February 13, 2025 • 11 mins
Jaguars Offensive Coordinator Grant Udinski addresses the media for the first time since the announcement of the full 2025 coaching staff.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
How are you guys? Obviously it's a great opportunity for you,
especially being as you know as you are. Did you
have any I don't know any misgivings because you weren't
gonna be the play caller or did you feel hey,
if it's a coordinator job, I can I can learn
from a guy who's done it and done it well. No, No,
(00:20):
no misgivings at all. This is a phenomenal opportunity to
work with the guys here, the staff here, the organization here.
So once I found out about this opportunity, I probably
don't have enough word to describe how fired up I
was to be able to work with with Liam and
the rest of the staff. So I know that element
that part of it. The play calling won't be a
part of my role, but I'm looking forward to to
(00:41):
support and help the team win in any way. I
can obvious connection that you sort of had with Liam.
Was it was direct? Was it indirect? How you know?
Cause I think all when you interviewed for these things,
it's always somebody's either recommending him or there's a direct relationship. Yeah,
I think there's an element of all of those things
(01:02):
that come together. I think Ultimately, that's probably a little
bit of a question for Lea more so than me,
But I think he takes into account the indirect recommendations,
but the direct relationship is ultimately probably most important in
my opinion, and from my perspective, at least, my relationship
with him, because he's the guy who I'm gonna be
working with every day, and he's the guy who's gonna
(01:22):
have to deal with me every single day. So if
that's not good, then that's not a recipe for a
good product. Why did you want to work with plays
specifically with about him or the offense that was really
the track for Well, that'll be a long list too,
So probably the same reasons that he's hired here, not
just his track record, but what he's done with quarterbacks,
(01:43):
what he's done with offense, what he's done the run game,
the past game. There is an added benefit of us
seeing things similarly, you know, philosophically or schematically, but in
terms of the football stuff. There's a wide array of
things that I can learn from him and hopefully that
I can bring him and add to this team and
to our offense. But from the football side of it,
(02:06):
we see things very similar in terms of how we
want to do things and how we want to attack
things philosophically, you know, talk about being fundamentally sound, talk
about attacking on offense, situational masters, and the most importantly
being tough. So having that shared identity and that kind
of shared vision, that alignment from the top all the
way down throughout our staff is a big deal to me,
and I know it's a big deal to us collectively.
(02:27):
And then on top of that, like I said, he's
got to deal with me every single day, whether he
likes it or not. Now, so there has to be
some level of the person, the human being, the guy
that he is, that comes into play that makes me
ultimately so excited to be here and work with him
and everyone else here on Trevor and how do you
establish that relationship Channey And Yeah, I'm beyond fired up
(02:51):
to work with Trevor. Like I said about Lee, I'm
probably the same thing with Trevor. I don't have enough
words to explain how excited I am for the opportunity
to work with him. The relationship side of it is
something that takes time, not just me getting to know him,
but him getting to know me. This is a collaborative process.
There are no dictatorships or anything like that in this
(03:11):
business or on our team. Just like we're collaborative as
a staff, we're collaborative with our players. So ultimately, if
the players come first, players and most players over plays,
like Liam's probably told you, guys a number of times,
and if that's true, then we have to be willing
to go above and beyond and do whatever it takes
to put them in the best position for success. And
(03:32):
part of that is committing the time and effort and
resources to forming those relationships. You look at some of
the other players that the Jaguars have one offs right now,
let's stands out. I think that's still something that we're
looking at. As we put all this stuff together and
you get to know guys and get to learn guys,
you don't want to come to any premature conclusions on
(03:54):
guys based on the past because you're focused on the
present and moving forward. But just like I to talk
about with Trevor, you're excited about the opportunity to work
with the potential that you see in these guys, whether
it is upfront, out on the edges, receiver position, tight
end position, the backs. Trevor basically down the line across
the roster, there's a lot of excitement and tools and
(04:14):
pieces that you can create a vision for within our
system in a multitude of ways, and using those guys
to attack defenses in creative and innovative ways. Where like
I said, if we're trying to maximize our chance of
players success, building things around those guys and what they
do well and taking advantage of that potential to get
the most out of them. So our goal will to
(04:36):
bring the best out of each guy and hopefully take
that talent that you see and are so excited about
and make each guy kind of have the best year
of his career respectively, whatever that may look like. But
it's that individual process first of bringing out the best
in those guys and that talent, and that will hopefully
create a good product as a whole collectively. Being with
a Sean last year in Minnesota, because what is it
(04:57):
about him that makes him such a possive addition to
the staff with you guys, Yeah, Sean brings a lot
to the table in terms of, once again, football wise,
the same thing I talked about with the coaching staff,
whether it's schematic, philosophically, football wise, the alignment there from
Liam all the way to myself and down throughout the staff.
(05:19):
But also the type of guy is the energy brings,
the relationships he forms the players, the relationships he forms
about staff players. You're gonna get a genuine, hard working,
caring guy that that's going to go above and beyond,
just like hopefully the rest of us will to bring
out the best in the players and each of us
as staff members. The great thing about our relationship and
kind of having that foundation there is he can be
honest with me. I can be honest with him. I'm
(05:40):
not going to be perfect and I'm not going to
pretend to be perfect. So you need to have those
relationships and open and honest communication so that way people
can tell you when I screw something up or misspeak,
and thankfully I can lean heavily on Sean to do
that for me. And then those three years in Minnesota
with Kevin, Just how much did he influence you and
what you really learn about coaching game? Im? Yeah, well,
(06:02):
how much time do we have, but he he influenced
me in probably more ways than I even recognize. To
be honest with you, in terms of the game, seeing
the past game, seeing how you build an offense, seeing
how you teach an offense and build that progression, and
then most importantly probably the quarterback position, how you develop
(06:24):
that starting from the ground up, laying the foundation and
scaffolding things in a true progression that allows those guys
to learn and grow in an environment that maximizes their
chance of success. So I could probably go on for
hours about what that kind of process looks like, But
from a football standpoint, he kind of covers all the
bases in terms of you learn things explicitly and implicitly
(06:48):
in terms of just concepts or certain schemes and philosophies,
but all the way down to the detail on how
those concepts are executed, or how those concepts are implemented,
or how those content acepts our game plan. I think
that's something that he does at a really high level,
and the results kind of speak for itself with him
and this success he's had there in Minnesota and even
(07:09):
even prior to that, and then on top of that,
my role, I was in a very fortunate position to
be with him and spend so much time with him,
seeing the connector that he is and the type of
person that he is, and the impact that he has
on people's lives, not just in the meeting room and
with us as coaches or with the players, but even
beyond with the entire organization from everybody in that building.
(07:31):
Everyone that walks through that building feels his impact and
his presence and the culture that he's set there, and
that pays dividends and kind of has a ripple effect
beyond his immediate reach. It from the outside, it looks
like a very youthful staff. Does it feel that way
when you guys are getting together? Does it feel like
a young staff? And what's the advantage of having a
(07:53):
staff of younger guys. I probably wouldn't describe it like that.
I would say we have an energetic staff for sure,
So maybe that's how I would look at it there.
But in the sense of youth, I think you feel
the energy, the excitement, the passion for football, for coaching,
and the work that goes into making this thing ultimately
(08:15):
what we want it to be. And I think that
carries over not only into our interactions with each other
so far, but I think that will show up in
our relationships with the players and the relationships hopefully with
everyone else in the building. So I think the energy
there is palpable different than maybe the staff that you
started on in Carolina in twenty twenty. Every staff is different,
(08:36):
Every staff is unique. Certainly, at the end of the day,
football is still played by people, It's still coached by people,
so it's individuals. So it's certainly different in some ways.
There are probably some ways that it's similar, but ultimately
every staff you're on is different. Even year to year,
you typically have a guy leave. It's just like players
on the coaching staff. It's never going to be the
same exact staff every year, so there's certainly some differences.
(08:57):
Not to get too far ahead of players, but what
are your thoughts on broad Thoms Junior and just the
prospects of having or nothing like that. Yeah, excitement once again,
so probably that'll be the same thing I answer for
probably ten of these questions is excitement overall, like we
talked about with the players, and the opportunity to work
with these guys. He's one of the guys where you
watch the tape and it's hard to stay seated watching
(09:20):
his tape just in terms of the excitement and the
tools and the ability that he has and the potential
there for you saw the results this year, but the
potential for growth beyond this year, and the different ways
you can use him to attack defenses in a multitude
of ways. You mentioned being excited about working with Trevor.
What stands out that you're excited about. There's a lot
(09:43):
that stands out. Once again that the physical talent you
can see and you guys probably have had more time
watching it than even me over the course of the
past couple of years. The most exciting thing for me
is the guy and the person as I've started to
form this relationship, because, like I said, the quarterback position
is still played by a person. It's still a human
(10:05):
being back there who's got to stand back there and
navigate tight pockets and hits and escape and deal with eleven,
you know, ten other guys in the huddle, all eleven
on defense and make those decisions in snap judgment. So
the person that we're getting to deal with and work
with on a day to day basis is super exciting
for me because listen, if we're up here spending as
(10:27):
much time as we do trying to pour ourselves into somebody,
he's the type of guy that you want to invest
time in. We'll talk a lot about the quarterback of
the passing game, but the running game last year for
the jaggarsus inconsistent. How important is it to kind of
develop that trump plane and have that running game on offense. Yeah,
we'll be multiple and we want to be a complete
offense in the sense that we have the ability to
(10:48):
attack defenses in a variety of ways, whether that is
in the run game or the pass game or screen game,
whatever that may be. You need to kind of have
all the tools in the bag and then find the
way to to make those players to take those tools
and fit them to the players that you have. So
it comes down to how can we how can we
take what our guys execute, what our guys execute well,
(11:10):
and put those players in the best position for success.
So the run game is a piece of that without
a doubt, because we never want to become one dimensional.
We always want to be dictating and having the ability
to run the ball and run on our terms and
be attacking. Like I talked about earlier, kind is predicated
on the ability to do that, down in and down out.
(11:31):
Good Thank you guys,
How are you guys? Obviously it's a great opportunity for you,
especially being as you know as you are. Did you
have any I don't know any misgivings because you weren't
gonna be the play caller or did you feel hey,
if it's a coordinator job, I can I can learn
from a guy who's done it and done it well. No, No,
(00:20):
no misgivings at all. This is a phenomenal opportunity to
work with the guys here, the staff here, the organization here.
So once I found out about this opportunity, I probably
don't have enough word to describe how fired up I
was to be able to work with with Liam and
the rest of the staff. So I know that element
that part of it. The play calling won't be a
part of my role, but I'm looking forward to to
(00:41):
support and help the team win in any way. I
can obvious connection that you sort of had with Liam.
Was it was direct? Was it indirect? How you know?
Cause I think all when you interviewed for these things,
it's always somebody's either recommending him or there's a direct relationship. Yeah,
I think there's an element of all of those things
(01:02):
that come together. I think Ultimately, that's probably a little
bit of a question for Lea more so than me,
But I think he takes into account the indirect recommendations,
but the direct relationship is ultimately probably most important in
my opinion, and from my perspective, at least, my relationship
with him, because he's the guy who I'm gonna be
working with every day, and he's the guy who's gonna
(01:22):
have to deal with me every single day. So if
that's not good, then that's not a recipe for a
good product. Why did you want to work with plays
specifically with about him or the offense that was really
the track for Well, that'll be a long list too,
So probably the same reasons that he's hired here, not
just his track record, but what he's done with quarterbacks,
(01:43):
what he's done with offense, what he's done the run game,
the past game. There is an added benefit of us
seeing things similarly, you know, philosophically or schematically, but in
terms of the football stuff. There's a wide array of
things that I can learn from him and hopefully that
I can bring him and add to this team and
to our offense. But from the football side of it,
(02:06):
we see things very similar in terms of how we
want to do things and how we want to attack
things philosophically, you know, talk about being fundamentally sound, talk
about attacking on offense, situational masters, and the most importantly
being tough. So having that shared identity and that kind
of shared vision, that alignment from the top all the
way down throughout our staff is a big deal to me,
and I know it's a big deal to us collectively.
(02:27):
And then on top of that, like I said, he's
got to deal with me every single day, whether he
likes it or not. Now, so there has to be
some level of the person, the human being, the guy
that he is, that comes into play that makes me
ultimately so excited to be here and work with him
and everyone else here on Trevor and how do you
establish that relationship Channey And Yeah, I'm beyond fired up
(02:51):
to work with Trevor. Like I said about Lee, I'm
probably the same thing with Trevor. I don't have enough
words to explain how excited I am for the opportunity
to work with him. The relationship side of it is
something that takes time, not just me getting to know him,
but him getting to know me. This is a collaborative process.
There are no dictatorships or anything like that in this
(03:11):
business or on our team. Just like we're collaborative as
a staff, we're collaborative with our players. So ultimately, if
the players come first, players and most players over plays,
like Liam's probably told you, guys a number of times,
and if that's true, then we have to be willing
to go above and beyond and do whatever it takes
to put them in the best position for success. And
(03:32):
part of that is committing the time and effort and
resources to forming those relationships. You look at some of
the other players that the Jaguars have one offs right now,
let's stands out. I think that's still something that we're
looking at. As we put all this stuff together and
you get to know guys and get to learn guys,
you don't want to come to any premature conclusions on
(03:54):
guys based on the past because you're focused on the
present and moving forward. But just like I to talk
about with Trevor, you're excited about the opportunity to work
with the potential that you see in these guys, whether
it is upfront, out on the edges, receiver position, tight
end position, the backs. Trevor basically down the line across
the roster, there's a lot of excitement and tools and
(04:14):
pieces that you can create a vision for within our
system in a multitude of ways, and using those guys
to attack defenses in creative and innovative ways. Where like
I said, if we're trying to maximize our chance of
players success, building things around those guys and what they
do well and taking advantage of that potential to get
the most out of them. So our goal will to
(04:36):
bring the best out of each guy and hopefully take
that talent that you see and are so excited about
and make each guy kind of have the best year
of his career respectively, whatever that may look like. But
it's that individual process first of bringing out the best
in those guys and that talent, and that will hopefully
create a good product as a whole collectively. Being with
a Sean last year in Minnesota, because what is it
(04:57):
about him that makes him such a possive addition to
the staff with you guys, Yeah, Sean brings a lot
to the table in terms of, once again, football wise,
the same thing I talked about with the coaching staff,
whether it's schematic, philosophically, football wise, the alignment there from
Liam all the way to myself and down throughout the staff.
(05:19):
But also the type of guy is the energy brings,
the relationships he forms the players, the relationships he forms
about staff players. You're gonna get a genuine, hard working,
caring guy that that's going to go above and beyond,
just like hopefully the rest of us will to bring
out the best in the players and each of us
as staff members. The great thing about our relationship and
kind of having that foundation there is he can be
honest with me. I can be honest with him. I'm
(05:40):
not going to be perfect and I'm not going to
pretend to be perfect. So you need to have those
relationships and open and honest communication so that way people
can tell you when I screw something up or misspeak,
and thankfully I can lean heavily on Sean to do
that for me. And then those three years in Minnesota
with Kevin, Just how much did he influence you and
what you really learn about coaching game? Im? Yeah, well,
(06:02):
how much time do we have, but he he influenced
me in probably more ways than I even recognize. To
be honest with you, in terms of the game, seeing
the past game, seeing how you build an offense, seeing
how you teach an offense and build that progression, and
then most importantly probably the quarterback position, how you develop
(06:24):
that starting from the ground up, laying the foundation and
scaffolding things in a true progression that allows those guys
to learn and grow in an environment that maximizes their
chance of success. So I could probably go on for
hours about what that kind of process looks like, But
from a football standpoint, he kind of covers all the
bases in terms of you learn things explicitly and implicitly
(06:48):
in terms of just concepts or certain schemes and philosophies,
but all the way down to the detail on how
those concepts are executed, or how those concepts are implemented,
or how those content acepts our game plan. I think
that's something that he does at a really high level,
and the results kind of speak for itself with him
and this success he's had there in Minnesota and even
(07:09):
even prior to that, and then on top of that,
my role, I was in a very fortunate position to
be with him and spend so much time with him,
seeing the connector that he is and the type of
person that he is, and the impact that he has
on people's lives, not just in the meeting room and
with us as coaches or with the players, but even
beyond with the entire organization from everybody in that building.
(07:31):
Everyone that walks through that building feels his impact and
his presence and the culture that he's set there, and
that pays dividends and kind of has a ripple effect
beyond his immediate reach. It from the outside, it looks
like a very youthful staff. Does it feel that way
when you guys are getting together? Does it feel like
a young staff? And what's the advantage of having a
(07:53):
staff of younger guys. I probably wouldn't describe it like that.
I would say we have an energetic staff for sure,
So maybe that's how I would look at it there.
But in the sense of youth, I think you feel
the energy, the excitement, the passion for football, for coaching,
and the work that goes into making this thing ultimately
(08:15):
what we want it to be. And I think that
carries over not only into our interactions with each other
so far, but I think that will show up in
our relationships with the players and the relationships hopefully with
everyone else in the building. So I think the energy
there is palpable different than maybe the staff that you
started on in Carolina in twenty twenty. Every staff is different,
(08:36):
Every staff is unique. Certainly, at the end of the day,
football is still played by people, It's still coached by people,
so it's individuals. So it's certainly different in some ways.
There are probably some ways that it's similar, but ultimately
every staff you're on is different. Even year to year,
you typically have a guy leave. It's just like players
on the coaching staff. It's never going to be the
same exact staff every year, so there's certainly some differences.
(08:57):
Not to get too far ahead of players, but what
are your thoughts on broad Thoms Junior and just the
prospects of having or nothing like that. Yeah, excitement once again,
so probably that'll be the same thing I answer for
probably ten of these questions is excitement overall, like we
talked about with the players, and the opportunity to work
with these guys. He's one of the guys where you
watch the tape and it's hard to stay seated watching
(09:20):
his tape just in terms of the excitement and the
tools and the ability that he has and the potential
there for you saw the results this year, but the
potential for growth beyond this year, and the different ways
you can use him to attack defenses in a multitude
of ways. You mentioned being excited about working with Trevor.
What stands out that you're excited about. There's a lot
(09:43):
that stands out. Once again that the physical talent you
can see and you guys probably have had more time
watching it than even me over the course of the
past couple of years. The most exciting thing for me
is the guy and the person as I've started to
form this relationship, because, like I said, the quarterback position
is still played by a person. It's still a human
(10:05):
being back there who's got to stand back there and
navigate tight pockets and hits and escape and deal with eleven,
you know, ten other guys in the huddle, all eleven
on defense and make those decisions in snap judgment. So
the person that we're getting to deal with and work
with on a day to day basis is super exciting
for me because listen, if we're up here spending as
(10:27):
much time as we do trying to pour ourselves into somebody,
he's the type of guy that you want to invest
time in. We'll talk a lot about the quarterback of
the passing game, but the running game last year for
the jaggarsus inconsistent. How important is it to kind of
develop that trump plane and have that running game on offense. Yeah,
we'll be multiple and we want to be a complete
offense in the sense that we have the ability to
(10:48):
attack defenses in a variety of ways, whether that is
in the run game or the pass game or screen game,
whatever that may be. You need to kind of have
all the tools in the bag and then find the
way to to make those players to take those tools
and fit them to the players that you have. So
it comes down to how can we how can we
take what our guys execute, what our guys execute well,
(11:10):
and put those players in the best position for success.
So the run game is a piece of that without
a doubt, because we never want to become one dimensional.
We always want to be dictating and having the ability
to run the ball and run on our terms and
be attacking. Like I talked about earlier, kind is predicated
on the ability to do that, down in and down out.
(11:31):
Good Thank you guys,
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