NFL coaching hires: Who succeeded, who failed?

3. Sean McVay, Los Angeles Rams

At 30 years old (31 on Jan. 24), McVay will be the youngest head coach in NFL history. Over the last three seasons as offensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins, McVay helped orchestrate a productive offense with the highly ordinary Kirk Cousins under center most of that time.

As a “millennial” head coach, one of McVay’s primary jobs will be to accelerate the development of quarterback Jared Goff. While McVay tries to prove worthy of respect from players, some of which who will be close to him in age, the hiring of the highly-accomplished Wade Phillips as Rams’ defensive coordinator will help that effort.

The track record of very young NFL head coaches is not great. For every John Madden and Don Shula there’s a David Shula, a Raheem Morris, a Josh McDaniels (the first time around as a head coach) and a Lane Kiffin.

McVay has built up a bit of a coaching resume though, with seven seasons as an assistant for the Redskins. He first surfaced as assistant wide receivers coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2008, at age-22.

The Rams deserve credit for thinking outside the box by hiring McVay, especially after the mediocre and highly uninteresting tenure of Jeff Fisher. But there’s a lot working against McVay in his first go-round as a head coach, which drops him down this list.