When the NFL regular season comes to a close, it sends the head-coaching carousel into high gear. The 2025 cycle is in full swing and began with seven openings across the NFL. The cycle kicked off with the New England Patriots hiring Mike Vrabel after moving on from Jerod Mayo after one season,
Later on Thursday, then-Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen had a change of heart, the Jacksonville Jaguars quickly moved to hire him as head coach and Saleh, who told Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch that he’d return to the 49ers if he didn’t get a head-coaching job, stayed true to his promise.
Saleh, who was fired in October as the New York Jets head coach five games into his fourth season, generated interest on the head-coaching front and was seen as one of the frontrunners for the Jacksonville Jaguars job. He also interviewed with the Las Vegas Raiders and Dallas Cowboys.
Liam Coen has turned down the Jacksonville Jaguars' head coaching job, electing to remain with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Las Vegas Raiders have hired Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant general manager John Spytek as their next GM. Spytek replaces Tom Telesco, who was let go along with head coach Antonio Pierce earlier this month after a 4-13 season.
For some of those teams, that will involve finding new head coaches and/or General Managers. Three teams fired their head coaches during the season and two more have been dispatched as of 9 a.m. ET on January 6.
The Raiders have hired Bucs assistant GM John Spytek to be their GM, but like the Cowboys, Saints, Jaguars and Jets, they don't have a new head coach yet.
The word “culture” will be thrown around a lot when Carroll and Spytek are introduced, but "continuity" might be the bigger word.
The Jacksonville Jaguars may have done the most dysfunctional thing they have ever done in their history as an incredibly dysfunctional organization. Rather tha
With Johnson heading to Chicago and Mike Vrabel already in New England, five head coaching vacancies remain. The Jets, Saints, Jaguars, Raiders and Cowboys are still in the hunt. Johnson, who was Detroit’s offensive coordinator, agreed to become the Chicago Bears head coach on Monday, two days after the No. 1 seeded Lions lost to Washington.
As Patrick Mahomes’s Chiefs host the Bills, Josh Allen has had more roughing-the-passer and unnecessary-roughness penalties called in his favor over the past two regular seasons.
The Las Vegas Raiders are reportedly eyeing a pair of NFL veterans in their search for a new head coach. NFL insider Josina Anderson reported on Thursday