Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, who led his team to a Orange Bowl berth this season, has become the second known candidate to interview for the head coaching job with the Jacksonville Jaguars, league sources have confirmed.

Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver and vice president Paul Vance huddled with former Minnesota Vikings coach Dennis Green on Tuesday in Dallas, but Green pulled out of the running Friday to be the successor to the deposed Tom Coughlin.

Although not particularly well known to many NFL fans, Ferentz is highly regarded by officials from several teams. Ferentz, 47, was an assistant with the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens for six seasons before being named the successor to legendary Iowa coach Hayden Fry in December '98.

In four seasons at Iowa, he has posted a 24-23 record, going from just 1-10 in his first season to 11-2 this year.

Ferentz is known as a tremendous communicator, a stickler for detail, and a strong leader. His primary area of expertise for much of his career was the offensive line but, over the years, he has developed the ability to understand and deal with the big picture.

The team confirmed that Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops has indicated to Weaver that he will not be a candidate for the Jaguars job.

The Jaguars do not seem intent on having a coach in place for the Senior Bowl college all-star game next week. Instead, it appears that Weaver will concentrate on filling the general manager-type executive spot in his front office first, then provide the person who fills that job input into the hiring of a head coach.

Weaver will meet Friday with Jaguars personnel director Rick Reiprish about the front office spot and on Saturday will interview Baltimore Ravens director of college scouting Phil Savage.

Len Pasquarelli is a senior writer for ESPN.com.