Jaguars to retain coach Doug Marrone, GM Dave Caldwell for 2020 season

Jaguars coach Doug Marrone and general manager Dave Caldwell are returning for the 2020 season despite double-digit back-to-back losing seasons, the franchise announced Tuesday morning.

Owner Shad Khan met with both Marrone and Caldwell on Tuesday before making his decision.

″While our discussions will remain confidential, the decision I am making to keep our staff in tact for 2020 has nothing to do with our victory on Sunday and everything to do with my positive meetings with Dave, Doug, the coordinators and our players,″ Khan said in a statement.

″I have met on several occasions over the past few days with Dave and Doug and their staffs to fully understand their plans to reverse our course and compete for a postseason berth in 2020,″ Khan said in a statement. ’In addition, I held numerous one-on-one meetings with players on Monday and thoroughly appreciated their candor and thoughtful views- some expected, some not - on the season behind us and we go from here.″

Under the franchise’s new front office structure following the Dec. 18 firing of Tom Coughlin, his executive vice president of football operations position will not be filled in 2020. Marrone and Caldwell will report directly to Khan as they have since mid-December.

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″Our work begins immediately,″ Khan said. ″We have a lot of draft capital in our favor to help us achieve our goals for 2020 and beyond.

Marrone has compiled a 21-27 record in three seasons. The Jaguars (6-10) finished in the AFC cellar for the second straight season after reaching the AFC title game in 2017 with Marrone at the helm.