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With the NFL season over and the playoffs set to begin, many teams who missed the postseason are making immediate changes as several head coaches lost their jobs.
First up, the Detroit Lions fired head coach Jim Schwartz after five years with the organization. His team had a strong start to the season, winning six of their first nine games, but fell apart in the second half of the season, finishing 7-9 and missing the playoffs.
In four of his five seasons in Detroit ended with a losing records.
Elsewhere, the Minnesota Vikings fired coach Leslie Frazier on Monday morning (Dec. 30), one year after they made the playoffs and one day after they finished a 5-10-1 season. Frazier had one year left on his contract. He finished 21-33-1 in three-plus seasons.
After going 3-13, the Washington Redskins fired coach Mike Shanahan on Monday morning following a four-year tenure.
When Shanahan came to DC, he did so while the team underwent a massive rebuild. The organization were 24-40 under Shanahan, the worst record of any NFC East team during that span and the same winning percentage as two of his predecessors, Steve Spurrier and Jim Zorn, according to ESPN.
"Redskins fans deserve a better result," owner Dan Snyder said in a statement released by the team. "We thank Mike for his efforts on behalf of the Redskins. We will focus on what it takes to build a winning team, and my pledge to this organization and to this community is to continue to commit the resources and talent necessary to put this team back in the playoffs."
Elsewhere, the Cleveland Browns fired coach Rob Chudzinski on Sunday night (Dec. 29), as the team went 4-12 and ended the season with a seven-game losing streak. However, he's still owed $10.5 million, said reports.
"Our fans deserve to see a consistently competitive team," the team said in a statement. "We have high standards, and there's an urgency for success. When we believed we were not positioned to achieve significant progress in 2014, we knew we had to admit that a change was needed, and move forward."
In Florida, coach Greg Schiano was fired as coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, while Mark Dominik is out as general manager, following the team's third straight losing season. He went 11-21 in two seasons after he was hired out of Rutgers in 2012.
"The results over the past two years have not lived up to our standards and we believe the time has come to find a new direction," co-chairman Bryan Glazer said in a statement.
First up, the Detroit Lions fired head coach Jim Schwartz after five years with the organization. His team had a strong start to the season, winning six of their first nine games, but fell apart in the second half of the season, finishing 7-9 and missing the playoffs.
In four of his five seasons in Detroit ended with a losing records.
Elsewhere, the Minnesota Vikings fired coach Leslie Frazier on Monday morning (Dec. 30), one year after they made the playoffs and one day after they finished a 5-10-1 season. Frazier had one year left on his contract. He finished 21-33-1 in three-plus seasons.
After going 3-13, the Washington Redskins fired coach Mike Shanahan on Monday morning following a four-year tenure.
When Shanahan came to DC, he did so while the team underwent a massive rebuild. The organization were 24-40 under Shanahan, the worst record of any NFC East team during that span and the same winning percentage as two of his predecessors, Steve Spurrier and Jim Zorn, according to ESPN.
"Redskins fans deserve a better result," owner Dan Snyder said in a statement released by the team. "We thank Mike for his efforts on behalf of the Redskins. We will focus on what it takes to build a winning team, and my pledge to this organization and to this community is to continue to commit the resources and talent necessary to put this team back in the playoffs."
Elsewhere, the Cleveland Browns fired coach Rob Chudzinski on Sunday night (Dec. 29), as the team went 4-12 and ended the season with a seven-game losing streak. However, he's still owed $10.5 million, said reports.
"Our fans deserve to see a consistently competitive team," the team said in a statement. "We have high standards, and there's an urgency for success. When we believed we were not positioned to achieve significant progress in 2014, we knew we had to admit that a change was needed, and move forward."
In Florida, coach Greg Schiano was fired as coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, while Mark Dominik is out as general manager, following the team's third straight losing season. He went 11-21 in two seasons after he was hired out of Rutgers in 2012.
"The results over the past two years have not lived up to our standards and we believe the time has come to find a new direction," co-chairman Bryan Glazer said in a statement.