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Today is Rams head coach Sean McVay\u2019s 40th birthday, and although he doesn\u2019t want to talk about that<\/a><\/span>, he did talk about how he has been in his job the second-longest of any NFL head coach.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s wild, huh?\u201d McVay said.<\/p>\n Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who was hired in 2013, has been in his job the longest of any NFL head coach. McVay, who was hired in 2017, is next, and 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, who was hired a few weeks after McVay, is a close third. McVay said that shows how little job security there is for most football coaches.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is hard,\u201d McVay said. \u201cThis league is challenging, but it\u2019s always a blessing and I don\u2019t take it for granted. Being in Year Nine, it\u2019s crazy the turnover that occurs. Me and Kyle that year, and then Big Red in Kansas City, Coach Reid still doing his thing.\u201d<\/p>\n McVay said he doesn\u2019t like hearing that he has \u201cseniority\u201d among NFL coaches, but he does appreciate that he\u2019s been able to stay in one place for nine years in a business where that isn\u2019t often the case.<\/p>\n \u201cSeniority? I\u2019m not a senior yet,\u201d McVay said. \u201cI think what you realize is how hard this league is. How volatile it is. And perspective is everything. Fortunately, I did have a decent perspective growing up in this game, realizing how difficult it is, but you love it, and you know that it doesn\u2019t always come with great things.\u201d<\/p>\n McVay\u2019s grandfather, John McVay, was head coach of the Giants from 1976 to 1978 and was fired a month after his team suffered one of the most embarrassing losses in NFL history, fondly remembered by Eagles fans as the Miracle at the Meadowlands<\/a><\/span>. That was the end of John McVay\u2019s coaching career, but Sean McVay talked about how his grandfather persevered and became a longtime executive in San Francisco.<\/p>\n \u201cMy grandfather was the head coach of the Giants, head coach during the Miracle at the Meadowlands, and you look at it as, this is a challenging deal, he leaves that job and ends up being an executive and is part of five world championships with the 49ers,\u201d McVay said.<\/p>\n McVay said he appreciates that the Rams have stuck by him in a business where coaches often don\u2019t last long.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat a blessing it is to be in these positions,\u201d Mcvay said. \u201cThe appreciation I have for when I haven\u2019t been at my best but the support and the unconditional support that I\u2019ve felt. That means a whole lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n