San Francisco 49ers fire DC Steve Wilks after Super Bowl LVIII loss [Updated]
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It’s one of the toughest times of the NFL calendar. The end of the regular season has been unofficially dubbed “Black Monday” for the head coaches, general managers, and coordinators who will ultimately lose their jobs. In some cases, a relationship has simply run its course, and a business-driven league demands results. In others, like the Tennessee Titans’ dismissal of head coach Mike Vrabel, change is simply made for the sake of change, and a franchise may quickly come to regret its decision.
Here is the list of all current openings around the league, and the legacy those fired left behind.
Steve Wilks
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Role: San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator
Tenure: 1 season
Accolades: Led a top-five defense in the NFL, blew another double-digit lead to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl
Vic Fangio
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Role: Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator
Tenure: 1 season
Accolades: Founded the current defensive meta in the NFL
Joe Barry
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Role: Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator
Tenure: 3 seasons
Accolades: Helped keep Dallas’ streak of playoff embarrassments alive
Matt Patricia
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Role: Philadelphia Eagles senior defensive assistant
Tenure: 1 season
Accolades: Keeps getting work despite being bad at his job
Brian Johnson
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Role: Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator
Tenure: 1 season
Accolades: Helped invent the Tush Push.
Sean Desai
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Role: Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator
Tenure: 1 season
Accolades: Demoted, lost playcalling duties midseason to Matt Patricia
Shane Waldron
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Role: Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator
Tenure: 3 seasons
Accolades: Helped Geno Smith win a Comeback Player of the Year Award
Pete Carmichael
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Role: New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator
Tenure: 15 seasons
Accolades: Super Bowl XLIV champion, lasted multiple seasons without Sean Payton, somehow made me feel bad for Derek Carr.
Alex Van Pelt
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Role: Cleveland Browns offensive coordinator
Tenure: 4 seasons
Accolades: Ran an offense where 39-year-old Joe Flacco could thrive and Deshaun Watson could barely function.
Bill Belichick
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Role: New England Patriots head coach and GM
Tenure: 24 seasons
Record: 266-121
Accolades: Six Super Bowls, three-time Coach of the Year, one-time Executive of the Year, G.O.A.T.
Pete Carroll
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Role: Seattle Seahawks head coach
Tenure: 13 years
Record: 137-89-1
Accolades: Super Bowl XLVIII champion, Legion of Boom orchestrator, moved on from Russell Wilson and made Geno Smith cool
Don “Wink” Martindale
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Role: New York Giants defensive coordinator
Tenure: 2 years
Accolades: Forced thousands of people to call a grown man “Wink,” made zero blitzes cool again
Luke Getsy
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Role: Chicago Bears offensive coordinator
Tenure: 2 years
Accolades: Made Justin Fields look interesting enough to make drafting a quarterback No. 1 overall this year a semi-legitimate conversation
Mike Vrabel
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Role: Tennessee Titans head coach
Tenure: 6 years
Record: 54-45
Accolades: Back-to-back division wins, 2021 Coach of the Year
Ron Rivera
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Role: Washington Commanders head coach
Tenure: 4 years
Record: 26-40-1
Accolades: Beat cancer while still coaching team, made the playoffs with Taylor Heinicke
Scott Fitterer
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Role: Carolina Panthers GM
Tenure: 3 years
Accolades: Outlasted Matt Rhule
Mike Caldwell
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Role: Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator
Tenure: 2 years
Accolades: Finished with a 10th-ranked defense by DVOA and still got fired
Arthur Smith
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Role: Atlanta Falcons head coach
Tenure: 3 years
Record: 21-30
Accolades: Routinely pissed off those who play fantasy football
Brandon Staley
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Role: Los Angeles Chargers head coach
Tenure: 3 years
Record: 24-24
Accolades: Dubbed an analytics darling for, like, half a season
Tom Telesco
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Role: Los Angeles Chargers GM
Tenure: 11 years
Accolades: Drafted Justin Herbert, added a bunch of washed, expensive defensive talent
Frank Reich
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Role: Carolina Panthers head coach
Tenure: Less than 1 season
Record: 1-10
Accolades: Wanted to draft C.J. Stroud over Bryce Young, but got overruled.
Jack Del Rio
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Role: Washington Commanders defensive coordinator
Tenure: 4 years
Accolades: Only person in the NFL fined for Jan. 6 remarks
Matt Canada
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Role: Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator
Tenure: 3 years
Accolades: Four-year Steelers tenure bookended by 400-yard offensive outbursts despite never having one as an OC
Ken Dorsey
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Role: Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator
Tenure: 2 years
Accolades: Bills offense was third in EPA/Play before Dorsey’s firing and sixth in EPA after firing, per RBSDM
Josh McDaniels
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Role: Las Vegas Raiders head coach
Tenure: 2 seasons
Record: 9-16
Accolades: Somehow finished with a bottom-five offense despite having Davante Adams, Josh Jacobs, former Patriot Jakobi Meyers, and his choice of quarterback.
Dave Ziegler
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Role: Las Vegas Raiders GM
Tenure: 2 years
Accolades: Landed Davante Adams in a trade
Mick Lombardi
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Role: Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator
Tenure: 2 years
Accolades: Squandered one of the most expensive offensive rosters in the NFL. Nepo baby.