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Lindsey Thiry, ESPNJan 8, 2025, 06:00 AM ET
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- Lindsey Thiry is a nationwide NFL press reporter for ESPN. She signed up with ESPN in 2018 to cover the Los Angeles Rams after 2 years of covering them for the Los Angeles Times, and has actually likewise covered the Chargers for ESPN. She formerly covered the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow her on Twitter/X @LindseyThiry.
An unscripted date, a call to Mom and a dismal journey to Hawaii.
An NFL coach gets fired … what occurs next?
It's a yearly initiation rite, because, as previous coach Ron Rivera explained, “Unless you get a possibility to leave, you're fired.”
The Monday after Week 18 of the NFL season is associated with the training carousel starting to spin. Usually, 6.5 NFL groups per season have actually altered their head coach in the Super Bowl age. Some of those positions are filled following a retirement or a coach's choice to leave, it's most frequently due to the fact that the coach was fired.
In-season shootings have likewise just recently end up being more typical: Between 1990 and 2007, there was just one season in which 3 head coaches lost their task before completion of the schedule. Considering that 2008, there have actually been 9 seasons (Including 2022, 2023 and 2024) where 3 head coaches lost their task in-season.
This season, the New York Jets fired coach Robert Saleh after 5 video games, the New Orleans Saints fired Dennis Allen after 9 video games, and the Chicago Bears fired coach Matt Eberflus a day after Thanksgiving.
The New England Patriots fired Jerod Mayo after one season within an hour of their season-ending success over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. The Jacksonville Jaguars fired Doug Pedersen on Monday and the Las Vegas Raiders fired Antonio Pierce on Tuesday. The Dallas Cowboys' Mike McCarthy might likewise be release, his agreement ends Wednesday. The Cowboys hold special negotiating rights through Jan. 14.
“It's extremely, extremely regular in this occupation to get release or fired,” stated Matt Nagy, a previous Bears head coach now functioning as the Kansas City Chiefs' offending organizer. “There's a great deal of fantastic coaches that if you recall in their professions, they've been fired or release. You have to begin there.”
What does an NFL head coach do after he's fired? And how do you set yourself up for success for the next head training opportunity?
Numerous coaches, all of whom have actually been fired as soon as, or two times, shared the experience of losing their task– and what they did next– with ESPN.
Existing task: Atlanta Falcons head coach (2024-present)
Last head training task: Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach (2009-11)
3 days after a 10-game losing streak ended the 2011 season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired Morris as their head coach.
