Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay does not exactly sound thrilled ahead of his latest age milestone.
McVay spoke to reporters on Friday on the eve of his 40th birthday. The Rams coach threatened violence against any reporter who would dare greet him during the occasion.
“I’m not a big birthday guy and if you guys say happy 40th, I’ll slap the s–t out of you,” McVay told reporters, via Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio.
While McVay wasn’t welcoming any greetings, he did identify one gift he clearly wants after turning the big 4-0.
“Here’s what I will say,” McVay continued. “What is a good birthday is when I’m working on my birthday and if I’m working next week. That’d be a hell of a birthday. That’s the only present I want.”
McVay already has a coaching resume few can match before turning 40. It helps that the Rams made him the youngest NFL head coach ever in 2017, when he was just 30.
At 33, McVay became the youngest head coach ever to reach the Super Bowl. He became the youngest to hoist the Lombardi Trophy three years later and is two wins away from being the youngest two-time winner in history. To put that into perspective, Bill Belichick was 48 when he first began coaching for the New England Patriots.
For a coaching wunderkind like McVay, age really is just a number.
