Article: Jacksonville got its guy in Del Rio: Panther defensive coordinator gets hired as Jaguar head coach

Brimming with enthusiasm, Jack Del Rio stepped into the meeting room with Jacksonville Jaguar owner Wayne Weaver.

Four hours later, the 39-year-old former NFL linebacker had talked his way into a head coaching job.

"When you look a guy in the eye and the chemistry's there, you know you've got your guy," Weaver said Thursday, after hiring the Panther defensive coordinator, widely considered one of the brightest young minds in the game.

Although Del Rio's coaching resume could fit on a business card, it's an impressive one indeed.

In 2000, he was linebackers coach for the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens, where Ray Lewis led one of the most dominating defenses in league history. This ...

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