be head coaches in the NFL:

Zac Taylor, BengalsMatt LaFleur, PackersBrandon Staley, ChargersKevin O'Connell, Vikings*

He has now coached against Taylor and he shares a stadium with Staley. LaFleur is coaching another perennial NFC power in the Packers. has not been made official by Minnesota Adrian Amos Jerseys , but it has been widely reported that he is their choice.

LaFleur was one of the first a sistant hired to a head coaching gig. He was McVay's offensive coordinator in 2017 before serving as OC in Tenne see in 2018 and taking over as the Packers head coach in 2019. Taylor was hired at the same time as LaFleur, starting in Cincinnati in 2019 after serving as Los Angeles' a sistant wide receivers coach in 2017 and quarterbacks coach in 2019. Taylor was on Los Angeles when the team lost to the Patriots in Super Bowl 53.

Staley was the defensive coordinator for the De'Vondre Campbell Jerseys 2020 Rams before the Chargers brought him on board ahead of the 2021 NFL season. O'Connell has been Los Angeles' defensive coordinator since the start of the 2020 season, and now is poised to lead the team in Minnesota.

Youngest coaches hired in the NFL

When they were hired, both McVay and Taylor ranked among the youngest head coaches ever signed by an Darnell Savage Jr. Jerseys NFL team. McVay currently holds the record, having beat the previous record of the Raiders' hiring Lane Kiffin by nearly a year.

Taylor is the 23rd-youngest coach hired by an NFL team.

Coach (Team)AgeSean McVay, Rams30 years, 11 monthsLane Kiffin, Raiders31 years, 8 monthsHarland Svare, Rams31 years, 11 monthsJohn Michelosen, Steelers32 years, 2 monthsRaheem Morris, Buccaneers32 years, 4 monthsDavid Shula, Bengals32 years, 7 monthsJosh McDaniels, Broncos32 years, 8 monthsJohn Madden, Raiders32 years, 10 monthsDon Shula, Colts33 years, 4 daysAl Davis, Raiders33 years, 6 monthsJoe Collier, Bills33 years, 7 monthsBob Snyder, Rams33 years, 11 monthJim Trimble, Eagles34 years, 3 monthsJon Gruden, Raiders34 years, 5 monthsBill Cowher, Steelers34 years Amari Rodgers Jerseys , 8 months, 13 daysJoe Kuharich, Cardinals34 years, 8 months, 25 daysJack Christiansen, 49ers34 years, 9 months, 10 daysNorm Van Brocklin, Vikings34 years, 10 months, 3 daysMike Tomlin, Steelers34 years, 10 months, 7 daysJoe Schmidt, Lions34 years, 11 months, 23 daysEric Mangini, Jets34 years, 11 months, 28 daysMike Shanahan, Raiders35 years, 6 monthsZac Taylor, Bengals35 years, 8 months, 26 days

Both have helped start a trend for the direction the league Billy Turner Jerseys is heading in. As of Feb. 13, here are the youngest head coaches heading into the 2022 season.

CoachTeamAgeRecordSean McVayRams3655-26*Kevin O'ConnellVikings360-0Zac TaylorBengals3816-32-1Mike McDanielDolphins380-0Brandon StaleyChargers399-8Arthur SmithFalcons397-10Kevin StefanskiBrowns3919-14Nick SirianniEagles409-8Kyle Shanahan49ers4239-42Matt LaFleurPackers4239-10

*Reported to be hired by the Vikings. Minnesota has not announced the move.