Sean McVay coaching tree: Analyzing Rams Head Coach's NFL disciples

Sean McVay became the youngest coach in NFL history when the Los Angeles Rams appointed him in January 2017 at the age of 30 years and 354 days. He also became the youngest coach to win the Super Bowl when he led the Rams to the championship in 2022.

McVay is in his eighth season with the Rams and has already helped develop head coaches and assistants around the NFL.

A glimpse into Sean McVay's coaching tree

LA Rams coach Sean McVay - Source: Imagn

At the time of writing, six of Sean McVay's former Rams assistants have taken up head coaching in the NFL or NCAA. Here's a list of his coaching tree, featuring all coaches who are still working in the big league and college football.

Matt LaFleur

LaFleur is currently the coach of the Green Bay Packers. He joined the team in 2019 and has led the team to a 58-28 record thus far. LaFleur worked with McVay as an offensive coordinator for the Rams in 2017.

Zac Taylor

Taylor has served as the coach for the Cincinnati Bengals since 2019. He has compiled a 37-45 record thus far and even led the Bengals to the Super Bowl in 2022, where they lost to McVay's Rams. Taylor was the assistant wide receivers coach for the Rams in 2017 and their quarterbacks coach in 2018.

Jedd Fisch

Fisch coached the Arizona Wildcats for three seasons before taking up the coaching job at the Washington Huskies this year. He was the senior offensive assistant with the Rams in 2018 and the assistant offensive coordinator for the franchise in 2019.

Brandon Staley

Staley was the head coach of the LA Chargers for just under three seasons before he was fired in December 2023. He is currently the assistant head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. Staley was the defensive coordinator of the Rams for one season in 2020.

Kevin O'Connell

O'Connell is currently the Minnesota Vikings coach. He was hired by the franchise in 2022, three days after helping the Rams win the Super Bowl, and has a 21-14 head coaching record thus far. O'Connell previously served as the Rams' offensive coordinator for two years after being hired by McVay in January 2020.

Raheem Morris

Morris was appointed as the Atlanta Falcons coach in January this year. He previously worked under McVay for three seasons from 2021 and was part of the coaching team when the Rams won the Super Bowl.

Shane Waldron

Waldron is currently the offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears, a job he was hired for this year. He also worked years with Sean McVay's Rams as the tight ends coach in 2017, the passing game coordinator in 2018, the passing game coordinator & quarterbacks coach in 2019, and the pass game coordinator in 2020.

Joe Barry

Barry is currently the linebackers coach/run game coordinator for the Miami Dolphins. He got the job with the AFC East team this year. Barry was also the assistant head coach & linebackers coach for the LA Rams for four seasons from 2017 to 2020.

Ejiro Evero

Evero is in his second year as the defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers. He worked as the Rams' safeties coach for four years from 2017 to 2020 and as their secondary coach & passing game coordinator in 2021.

Wes Phillips

Phillips has been working as the offensive coordinator for the Vikings since 2022. He was the Rams' tight ends coach (2019-2020) and then took on additional responsibility as the pass game coordinator for the LA team that won the Super Bowl in the 2021 season.

Matt Daniels

Daniels has been the special teams coordinator for the Vikings since 2022. He was the assistant special teams coach for the Rams for two years, from 2019 to 2020, under Sean McVay.

Jeremy Springer

Springer was appointed as the New England Patriots' special teams coordinator this year. He was the Rams' assistant special teams coach for two years from 2022 to 2023.

Zac Robinson

Robinson was appointed as the Falcons' offensive coordinator earlier this year. He worked with Sean McVay for five years from 2019 to 2023 as an assistant quarterbacks coach, assistant wide receivers coach and as pass game coordinator/quarterbacks coach in his final two years.

Thomas Brown

Brown was appointed as the Chicago Bears' passing game coordinator for the 2024 season. He was the running backs coach for Sean McVay's Rams in 2020, the assistant head coach & running backs coach in 2021 and the assistant head coach & tight ends coach in 2022.

Eric Henderson

Henderson was appointed as the co-defensive coordinator/defensive line coach/run game coordinator for the USC Trojans this year. He worked with Sean McVay's Rams as the defensive line coach for two years (2019 to 2020) and as their defensive line coach/run game coordinator for three years from 2021 to 2023.