Chip Kelly
Howie Roseman took a different role with the Eagles’ front office as the executive vice president of football operations in 2015. That meant Kelly, who had been coach since 2013, was the de facto general manager.
The Kelly-as-GM tenure got off to an inauspicious start when he traded quarterback Nick Foles to the St. Louis Rams for oft-injured former 2010 first-round pick Sam Bradford. Then, Kelly signed former Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray to team up with former San Diego Chargers first-round running back Ryan Mathews. Throw in paying retail for cornerback Byron Maxwell’s services, and the Eagles were too inept to even win a historically awful NFC East.
The Eagles had seen enough and fired Kelly with a game left in the 2015 campaign. The former Oregon Ducks coach landed with the San Francisco 49ers the next season, but was let go at the end of the year.