Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke has left the team by mutual consent, it has been announced.
Baalke, a former football operations consultant for the NFL, was promoted to interim general manager by Jacksonville in 2020 before retaining it on a full-time basis at the end of that season.
The 60-year-old was initially hired as director of player personnel in February of that year, only to be promoted to interim GM nine months later after the firing of David Caldwell.
However, on the back of another disappointing season which saw the team go 4-13 and miss out on the playoffs for a second straight year, ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting that Baalke has now been relieved of his duties by the Jaguars.
Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke has left the team by mutual consent
He departs at a curious time after helping the franchise conduct interviews with a number of potential head-coach candidates in recent weeks, a position which has been vacant since the firing of Doug Pederson on January 6.
The Jaguars announced as recently as Monday that they had scheduled in-person interviews with three of their 10 initial candidates: Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Liam Coen, Las Vegas defensive coordinator Patrick Graham and former New York Jets coach Robert Saleh.
All three were slated to be face-to-face in Jacksonville at some point this week with owner Shad Khan and other Jacksonville execs, including Baalke.
More to follow.
