Indianapolis Colts hire former player Jeff Saturday as interim head coach with only high school head coaching experience

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All eyes will be on Indianapolis Colts interim head coach Jeff Saturday during Sunday’s NFL game against the Las Vegas Raiders. It will be the first game that the former Colts’ All-Pro center will coach since leaving Hebron Christian Academy in Dacula, Georgia in 2020.

That’s right, prior to Sunday’s game against the Raiders, Saturday’s only head coaching experience was at the small Georgia private high school. During his three years as head coach at Hebron, Saturday led the program to a 20-16 record. Prior to becoming the HC at Hebron, he spent two seasons as an assistant coach.

According to media reports, Saturday, who replaces fired Frank Reich, is the first NFL head coach to be hired without college or professional coaching experience sinceĀ Norm Van BrocklinĀ in 1961.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.