The 2023 NFL regular season is over. For 18 teams, that means the 2024 offseason has begun — and for a handful of them, so has the search for a new head coach.
This fall was a brutal one for struggling coaches. Three were set off on an ice floe in the midst of the season, relieved of their duties while games were still going on in an effort to stop their flaws from infecting their teams. They ranged from the revered (Frank Reich) to the reviled (Josh McDaniels) to the impossible to read (Brandon Staley).
That led us to January 8; the day after Week 18 informally known as Black Monday. More coaching shakeups are on the way. Here’s everyone that’s been fired, going from most recent (Ron Rivera and then Arthur Smith, who was relieved of his duties at 12:01 to kick off the day) to the first man out (Reich).