Sean McVay tells Rams he’s staying as coach
LOS ANGELES — Sean McVay has told the Rams he will remain the head coach in Los Angeles, the team announced Friday.
The decision comes days after McVay said at his end-of-season press conference that he would take “the right amount of time” to make a decision about his future to figure out “the best way to move forward forward in the right way for him. be the best coach you can be.”
The Rams are coming off a 5-12 season, McVay’s worst losing season since being hired by Los Angeles in 2017, as they dealt with a slew of injuries, including starting quarterback Matthew Stafford, wide receiver Cooper Kupp and defensive tackle Aaron Donald. .
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During the 2022 offseason, McVay signed a contract extension that runs through the 2026 season, matching the length of the deal signed by general manager Les Snead.
This isn’t the first time McVay’s potential retirement has come to light. In the week leading up to Super Bowl LVI last February, McVay responded to a question by saying he “wouldn’t make it” if he coached until he was 60 and talked about the things he wants to pursue outside of football.
“I know I love football and I’m very invested in it and I’m in the moment right now,” McVay said at the time. “But at some point, too, if you say, ‘What do you want to be able to do?’ I want to be able to have a family and I want to be able to spend time with them.”
After the Rams’ Super Bowl victory, McVay was asked if he would return to Los Angeles in 2022. He replied, “We’ll see.” But less than two weeks after the Super Bowl, McVay told ESPN that he would not pursue any television opportunities and would return as the Rams’ coach.
McVay, who was the youngest head coach in modern NFL history when he was hired by the Rams in 2017 just before his 31st birthday, has led Los Angeles to a 67-41 record in six seasons, including the playoffs. His Rams team has won three NFC West titles, two NFC championships and one Super Bowl.
After this season, McVay called his job a “nice challenge,” saying, “I wouldn’t change a single bit of it.”
“The bottom line is you want to make sure that this joy, this enthusiasm, this ability to be able to do things at the level that you know you’re capable of, that you don’t let the challenges and the strife and the competitor in you . .. how do you not let that change the dynamic of who you want to be as a leader in those kinds of things? And here I am.”
