Sources - Jacksonville Jaguars hiring Doug Pederson as head coach

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars are hiring former Eagles head coach Doug Pederson as their next head coach, league sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The hiring comes 49 days after the team fired Urban Meyer and 35 days after Pederson first interviewed with the Jaguars.

Pederson spent the 2021 season out of football, but he was the first head-coaching candidate the Jaguars interviewed. That was on Dec. 30, and the Jaguars brought him back for a second interview Tuesday.

Pederson went 42-37-1 and made three playoff appearances in five seasons in Philadelphia (2016-20). The Eagles drafted quarterback Carson Wentz second overall and went 7-9 in Pederson's first season, but they went 13-3 in 2017, survived the loss of Wentz late in the season when backup QB Nick Foles got hot and beat the New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl LII.

Pederson led the Eagles to two more playoff appearances in 2018 and 2019. Philadelphia went 4-11-1 in 2020, and Pederson, who benched Wentz at halftime of the team's Week 13 loss to Green Bay for rookie Jalen Hurts, was fired after the season.

Pederson began his NFL coaching career with Philadelphia and spent two years as an offensive quality control coach (2009-10) and two as quarterbacks coach (2011-12). He followed head coach Andy Reid to Kansas City after Reid was fired following the 2012 season and spent three seasons as the Chiefs' offensive coordinator before being hired in 2016 to replace Chip Kelly as head coach in Philadelphia.

Pederson spent 10 years in the NFL, mainly as a backup quarterback for Miami, Green Bay, Philadelphia and Cleveland, compiling a 3-14 record and completing 54.8% of his passes with 12 touchdowns and 19 interceptions.

The Jaguars interviewed nine