The coaching carousel is at full swing, as multiple teams have filled coaching vacancies already in 2021. The Dallas Cowboys have already made a change at defensive coordinator, and their offensive coordinator has been requested for a head-coaching interview.

Two of the bigger coaching moves thus far this offseason have been made this week. Former San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh was named head coach of the New York Jets on Thursday evening, while national championship-winning coach Urban Meyer will lead the Jacksonville Jaguars.

It will be fascinating to see how Urban Meyer makes the transition from the collegiate level to the professional game, especially when considering that he has been out of coaching for the last few seasons.

Meyer had great success at every stop in college, but the NFL is an entirely different animal.

A former Cowboys assistant could be joining Meyer in the Sunshine State.

Because of never coaching in the professional ranks, expect Urban Meyer to rely on coaches with NFL experience when filling out his staff in Jacksonville, Florida. One name that has already been mentioned to potentially join the Jaguars staff is former Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Scott Linehan.

Scott Linehan has emerged as a prime candidate for Jaguars offensive coordinator under Urban Meyer, per @toddarcher and me. Former NFL head coach and OC was at LSU last year, has long had relationship with Meyer.

— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) January 15, 2021

Linehan was most recently on staff with the LSU Tigers as the passing game coordinator for Ed Orgeron, but he has more than a few seasons of experience coaching on the NFL level. The 57-year-old was the head coach of the St. Louis Rams for three seasons from 2006 to 2008, while also holding the offensive coordinator role with the Minnesota Vikings, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, and Cowboys at different points in his career.

Dallas Cowboys fans are more than familiar Linehan. He was on Jason Garrett's staff from 2014 to 2018, holding the passing game coordinator title in 2014 before being promoted to offensive coordinator in 2015 through the end of his tenure in the DFW.

Both Tony Romo and Dak Prescott had success under Linehan's watch, but many felt — and still feel — that the offensive coordinator actually held them back to a degree. As Blogging The Boys' Tom Ryle wrote back in 2019, the Cowboys failed to get the most out of its offense with Linehan in charge of the unit.

So here is the hypothesis: Linehan didn’t just fail to get the most out of his quarterback. His innate conservatism and stubbornness actually held his young QB back. Here is one more bit of fuel on that fire.

Ryle continued explaining what went wrong with Linehan in Dallas:

In the big picture, the weapons the Cowboys have were just not utilized well. The next guy to fill the OC job has to do a better job. That leaves Dallas with the task of finding someone who can do that. Having been in the playoffs may have cost them some opportunities as teams that sat out the postseaon have already signed some who might have been targets.

Meyer and Linehan have a lengthy relationship.

A big reason why Meyer is reportedly interested in hiring Linehan as his offensive coordinator is the relationship that the two coaches have.

The two go back to their respective days at Louisville and Notre Dame on the collegiate level. It can be argued that this would make the transition to the NFL a little more comfortable for Meyer.

But, from a strictly coaching perspective, this move would not make much sense. The NFL has passed Linehan by over the years, and he has not proven to be a coach that is willing to adapt to the new ways.

That could spell bad news for the Jaguars, as the franchise is set to add the supremely talented Trevor Lawrence to the roster in April. Doing everything to ensure success for Lawrence needs to be the organization's top priority, as a franchise quarterback can change everything for the better.

With that in mind, hiring Scott Linehan to be the offensive coordinator would not be the smartest of ideas for Urban Meyer.

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