Full circle: Sean McVay collecting former players on coaching staff

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 13: Robert Woods celebrates with Von Miller #40 of the Los Angeles Rams after Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium on February 13, 2022 in Inglewood, California. The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20. (Photo by Kevin C.

Cox/Getty Images) | Getty Images Sean McVay is tied for the fourth-youngest head coach across the NFL for the 2026 season. The Los Angeles Rams’ leading man has yet to turn 40, but somehow his coaching staff is already coming full circle and collecting former draft picks and players. Brian Allen was the first former player under McVay to join the staff.

This will be his second season as an assistant offensive line coach under Ryan Wendell. Allen was a fourth round pick out of Michigan State in 2018, which was McVay’s second draft in Los Angeles. He was the starting center for the team’s 2021 Super Bowl victory.

It’s wild that McVay can still be one of the youngest coaches in the league yet still have a player undergo the full course of his professional career before joining the staff. McVay also has one of the most broad coaching trees in the NFL and nearly every franchise is looking to steal some of the Rams’ thunder from a coaching or front office perspective. The second former player to join McVay’s staff is Robert Woods, who was one of the team’s first free agent signings during McVay’s debut offseason.