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Josh McDaniels joins an unusual list. More than 500 head football coaches roamed NFL sidelines in the past 100 years. Teams hire and fire coaches all the time. In fact, teams hire coaches to fire them. Very few retire or go out on their own terms. However, it is a bad sign to be fired in the middle of the season. Think about it. The rest of the staff is usually still in place for the rest of the season. However, the team, in most cases, feels the head coach is so undesirable they refuse to let them finish the season. It's an embarrassment for any coach.
JOSH MCDANIELS IS EXCLUSIVE
Since the 1970 NFL merger, 89 coaches lost their jobs mid-season. Since 2000, a team showed its head coach the door before the end of a season 35 times. Josh McDaniels is in exclusive company regarding that stat. Find out what it is with Trivia below or on Craig Shemon and Company on ESPN Southwest Florida.
QUIZ TIME
- Who is the Raiders interim head coach? Antonio Pierce
- Since 2000 only one NFL coach has been fired twice mid-season.Who? Josh McDaniels
- The Browns fired this coach after going 3-36-1 in 2 ½ years. Who? Hugh Jackson
- Who is the only Super Bowl winning coach to be fired mid-season by his team? Mike McCarthy/ Packers 2018
- Who was the longest tenured coach fired mid-season? This coach lasted 13 seasons? Mike McCarthy/Packers
- This Texans coach won back to back AFC South titles, but the following year started 2-11 before getting bounced. Who? Gary Kubiak
- This coach performed so badly, the team fired him during his first season with a 2-11 record in 2021. Who? Urban Meyer
- This Oregon Duck coach’s style did not work with the Eagles when they let him go in the middle of the 2015 season? Chip Kelly
- What NFC team fired their coaches mid-season the most times (6)? Saints
- Only three teams never fired a coach mid-season. Can you name them? Steelers, Ravens, Bears
