9 NFL coach-GMs like the Texans’ Bill O’Brien who utterly failed

Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien is entering risky territory doubling up as general manager. Here are nine NFL coaches who did so and failed.

Dom Capers

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When the Indianapolis Colts hired Bill Polian as their president and general manager, the Carolina Panthers were left without anyone in that front office role. Coach Dom Capers doubled up for the 1998 season.

The expansion Panthers stunned the NFL by winning the NFC West with a 12-4 record in 1996, their second season of play. Carolina beat the Dallas Cowboys in the divisional round to face the eventual Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game.

Carolina followed up that promising season with a 7-9 record, but with Capers as both coach and general manager, they fared worse than even their inaugural season. The Panthers went 4-12 in 1998 and it cost Capers his job.

Would founder Jerry Richardson learn his lesson and get a general manager?

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