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Rory Segrest is in his fourth season with the Jaguars in 2025 and his first as a pro scout. Segrest has spent 30 years coaching at the college and NFL levels throughout his career, most recently serving as assistant defensive line coach for the Jaguars for three seasons (2022-24).

Rory Segrest is in his fourth season with the Jaguars in 2025 and his first as a pro scout. Segrest has spent 30 years coaching at the college and NFL levels throughout his career, most recently serving as assistant defensive line coach for the Jaguars for three seasons (2022-24).

In 2024, Segrest helped develop DT Maason Smith, who finished his rookie year with 17 tackles (10 solo), four quarterback hits, 3.0 sacks, three tackles for loss and three passes defensed in 11 games played. Smith was one of four rookie defensive linemen in 2024 with at least 3.0 sacks.

In 2023, the Jaguars' defense tied for eighth in turnovers (27), ranked ninth in rushing yards per game (103.1) and eighth in third-down defense (36.5 percent).  In his first season with Jacksonville in 2022, en route to an AFC South Division Title, he helped coach a unit that had the seventh-fewest opponent yards per rush (4.2) and had the 12th-lowest percentage of opponent rushes that resulted in a first down (24.3).

Segrest spent four seasons with the University of Louisiana (2018-21) as the assistant head coach/defensive line coach. In that span, the Ragin' Cajuns finished with a record of 41-12, a perfect 16-0 mark against members of the Sun Belt West Division, four consecutive West Division titles, four straight bowl appearances, a share of the Sun Belt title in 2020 and as the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Champions. He helped develop Andre Jones, Jr. who was drafted by the Washington Commanders.

In 2021, Segrest helped Louisiana to its first conference championship title since 2005 and second in program history. The team finished with a 12-1 record, the most single-season wins in school history. The 12 straight wins also set the program record for consecutive victories.

In 2020, Louisiana's defense ranked fourth in the Sun Belt and 31st nationally in scoring defense (22.0) and 33rd in total defense (355.4). The team broke into the national rankings for the first time in the modern era, finishing the campaign ranked No. 15 in the Associated Press Top 25 with a record of 10-1.

During the 2019 season, the defensive line helped Louisiana finish the historic campaign with the top-ranked scoring defense (19.7 points allowed per game) and the second-best total defense (371.8 yards allowed per game) in the Sun Belt Conference. The team's 11 victories marked the first double-digit win season in program history.

Prior to his time with Louisiana, Segrest spent three seasons as defensive line and specialist coach at Arkansas from 2014-16. During this time period, he helped develop Trey Flowers, Deatrich Wise, Jr., Darius Philon, and Jeremiah Ledbetter, all drafted to the NFL. Flowers (twice) and Wise (once) were Super Bowl Champions with the New England Patriots, and Ledbetter (once) with Tampa Bay. He recruited and coached several other Razorbacks that were either drafted or undrafted free agents, including Mitch Loewen, Armon Watts, McTelvin Agim, T.J. Smith and Jonathan Marshall.

During his first season in 2014, Segrest helped the Razorbacks rank in the top 10 in the nation in both scoring and total defense for the first time since Arkansas joined the SEC in 1992. The Razorback defense became the first unit in college football history to shut out back-to-back ranked opponents as an unranked team when Arkansas blanked No. 20 LSU and No. 8 Ole Miss. Arkansas finished No. 2 in the SEC and No. 12 nationally with just 114.6 rushing yards allowed per game. Segrest helped the Razorbacks rank second in the Southeastern Conference and 12th nationally in rushing defense (116.46) in 2015.

Segrest also coached the Razorback specialists, kickoff and kickoff return units in 2014. Under his direction, Arkansas improved from the No. 67 kickoff return unit in 2013 to No. 5 in the nation and second in the SEC, averaging 23.84 yards per kickoff return in 2014.

From 2011-13, Segrest served as the defensive line coach/special teams coordinator for Samford University in his second stint with the school. Segrest's defensive unit finished the 2013 season first in the Southern Conference in sacks (29.0) while his punt return team also posted a Southern Conference-leading 11.6 yards per return. Additionally, Segrest's kickoff cover team finished first in the Southern Conference with a net of 43.7 yards. Three of his defensive linemen were either drafted or undrafted free agents, including Michael Pierce, Nick Williams and Jeremy Towns.

While with the Philadelphia Eagles, Segrest was special teams quality control/assistant defensive line coach (2006), special teams coordinator (2007-08) and defensive line coach (2009-10). In 2006 and 2010, the Eagles won the NFC East Division Title. In addition, they advanced to the NFC Championship game in 2008. Segrest also coached in the 2009 Pro Bowl.

In 2009 and 2010, the Eagles' defensive line units ranked second and fourth, respectively, in the NFL in sacks among defensive linemen. They ranked third (2010) and ninth (2009) in the league in tackles for loss by defensive linemen. Segrest also coached two-time Pro Bowler DE Trent Cole (2007 and 2009) while in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia's special teams finished third in the NFL in 2008 in field goals made, and Pro Bowl K David Akers broke franchise records with 33 field goals and 144 points scored. Also in 2008, P Sav Rocca set a then-franchise record with his single-season net punt average. Rocca and Akers were both named NFL Special Teams Player of the Month during the 2008 season.

Segrest's previous coaching stops include Samford University from 2002-05 and Southeast Missouri State, where he began in 1999 and added recruiting coordinator duties for 2000-01. He was also the defensive graduate assistant at Auburn University from 1997-99, working with the defensive line and special teams units.

His coaching career began under Gene Stallings as a student assistant at Alabama in 1994 after his playing career was cut short by an injury. He was a member of the Crimson Tide's 1992 National Championship Team and was also awarded the team's 1995 Co-Leadership Award.

A native of Waycross, Ga., and a graduate of Waycross High School, he earned his bachelor's degree in healthcare management in 1996 from Alabama, where he met his wife, Jackie. They have one son, James.