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Bear in mind Heath Farwell from the Adrian Peterson era of Minnesota Vikings soccer?

Former Vikings LB Re-Ups with Jaguars

He’s again in Jacksonville, signing a contract extension this week because the Jaguars’ particular groups coordinator, a job he’s held since 2022.

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The Jaguars’ social media group tweeted Tuesday, “We’ve got signed Particular Groups Coordinator Heath Farwell to a contract extension.”

The transfer arrives after Jacksonville parted methods with head coach Doug Pederson this offseason, onboarding Liam Coen, previously the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator, for the highest job. Coen will herald most of his new employees, however Farwell will probably be a holdover.

Farwell performed for the Vikings from 2005 to 2010 earlier than venturing to the Seattle Seahawks. All informed, he performed 71 video games in purple, banking 100 tackles on the nostril and recovering 4 fumbles. Farwell thrived as a particular teamer and even reached a Professional Bowl for his efforts in 2009 when Minnesota misplaced within the NFC Championship to the New Orleans Saints.

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In Seattle, Farwell performed three extra seasons and retired after the 2013 marketing campaign.

Right here’s his resume as a coach following his retirement as a participant:

Seattle Seahawks (2016–2017)
Assistant particular groups coach

Carolina Panthers (2018)
Assistant particular groups coach

Buffalo Payments (2019–2021)
Particular groups coordinator

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Jacksonville Jaguars (2022–current)
Particular groups coordinator

Coen, the group’s new head coach, said about Farwell at his introductory press convention, “Once I speak to him, there’s a shared message. There’s a shared imaginative and prescient for what you need it to appear like and the way you need to coach guys on the grass and within the constructing.”

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New Jaguars head coach Liam Coen, proper, reacts to a sarcastic second when Jaguars proprietor Shad Khan asks if a reporter can ask a harder query throughout a press convention Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, on the Miller Electrical Middle in Jacksonville, Fla. © Corey Perrine/Florida Instances-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn Photos.

Jaguars.com author John Oehser famous on Farwell’s efficiency, “Punter Logan Cooke and lengthy snapper Ross Matiscik earned Professional Bowl honors in 2024, with Matiscik named in 2023 and extensive receiver/returner Jamal Agnew named in 2022. Cooke and Matiscik earned second-team Related Press All-Professional honors this previous season, with Matiscik named first-team AP All-Professional in 2023. Rookie kicker Cam Little was named to the Professional Soccer Writers Affiliation All-Rookie Staff this previous season.”

The Jaguars ranked sixth per special teams DVOA in 2024, one of many few vibrant spots on an in any other case poor group — in all probability why Coen retained Farwell.

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Jacksonville has additionally interviewed Vikings assistant quarterbacks coach Grant Udinski for the open offensive coordinator gig and defensive passing recreation coordinator Daronte Jones as defensive coordinator.

Farwell turned 43 final month and performed school soccer at San Diego State, the alma mater of Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell.


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Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his every day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The present options friends, evaluation, and opinion on all issues associated to the purple group, with 4-7 episodes per week. His Vikings obsession dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doorways (the band). He follows the NBA as carefully because the NFL. 

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