Former Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone has joined Boston College as the Eagles' senior analyst for football strategy and research, ESPN reports. Pete Thamel.
Marrone will work under new BC head coach Bill O'Brien, who most recently served as offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots.
The two worked together on the Georgia Tech staff from 1996 to 1998, and returned to Alabama in 2021, with O'Brien serving as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach and Marrone serving as offensive line coach.
Marrone, 59, led the Bills in 2013 and 2014 after a successful 2012 season (8-5, Pinstripe Bowl win) as Syracuse's head coach.
The Bills went from 6-10 in 2013 to 9-7 in 2014. However, Marrone triggered an “out” clause in his contract, which was activated after ownership changed to Terry and Kim Pegula in October 2014.
Marrone joined the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2015 as assistant head coach and offensive line coach. He was hired as interim head coach near the end of the 2016 season following the firing of Gus Bradley.
Marrone then became the full-time head coach in 2017 and led Jacksonville closer to the Super Bowl than ever before. In 2017, the Jags, nicknamed “Saxonville,” had a dominant defense and led 20-10 in the AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots, before the Pats came from behind to win.
From that moment on, everything fell apart for Jacksonville, and the team went 12-36 over the next three seasons, including 1-15 in 2020.
Jacksonville parted ways with Marrone after that season, and he transferred to Alabama for one year before taking over as the New Orleans Saints' offensive line coach in 2022 and 2023. And the Saints parted ways with Marrone after the season.
Marrone is now back in college, coaching as an assistant at six different locations from 1992 to 2001 before heading to Syracuse as head coach from 2009 to 2012.
