NFL Staff Updates: Jaguars, Browns, Bengals, Buccaneers, Packers

Yesterday, the Jaguars announced new titles for two assistant coaches. Pass game coordinator Shane Waldron and special teams coordinator Heath Farwell both received promotions that will add “assistant head coach” and “associate head coach” to their respective titles.

Waldron joined the team last year, following the end of his second offensive coordinator job in the NFL. A branch off the Sean McVay coaching tree, Waldron arrived in Washington the year before McVay accepted the head coaching job in Los Angeles and spent four years with the Rams before joining the procession of coaches leaving for offensive coordinator opportunities. Waldron called plays for three years in Seattle and half a season in Chicago before being dismissed. He didn’t seem to receive any coordinator attention this offseason, but Jacksonville will secure Waldron in place for now with the title bump.

Farwell has been on the staff in Duval for four years now, joining the team under former head coach Doug Pederson in 2022. Jacksonville is Farwell’s second coordinator position after a three-year stint with the Bills. Under Farwell, longtime punter Logan Cooke earned second-team All-Pro honors for the first time in his career in 2024, while second-year kicker Cam Little converted kicks of 70 yards (longest recorded successful field goal in a game at any level of organized football [preseason]), 68 yards (longest field goal in NFL history), and 67 yards (longest outdoor field goal, second-longest field goal in NFL history) last year.

Here are a few other staff updates from around the NFL:

• The Browns also announced a title change earlier this week. On Monday, Cleveland promoted Chris Cooper from vice president to senior vice president of football administration. Cooper joined the team 12 years ago as director of football administration and has worked his way up over that time. Alongside key staffers in football operations and player personnel Cooper works to reach and execute player contracts, manage the team’s salary cap, and oversee area’s related to the team’s relationship with the NFL and NFLPA.
• Also on Monday, Cincinnati announced a promotion in its analytics department. Bengals senior application director Tyler Gross has been promoted to director of football applications, per ESPN’s Ben Baby. Gross has been with the team since 2018 and works closely with Cincinnati’s director of football research, Sam Francis, in analytics.
• After getting replaced in early February at the end of the season, former Buccaneers passing game coordinator Kefense Hynson has landed a coaching job elsewhere, as expected. Per Greg Auman of FOX Sports, Hynson has been named the pass game coordinator at UCF for the 2026 season, returning to the collegiate coaching ranks where he spent 22 years before joining the Buccaneers.
• Lastly, the Packers have added Ty Carlisle as an analytics intern for the 2026 season, per neRd quality. The Buffalo grad spent two years as a coaching analyst with the Bulls while studying industrial engineering.