Sean McVay has done a nice job coaching the Los Angeles Rams over the last several years, and he guided the team to a Super Bowl championship just two seasons ago, which was the franchise’s first in its many years spanning two stints in Southern California.
But he is about to experience another seminal moment in his life: the birth of his son.
McVay says, per B/R Gridiron, that he will not miss this Sunday’s game versus the Pittsburgh Steelers, and he comically said his son won’t be born during the contest.
McVay is truly one of a kind 😂 pic.twitter.com/XwOHL6Z5Yi
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) October 18, 2023
McVay, who is 37 years of age, became the Rams’ head coach in 2017 after three years as the Washington Redskins’ offensive coordinator under Jay Gruden, and he quickly revitalized a franchise that had been dormant since the mid-2000s.
Los Angeles went 11-5 in his first season at the helm and made the playoffs for the first time since the 2004 campaign, and the very next season they reached the Super Bowl, where the New England Patriots shut them down in Tom Brady’s last hurrah with Bill Belichick.
It was clear the Rams needed more oomph, so prior to the 2021 season, they traded quarterback Jared Goff for signal-caller Matthew Stafford, and midway through the schedule, they acquired linebacker Von Miller, a former Super Bowl MVP.
It all added up to the Rams’ first world championship as a Los Angeles team and their first overall since the 1999 season.
The current edition of the Rams are far away from winning another ring, but they do have a couple of promising young players, including rookie wide receiver Puka Nacua, and McVay has thus far helped them surpass expectations this year.
