In 2018, at age 33, Sean McVay became the youngest coach to ever lead a team to the Super Bowl. When he was hired as the Los Angeles Ram’s head coach less than 2 years earlier, many people had doubts that he had the experience to successfully coach and NFL team, as most coaches to not get a chance to be head coaches in the NFL until their 40s or 50s. However, despite his lack of experience, Sean McVay was able to quickly find success by seeing the game differently than his head coaching peers. McVay grew up around the game of football, as his grandfather was an NFL head coach and his father and uncle both played college football. McVay played quarterback in high school and wide receiver in college, so his family history and experience playing multiple positions helped him to develop a deep understanding of the game at a young age. McVay had the ability to easily understand all the complicated schematics of an NFL offense, which allowed him to use his entrepreneurial mindset to to find new ways of helping an offense put points on the scoreboard more efficiently. This was evident in home much better young quarterback Jared Goff performed under McVay as opposed to under the old Ram’s coach. Goff completed a higher percentage of his passes for more touchdowns and less interceptions once McVay took over as head coach. McVay’s leadership has also been credited as a reason why he has found success so quickly as a coach. He is friendly to his players and works well with them, but also knows how to push players to get the most out of them. This leadership is another trait that is important to an innovator in any field. This innovative style of coaching has caught on in the NFL and made McVay sort of a disrupter in the industry, as other teams have recently hired Matt LaFleur and Kliff Kingsbury, who are two other young coaches that are similar to McVay. While we wouldn’t normally look at NFL coaches as entrepreneurs, the way that Sean McVay has changed the way teams play offense and hire young head coaches have shown that he is an innovator with an entrepreneurial mindset.
https://www.businessinsider.com/nfl-coaches-hired-sean-mcvay-2019-1