2. Chargers
Head coach: Anthony Lynn
Lynn waited a long time as a position coach and coordinator before finally getting his shot to be a head coach three years ago. He led the Chargers to a winning record in each of his first two seasons, including a 12-4 record in 2018 and a playoff win.
Though he’s coming off a 5-11 season with the Chargers, that seemed to be more a product of Philip Rivers’s dwindling skills as a quarterback and his penchant for taking too many chances. The team was also depleted by injuries. In fact, Lynn has had to coach a snake-bit team seemingly every season since he arrived. He’s also had to deal with the team’s relocation and having no home-field advantage, often preparing for crowd noise for home games. How he’s had a 26-22 record through all that is beyond me. It’s quite impressive.
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