Chris Doyle’s tenure with the Jacksonville Jaguars lasted only one day.

After Doyle was introduced as the team’s new Director of Sport Performance on Thursday, and the public backlash that followed, first-year NFL head coach Urban Meyer announced Friday night that Doyle has resigned.

“Chris Doyle came to us this evening to submit his resignation and we have accepted,” Meyer said in a statement. “Chris did not want to be a distraction to what we are building in Jacksonville. We are responsible for all aspects of our program and, in retrospect, should have given greater consideration to how his appointment may have affected all involved. We wish him the best as he moves forward with his career.”

Doyle, the former Iowa football strength coach, was on the Hawkeye coaching staff for 21 years before reaching a separation agreement with the University of Iowa on June 15 amid allegations of racism and mistreatment from former players.

Meyer said after Doyle’s hiring Thursday that he, general manager Trent Baalke, and owner Shahid Khan had “vetted [Doyle] thoroughly” before making the hire.

The Fritz Pollard Alliance, an organization devoted to championing diversity in the NFL, blasted the Jaguars and Meyer for Doyle’s hiring earlier on Friday. Executive director Rod Graves released a statement calling Doyle’s hiring unacceptable and a sign of the systemic hiring problems in the NFL.

“At a time when the NFL has failed to solve its problem with racial hiring practices, it is simply unacceptable to welcome Chris Doyle into the ranks of the NFL coaches,” Graves’ statement reads. “Doyle’s departure from the University of Iowa reflected a tenure riddled with poor judgment and mistreatment of Black players. His conduct should be as disqualifying for the NFL as it was for the University of Iowa.

“Urban Meyer’s statement, ‘I’ve known Chris Doyle for close to 20 years’ reflects the good ol’ boy network that is precisely the reason there is such a disparity in employment opportunities for Black coaches.”

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Doyle’s hiring was met with widespread criticism.

On June 5, dozens of former Iowa football players started to speak out with allegations detailing the racist and demeaning behavior they claimed to have experienced in their time as Hawkeyes. Doyle was mentioned by name by several players.

After previously placing Doyle on administrative leave, the UI announced a separation agreement with Doyle on June 15. As part of the agreement, Doyle, whose salary of over $800,000 in 2019 was the highest of any strength coach in college football, received $1.1 million.

The allegations made by former players prompted the UI to hire the law frim Husch Blackwell to conduct an investigation into the Hawkeye football program. The firm’s report of its findings, released in July, stated that the program’s rules “perpetuated racial or cultural biases and diminished the value of cultural diversity,” and that the program over-monitored players to the point that they experienced heightened anxiety and maintained a culture that allowed a “small group of coaches” to demean players.

Doyle was the only staff member removed from the program as a result of allegations from former players.

Doyle and Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz are among the defendants in a lawsuit filed by 13 Black former Iowa football players in November. These players claim they faced “targeted and discriminatory behavior” in their time with the Iowa football program.