Due to his wife, The coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars has officially announced his retirement

Due to his wife, The coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars has officially announced his retirement

Florida’s Jacksonville First Coast News had a conversation with Doug Pederson’s wife, the head coach of the Jaguars. Jeannie Pederson provided a realistic glimpse into their family life, including their steadfast faith and their first date. (By the way, the date was blind!)

5 facts about the well-known coach and his family that you might not be aware of:
1) Jeannie practiced hand signals in case their blind date didn’t work out.

“My friend and his brother fixed us up on a blind date,” she says. And they made it to the blind date at Monroe, Louisiana’s Johnny’s Pizza. The idea was that Jeannie would approve of Doug if she felt the same way. If not, she would give a thumbs down, and that would be the plan of escape. She gave Doug the thumbs up, they struck up a conversation, and her “watch team” was off the hook. She states, “The rest is history.”

2) Coach Pederson suggested bending over

Recalling it, Jeannie Pederson smiles and chuckles a little. That’s because, unlike what you might imagine as a young woman, she wasn’t all dolled up. Rather, she was employed as a nursing assistant at a hospital and had just finished a lengthy shift. She went on to become a nurse.

“He had requested my hand in marriage from my parents. I had just returned from a 12-hour shift, looking appalling in my work attire. She says, “He actually proposed to me at Mom and Dad’s house by getting down on one knee.”

And here’s an update on the story:

Call it Southern custom or respect, but she’s happy about this: “Our boys, our two married sons, they followed the same path.”

Pederson family is given credit.
Three sons and two daughter-in-laws of Jeannie and Coach Doug Pederson 3) Ice cream is not Jeannie Pederson’s favorite food. But her spouse does, quite a bit.

“I married a man who eats ice cream every night,” the woman says. Every night before going to bed, he consumes it.”

His preferred? Topped with Hershey’s chocolate syrup, Haagen-Dazs Vanilla

We’re out of Hershey’s right now, she says. “He had me put that on the list.”

He also enjoys cereal at night, by the way. Berries with Special K. Even at night, Jeannie quips, it’s the “breakfast of champions.”

4) Jeannie Pederson DOES have something to say about her son’s release from the Jaguars, a sensitive topic.

Not too long ago, one of the three boys from Pederson made headlines when he was cut from the team. Many spectators attempted to fathom the difficulty of Coach Pederson cutting his own son.

She says, “My husband, no one knows that job and that role and that feeling more than he does. I will tell you when the cut-downs happened.” He spent 14 years as a player, so he is familiar with what it’s like to be cut. During his playing career, he was cut six times. On the practice squad, he was.”

Son Josh has joined the Jags practice squad as of late.

She remarks, “It was incredible that he was given the chance.” My husband is the best person I can think of for him to work under and learn from.”

Pederson family is given credit.
Coach Doug Pederson and his wife Jeannie have two furry children, Tex and Lucy. 5) Jeannie Pederson has a chair in her house where she spends some quiet time every morning.

They each have a favorite Bible verse, according to her, and they place a high value on their Christian faith.

“Philippians 4:13 is Doug’s. ‘I am able to accomplish anything because Christ is my strength.’ Romans 8:28 is mine as well. “Everything can work for the good of those who love God,” she declares.