FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2011 file photo, Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio walks the sideline during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the St. Louis Rams, in Jacksonville, Fla. The Jaguars fired Del Rio, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 after a 3-8 start, parting ways with him during his ninth season.(AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2011 file photo, Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio walks the sideline during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the St. Louis Rams, in Jacksonville, Fla. The Jaguars fired Del Rio, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 after a 3-8 start, parting ways with him during his ninth season.(AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2011 file photo, A Jacksonville Jaguars fans shows his opinion of head coach Jack Del Rio during an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Jacksonville, Fla. The Jaguars fired Del Rio, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 after a 3-8 start, parting ways with him during his ninth season.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) ? The Jacksonville Jaguars have reached an agreement to sell the small-market franchise to Illinois businessman Shahid Khan.
Majority owner Wayne Weaver made the announcement Tuesday, hours after he fired coach Jack Del Rio and gave general manager Gene Smith a three-year contract extension. He said Khan will have 100 percent control of the team.
Weaver called Khan "a great American success story" and said the Pakistan-born entrepreneur will keep the team in Jacksonville.
Khan is the owner and CEO of the Flex-N-Gate Group based in Urbana, Ill. Khan had been a candidate to buy controlling interest in the St. Louis Rams last year.
The sale of the franchise and the firing of Del Rio are the city's most significant news since the team's inception in 1993.
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