When the Rams hired Sean McVay, he made history as the youngest head coach ever hired in the NFL.McVay was just a month shy of his 31st birthday at the time, Aldrick Rosas Jersey making him the first coach hired before turning 31.The gamble on the young coach has not only proven to be succe sful, but it has reshaped the sport. The average age of NFL head coaches will be 48.5 years old heading into next season after this offseason's coaching carousel saw nine new coaches hired. The average age of a head coach has shifted nearly six years younger in the span of just a few years.Two newly hired head coaches, Mike McDaniel (Dolphins) and Kevin O'Connell (Vikings), are both under 40 years old. O'Connell comes from the McVay coaching tree.Now, McVay is coaching the Rams to their second Super Bowl in his fifth season as a head coach, and teams acro s the league have embraced the concept of hiring young coaches.McVay has the chance to make more history with the team should he win Super Bowl 56 against the Bengals. Where would he rank among the youngest head coaches ever to hoist the Lombardi Trophy? Sporting News dives in. The youngest coach in NFL history to win a Super Bowl was the Steelers' Mike Tomlin in Super Bowl 43. In his second year as head coach, he led Pittsburgh to a 12-4 regular-season record and won the title in a 27-23 victory over the Cardinals.At the time of his NFL New York Giants Jersey win, Tomlin was 36 years old.CoachTeamAgeSuper BowlMike TomlinSteelers3643Jon GrudenBuccaneers3937John MaddenRaiders4011Joe GibbsWashington4317Chuck NollSteelers439Don ShulaDolphins437Tom FloresRaiders4315A win by the Rams would make McVay, 36,the youngest head coach ever to win the Super Bowl. Should the Bengals win, Zac Taylor, 38, would become the second-youngest head coach to win the Super Bowl, trailing only Tomlin.Both coaches already are making appearances on the list of the youngest coaches ever to appear in a Super Bowl, making this the youngest matchup of coaches in the game's history.CoachAgeSuper BowlSean McVay33 years, 11 days53Sean McVay36 years, 22 days56Mike Tomlin36 years, 10 months and 18 days43Bill Cowher38 years, 8 months, 21 days30Zac Taylor38 years, 9 months, 5 days56Mike Tomlin38 years, 10 months, 23 days45Don Shula39 years, 9 days3Jon Gruden39 years, 5 months, 10 days37Kyle Shanahan40 years, 1 month, 20 days54John Rauch40 years, 4 Phil Simms Jersey months, 26 days2McVay is already both the youngest and second-youngest coach to Saquon Barkley Jersey appear in a Super Bowl. Tomlin and Bill Cowher separate him and Taylor on the list of youngest coaches.For comparison, the average age of a coach in the Super Bowl is 50. At the time of their hiring, both McVay and Taylor were among the youngest coaches ever signed on by an NFL team, with McVay holding the distinction as the youngest.Coach (Team)AgeSean McVay, Rams30 years, 11 monthsLane Kiffin, Raiders31 years, 8 monthsHarland Svare, Rams31 years, 11 monthsJohn Michelosen, Steelers32 years, 2 monthsRaheem Morris, Buccaneers32 years, 4 monthsDavid Shula, Bengals32 years, 7 monthsJosh McDaniels, Broncos32 years, 8 monthsJohn Madden, Raiders32 years, 10 monthsDon Shula, Colts33 years, 4 daysAl Davis, Raiders33 years, 6 monthsJoe Collier, Bills33 years, 7 monthsBob Snyder, Rams33 years, 11 monthJim Trimble, Eagles34 years, 3 monthsJon Gruden, Raiders34 years, 5 monthsBill Cowher, Steelers34 years, 8 months, 13 daysJoe Kuharich, Cardinals34 years, 8 months, 25 daysJack Christiansen, 49ers34 years, 9 months, 10 daysNorm Van Brocklin, Vikings34 years, 10 months, 3 daysMike Tomlin, Steelers34 years, 10 months, 7 daysJoe Schmidt, Lions34 years, 11 months, 23 daysEric Mangini, Jets34 years, 11 months, 28 daysMike Shanahan, Raiders35 years, 6 monthsZac Taylor, Bengals35 years, 8 months, 26 daysTaylor ranks as the 23rd-youngest head coach hired by a team, and McVay sits at No. 1.But both have helped start a Golden Tate III Jersey trend for the direction the league is heading in. As of Feb. 13, here are the youngest head coaches heading into the 2022 season.CoachTeamAgeRecordSean McVayRams3655-26*Kevin O'ConnellVikings360-0Zac TaylorBengals3816-32-1Mike McDanielDolphins380-0Brandon StaleyChargers399-8Arthur SmithFalcons397-10Kevin StefanskiBrowns3919-14Nick SirianniEagles409-8Kyle Shanahan49ers4239-42Matt LaFleurPackers4239-10 Of course, with the trips to the Super Bowl, McVay has certainly found plenty of regular-season succe s.He has already vaulted himself up to the second-most wins by a coach under 40 years old in NFL history, with only the Raiders' John Madden having more before turning 40.CoachTeamWinsJohn MaddenRaiders70Sean McVayRams55Mike TomlinSteelers55Bill CowherSteelers53Jon GrudenRaiders/Buccaneers50McVay stands a decent chance of blowing past Madden's record. He will have four more seasons before turning 40, and to this point in his career, he has averaged 11 wins per season. At that Phil McConkey Jersey rate, he would hit 99 coaching wins, all but certainly putting him on pace to be the youngest coach to reach 100 wins.Madden holds that distinction as he hit the 100-win threshold at age 42.