Mike Macdonald(38) and Sean McVay(40) tie the record set for youngest head coaching matchup in championship game history despite McVay being the second longest tenured coach in the NFL

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The original was posted on /r/nfl by /u/Scepticy on 2026-01-20 16:51:20+00:00.

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This matchup ties the 2021 NFC championship game coached by McVay(36) and Shanahan(42). If the Bears were to have defeated the Rams last week Ben Johnson(39) would have been a year younger than McVay and taken the record.

If counting the 2021 Super Bowl the record would be nearly untouchable since McVay’s dwindling disciple Zac Taylor was only 38 years old.

There has certainly been a surge of young coaching excellence in recent years specifically in the NFC. The average age of every NFC head coach that made the playoffs this season was 42.3. For context Tom Brady was 43 when he won his last Super Bowl.