Super Bowl 2022: Zac Taylor, Sean McVay prove age is just a number
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Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor and Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay will make history when their teams square off at Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13.
The matchup between Taylor and McVay will be the youngest head coaches to ever face off in the Super Bowl, according to Pro Football Talk. Taylor is 38 and McVay is 36. They are the two youngest head coaches in the league. Should McVay’s Rams beat the Bengals, he will become the youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl title.
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Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor holds the Lamar Hunt trophy after the AFC championship game against the Chiefs, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, in Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)
Both coaches know each other very well.
McVay took over the Rams’ head coaching duties prior to the start of the 2017 season. Then 31 years old, McVay led the team to an 11-5 record and was named the Coach of the Year. Taylor was hired as an assistant under McVay that year after spending a season as an offensive coordinator at the University of Cincinnati.
Taylor was an assistant wide receivers coach for McVay and later become the quarterbacks coach. He spoke glowingly of his time with the Rams.
Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay watches warm-ups before the NFC Championship NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, in Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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"Working for Sean was the best two years of my life. It was fun, you loved coming into the building," he said, via the Bengals website. "He's really showed a lot of us