NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – The Tennessee Titans have named Mike McCoy as the franchise’s interim head coach hours after firing Brian Callahan.
McCoy, who was previously the head coach of the San Diego Chargers, was hired as a senior offensive assistant in March.
Most recently, he served three seasons as a quarterbacks coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. This marks the 23rd NFL season for McCoy.
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He has previous stops with:
Jacksonville Jaguars (2022-2024)Carolina Panthers (2000-2008)Denver Broncos (2009-2012 and 2017)San Diego Chargers (2013-2016) as a head coachArizona Cardinals (2018)
“In McCoy’s four seasons as head coach of the Chargers (2013-16), San Diego’s offense ranked ninth in the league in total offense (365.9 yards per game) and second in third-down percentage (44.6 percent). In addition, McCoy’s group had a top 10 passing attack each season. San Diego qualified for the postseason in McCoy’s first season (2013) and beat the Bengals in the Wild Card round.
Chargers QB Philip Rivers finished with his three highest single season completion percentage marks under McCoy while averaging more than 31 TD passes per year. Rivers earned Comeback Player of the Year honors from the Associated Press in 2013 after completing a career-best and NFL-high 69.5 percent of his passes for 4,478 yards with 32 TDs and 11 INTs (105.5 rating).”
Callahan was fired after a 1-5 start to the 2025-26 NFL season and a 3-14 record in the previous year.
“After extended conversations with our owner and general manager, we met with Brian Callahan this morning to tell him we are making a change at head coach. These decisions are never easy, and they become more difficult when they involve people of great character. We are grateful for Brian’s investment in the Titans and Tennessee community during his tenure as head coach. We thank him and his family for being exemplary ambassadors of the Tennessee Titans,” Titans President of Football Operations Chad Brinker said.
“While we are committed to a patient and strategic plan to build a sustainable, winning football program, we have not demonstrated sufficient growth. Our players, fans, and community deserve a football team that achieves a standard we are not currently meeting, and we are committed to making the hard decisions necessary to reach and maintain that standard.”
Callahan took the head coaching job in January 2024, following New England Patriots’ current head coach Mike Vrabel’s departure from Nashville.
The Titans will face off against Vrabel and New England in Nissan Stadium on Sunday.
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