![Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen talks with Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) between plays before an NFL scrimmage at EverBank Stadium Friday August 1, 2025, in Jacksonville, Fla. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,x_0,y_57,w_3719,h_2091/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ImagnImages/mmsport/55/01k1tsmtzpggnehb0q8j.jpg "Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen talks with Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) between plays before an NFL scrimmage at EverBank Stadium Friday August 1, 2025, in Jacksonville, Fla. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]")
Trevor Lawrence is entering his fifth season in the NFL and he’s starting a new journey with the third regime of his career. With the Jacksonville Jaguars hiring Liam Coen this offseason as head coach, there’s optimism that Coen will be the coach to get the best out of Lawrence, and that’ll help the team return to contender status. Time will tell if this partnership works out, but Coen has certainly be doing his part to help the talented quarterback improve.
In a recent ESPN piece, looking at training camp updates all throughout the league, Dan Graziano detailed his visit to a Jaguars practice, and explained what Coen and Lawrence have been working on. According to Graziano, Coen had worked on Lawrence’s footwork, but the two have spent a ton of time improving Lawrence’s ability to go through progressions.
With there being a narrative that Lawrence struggles once he’s forced off his first read, the first-year head coach explained how much they’re emphasizing progression work in camp.
"We're working the heck out of progression drills. What our defense does, which is nice, pre-snap to post-snap it's different looks. So what you may have pre-snap completely changes post-snap. So we've tried to put him in enough positions that he has to progress and move on to No. 2, No. 3 and sometimes No. 4 in the read. And also, hey, man, like, let's get used to using your legs as a weapon a little bit too. Like, you can run."Liam Coen (ESPN)
Liam Coen has put Trevor Lawrence through a ton of progression work
While Coen is a head coach, he got the job because of his work as an offensive coordinator and with quarterbacks. He spent time with the Los Angeles Rams as an offensive assistant and offensive coordinator, but his most notable work came last season, as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator.
Not only did the Bucs have a dominant year on offense under his lead, veteran quarterback Baker Mayfield had the best season of his career, completing 71.4% of his passes for 4,500 yards and 41 touchdowns ton16 interceptions. All those numbers, except interceptions, were career highs.
Now, the hope is that Coen can help Lawrence see that kind of success. If he can, the two will create a QB-HC duo for years to come, as Jacksonville desperately needs some continuity.