Longtime Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay announced he will return to the sidelines for the 2023 season. McVay, a one-time Super Bowl champion, spent the past seven years as the Rams head coach and finished the 2022 season with a 5-12 record.
Sean McVay informed members of the Rams organization that he will be staying on as the head coach, per sources.
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) January 13, 2023
Sean McVay Announces Retirement
The 2022 season was one to forget for McVay and the Rams. After winning the Super Bowl in 2021, the team suffered a major Super Bowl hangover. Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp, Allen Robinson, and several other key contributors missed large portions of the season, and the Rams stumbled to an unimpressive 5-12 record. With most of the veterans on the back end of their careers and no high draft picks on the horizon, McVay will face an uphill battle to bring this team back to the playoffs.
McVay originally made his head coach debut in the 2017 season. Taking over for former head coach Jeff Fisher, McVay took a struggling Jared Goff and turned him into one of the more productive quarterbacks in the league. During his first year with the Rams, McVay’s innovative offense allowed Goff to complete 62.1% of his passes while throwing for 3,804 yards, 28 touchdowns, and seven interceptions. The team went 11-5 during McVay’s inaugural campaign but lost to the Atlanta Falcons in the Wild Card round.
McVay built on his success in 2018, turning the Los Angeles Rams into one of the best teams in the league. Led by an upstart Jared Goff and a fantastic wide receiver trio of Brandin Cooks, Cooper Kupp, and Robert Woods, the team went 13-3 and made it all the way to the Super Bowl. However, their offense fell apart late in the season, culminating in a three-point effort against the New England Patriots.
After two more disappointing seasons with Goff under center, McVay decided to trade Goff to the Detroit Lions in exchange for Matthew Stafford. During Stafford’s first season with McVay, the quarterback completed 67.2% of his passes for 4,886 yards, 41 touchdowns, and 17 interceptions as the team went 12-5 in the regular season before winning the Super Bowl.
