Jacksonville Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio dismissed before the team's handing over
Jack Del Rio Jacksonville Jaguars has recently fired head coach Jack Del Rio and reached an agreement to sell the small-market franchise to Illinois businessman Shahid Khan. Majority owner Wayne Weaver made the announcement Tuesday. Weaver gave general manager Gene Smith a three-year contract extension. He said Khan will have 100-percent control of the team. Weaver called Khan "a great American success story" and said the Pakistan-born entrepreneur will keep the team in Jacksonville. Khan is the owner and CEO of the Flex-N-Gate Group based in Urbana, Ill. Khan had been a candidate to buy controlling interest in the St. Louis Rams last year. The sale of the franchise and the firing of Del Rio are the city's most significant news since the team's inception in 1993. In the meantime, Former Jacksonville Jaguars star running back Fred Taylor who is playing in the team for 11 years from 1998-2008, doesn’t think recently fired head coach Jack Del Rio is fit to be ...