Super Bowl winner Sean McVay beats coach burnout but the battle continues every season

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Those weren’t just rumors that surfaced before the Super Bowl about Sean McVay seriously considering leaving coaching because of burnout.

The Los Angeles Rams coach is a hard-driving, energetic bundle of passion and fire and vigor, and he brings all of those to bear on each football season in trying to make his team the best in the business. And while that’s probably the case with many football coaches, McVay is quite possibly the extreme example of it.

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So the resulting fallout of that approach is that after each season, he’s simply spent.

Physically.

Emotionally.

Mentally.

NFL Football - Cincinnati Bengals v Los Angeles Rams - NFL International Series - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - October 27, 2019  Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay and Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor before the match. (Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs)

That’s where the thought of him wanting — indeed, needing — to break away from the game comes from. Doesn’t matter that he’s only in his mid-30s and in seemingly good physical condition.

None of that matters when the ache is to re-gather oneself and fight off the burnout syndrome.

So McVay stepping away to become a broadcaster was a serious consideration the last couple of years and even leading up to Super Bowl LVI, according to two people familiar with his thinking.

And yet there he was Tuesday morning, at his post as the Rams head coach, behind a podium during a 30-minute press conference, talking about how he’s recovered from another NFL season.

"It’s a helluva lot easier after you win the Super Bowl," McVay said smiling. "It’s a lot more fun