Three years in the past, Sean McVay grew to become the youngest head coach ever in a Tremendous Bowl. His Rams misplaced to the Patriots, 13-3, in that sport.
On Sunday night time, in Tremendous Bowl 2022 at his workforce’s residence venue, SoFi Stadium, McVay one-upped his personal feat, changing into the youngest coach ever to win a Tremendous Bowl after his workforce’s 23-20 comeback victory over the Bengals.
McVay, at age 36, is a Tremendous Bowl champion, and a humble, likable one at that.
McVay went out of his manner after the sport to deflect credit score and pushed it his gamers’ manner.
“It feels excellent,’’ he stated. “You speak about a resilient workforce — coaches, gamers — I’m simply so pleased with this group. For the offense to discover a manner, after which Aaron [Donald, Rams defensive lineman,] to have the ability to end it off, it’s poetic, man.”
McVay took the Rams head-coaching job in 2017 after serving because the offensive coordinator for Washington, and he helped flip the franchise from mediocre to elite. He received the NFL’s Coach of the 12 months award on the age of 32.
There was hypothesis swirling earlier than Sunday night time’s sport that McVay might stroll away from teaching if he received the Tremendous Bowl. He’s engaged to be married and was quoted in an ESPN story wistfully speaking about how he deliberate to be married within the subsequent yr and the way a lot he needed to boost a household.
Instantly, experiences surfaced that community TV folks would have an interest and prepared to pay him wage that equals what he could make as a head coach.
Earlier than and after the sport, McVay did his finest to squash these experiences, making it clear how a lot he liked this workforce he’s teaching. After what occurred Sunday night time, it’s tough to think about a 36-year-old head coach with a stacked workforce that simply received a Tremendous Bowl strolling away from all that.
Earlier than Sunday, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin had been the youngest head coach to ever win a Tremendous Bowl, profitable Tremendous Bowl XLIII at 36. McVay is presently 303 days youthful than Tomlin was — 36 years and 30 days.
McVay, earlier than the sport, expressed reverence for Tomlin.
“Mike is without doubt one of the extra spectacular folks I’ve ever met,” McVay stated. “He’s been nice to me. I couldn’t be extra grateful, actually. I bought an opportunity to get to know him a bit of bit a couple of years in the past by way of Raheem Morris (now the Rams defensive coordinator).
“I feel one of many issues that’s been nice about Mike is he’s so prepared to share, you recognize, actually form of put his arm round you and actually assist form of, you recognize, be a mentor and reply any questions that you've got. His management, his command, his psychological toughness, how that basically pertains to the best way that his groups play, the best way they reply from the nice and the unhealthy. I feel he’s probably the greatest leaders that this sport has to supply.’’
McVay now joins that elite firm.
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