Next season, the Philadelphia Eagles will have a new offensive line coach for the first time since 2013. Jeff Stoutland’s 13-year run in that position is over, he announced Wednesday on X.
“I’ve decided my time coaching with the Eagles has come to an end,” Stoutland wrote.
“When I arrived here in 2013, I did not know what I was signing up for. I quickly learned what this city demands. But more importantly, what it gives back. The past 13 years have been the great privilege of my coaching career. I didn’t just work here, I became one of you.
After coaching in the collegiate ranks since the mid-’80s, including at Alabama on national title teams in 2011-12, Stoutland served as the Eagles’ o-line coach from 2013-2025. He worked for four different Eagles head coaches in that span and had doubled as the team’s run-game coordinator since 2018.
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Stoutland, who turns 64 next week, helped the franchise win its two Super Bowls and reach a third during his tenure. He developed one of the league’s best offensive lines along the way, in addition to playing a role in the introduction and success of the team’s infamous “tush push.”
Eagles offensive coordinator Sean Mannion, whom head coach Nick Sirianni hired last week, will be on the lookout for a new coach to oversee the trenches as he builds out his staff.
Philadelphia wanted Stoutland back, according to The Athletic’s Zach Berman. But, per ESPN’s Tim McManus, Stoutland grew disgruntled this season when Sirianni and then-offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo incorporated new run designs down the stretch of a 2025 campaign that saw the Eagles’ offensive line battle injuries and deal with regressing production on the ground.
Stoutland wasn’t consulted about the changes “to what he felt was an appropriate degree,” McManus reported Wednesday.
In the wake of Stoutland’s announcement, former Eagles six-time All-Pro center Jason Kelce swiftly took to social media to express his gratitude.
“There is absolutely no one I credit more with the career I had than Jeff Stoutland,” wrote Kelce, who was drafted in 2011 but overlapped with Stoutland from 2013-2023.
“The consistent passion and his eagerness to teach pushed my teammates, me, and our room to amazing success. More importantly, we became incredibly close as people. It was more than just coaching and teaching, it was his presence and sense of urgency that was unaccepting of mediocrity and potential left behind. He will undoubtedly be missed inside the building, and everyone that played for him.
“I am [incredibly] grateful to have played for Stout, 1 of 1 coach and person. I love you coach.”
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Kelce is one of a handful of linemen who collected All-Pro honors under Stoutland in Philly. Guard Evan Mathis and tackles Jason Peters, Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata are also in that group.
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Stoutland had a Pro Bowler on his o-line every season he was on staff, per The Athletic, who cited PFWA in reporting that Stoutland holds the longest such streak for any team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.
His offensive lines paved the way for dynamic rushing attacks, including those that starred running backs LeSean McCoy and Saquon Barkley.
Notably, Barkley became the ninth running back in NFL history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season last season. That, of course, wouldn’t have been possible without Stoutland’s line that fueled a Super Bowl run.
As for the tush push, Sirianni has credited Stoutland — among others — for the Eagles’ first use of the rugby-inspired quarterback sneak, even if the play concept predates that influence, as reported by ESPN last spring.
“Stout’s influence throughout football is immense,” the Eagles said in a statement on Wednesday, “having helped countless players reach their true potential, including many who went on to earn All-Pro honors and some who developed into future Hall of Fame talents.
“His passion for the development of young players set the bar not only for our organization but for the entire National Football League.”
