Dan Edwards is the Jaguars senior vice president of communications. He is responsible for the Jaguars' communications division which includes public relations, digital media content and broadcasting. One of six current Jaguars staff members who have been with the franchise since its first year in 1994, Edwards is in his 27th year with the Jaguars and his 37th season in the NFL.
Edwards joined the Jaguars as executive director of communications in May 1994 with ten seasons of NFL experience with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Miami Dolphins and the league office. He was promoted to vice president in 2003, when the Jaguars' community relations and internet content departments were added to his responsibilities and to senior vice president in 2010.
Edwards began his NFL career as a public relations intern in the NFL office in New York after receiving a scholarship from NFL Charities. He spent the 1984 football season working in publicity for the Miami Dolphins, who played in Super Bowl XIX that year, before joining the Steelers.
During Edwards' nine years with the Steelers, the last seven as public relations director, the team's public relations staff received the Pete Rozelle Award from the Pro Football Writers of America. Edwards has worked with the NFL staff at 27 of the 54 Super Bowls played, and one Pro Bowl.
Prior to entering the NFL, Edwards worked in professional baseball as an administrative assistant with the Eugene (Ore.) Emeralds, a Class-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds at that time. He played football and baseball for Montgomery College (Md.) before transferring to the University of Oregon.
Edwards received his undergraduate degree in business administration with a major in management from the University of Oregon, and a master's degree in sports administration/facility management from Ohio University. In 2004, he attended the NFL-Stanford Program for Managers at Stanford University and for ten years he served as an adjunct professor in sport communication at the University of North Florida.
Edwards has served on the board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida and on the University of North Florida Sport Management Advisory Board. A member of the Leadership Jacksonville class of 2009, he and his late wife Tricia have four children: sons Christian and Preston and daughters Danielle and Victoria. Christian works for the Indianapolis Colts and Preston works for the Carolina Panthers.
