Darrell Bevell has taken the reins of the Jacksonville Jaguars, who fired coach Urban Meyer Wednesday night following a string of controversies.

The offensive coordinator received a late-night call from general manager Trent Baalke and agreed to become interim coach for the remainder of the season.

Bevell took the podium as the acting head coach Thursday and declined multiple times to get in the weeds on reported allegations that Meyer, among other things, kicked a former player in the leg during a workout and told his assistant coaches they were losers.