When the Los Angeles Rams hired Sean McVay in 2017, they arguably caught lightning in a bottle. McVay was just 30 at the time and the youngest NFL head coach in the modern era. Since then, every coaching cycle teams have been looking to find the next Sean McVay.
Hiring a head coach that young had rarely worked in the NFL with John Madden being the exception. Lane Kiffin went 5-15 before being fired by the Oakland Raiders. The Rams had hired young before in the 1962 when they brought Harland Svare in to be the head coach.