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Two head coaches, the Tennessee Titans\u2019 Brian Callahan and the New York Giants\u2019 Brian Daboll, lost their jobs during the season. Another whose status might have been in question, Indianapolis\u2019 Shane Steichen, is reportedly returning next season<\/a>, along with general manager Chris Ballard.<\/p>\n Here are the other names to keep an eye on this week, plus the latest coaching news updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pete Carroll, Las Vegas Raiders<\/p>\n Record with team: 3-14, first season<\/p>\n Why he might get fired: Carroll was supposed to bring stability to the franchise, but it\u2019s been more losing under the 74-year-old former Super Bowl winner. The Raiders haven\u2019t won since Week 6, the offseason trade for Carroll\u2019s preferred QB Geno Smith hasn\u2019t yielded much, the offensive and special teams coordinators were both fired in November, and now there\u2019s a dispute with Maxx Crosby<\/a> over the star pass rusher being placed on injured reserve. None of this reflects well on Carroll, who may be in over his head trying to fix a franchise where the rot goes much deeper (and higher).<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Why he might be safe: There was a reason Carroll was hired. He is almost 40 games over .500 for his NFL career, and that\u2019s counting this season\u2019s debacle. Also, Mark Davis has paid out a lot of money for failed coaches over the past few years, and maybe he doesn\u2019t want to shell out for Carroll, too. Still, it\u2019s hard to find a great reason to stick with Carroll, given his age and the Raiders\u2019 need for an organization-wide reset.<\/p>\n Pete Carroll might have coached his first and only season with the Raiders. (Photo by Ian Maule\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n (Ian Maule via Getty Images)Jonathan Gannon, Arizona Cardinals<\/p>\n Record with team: 15-36, third season<\/p>\n Why he might get fired: Gannon was hired in part to toughen up Arizona\u2019s defense, and that hasn\u2019t really happened. This year\u2019s unit is 26th in EPA per play allowed, 27th in success rate allowed, and in general hasn\u2019t taken a step forward despite 17 of Gannon\u2019s 28 draft picks being on that side of the ball, including six of seven last spring. It\u2019s hard to say the Cardinals are demonstrably better than they were when Gannon was hired.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Why he might be safe: Kyler Murray is the biggest question lingering over the franchise, and Gannon might be winning more with better QB play. Perhaps team owner Michael Bidwill gives him a chance to prove it. He did have the Cardinals on an upward trajectory through his first two seasons.<\/p>\n Mike McDaniel, Miami Dolphins<\/p>\n Record with team: 35-35 (including playoffs), fourth season<\/p>\n Why he might get fired: The story of the McDaniel era (thus far) is starting with a bang and petering out, both in the micro and macro. He made the playoffs his first two seasons (including a hallowed 70 burger against the Broncos), but lost six of the last seven in 2022 and four of his last six in 2023. Since then, his motion-heavy, speed-oriented offense has been less effective against the league as a whole, and off-field issues (including players reportedly running out defensive coordinator Vic Fangio<\/a>, who won a Super Bowl with the Eagles last season) suggest McDaniel doesn\u2019t have much command of the locker room.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Why he might be safe: Tua Tagovailoa\u2019s limitations and concussion concerns have limited the Dolphins, and if they don\u2019t bring him back next season, the salary cap hit would be so big that team owner Stephen Ross might decide it\u2019s worth keeping McDaniel around one more year to get out from under it.<\/p>\n Aaron Glenn, New York Jets<\/p>\n Record with team: 3-14, first season<\/p>\n Why he might get fired: The Jets have been largely non-competitive, and that\u2019s not what anyone expected in Glenn\u2019s first season. He earned respect as a Pro Bowl player and the Lions\u2019 defensive coordinator the past few seasons, but the Jets\u2019 defense has regressed, the quarterback play has been bad, and the Jets were big-time sellers at the trade deadline<\/a>. Justin Fields was benched in November and defensive coordinator Steve Wilks was fired in December. There aren\u2019t many more heads to roll here.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Why he might be safe: At the league meetings in October, team owner Woody Johnson was candid that the Jets\u2019 problems were at QB, not with Glenn<\/a>. That carries a lot of weight, and Johnson\u2019s stance reportedly hasn\u2019t changed. The Jets also have five first-round draft picks in the next two drafts, and there\u2019s ample opportunity for Glenn to reshape the franchise in his image.<\/p>\n John Harbaugh, Baltimore Ravens<\/p>\n Record with team: 193-124 (including playoffs), 18th season<\/p>\n Why he might get fired: The Ravens were surprisingly mediocre this season, and it can\u2019t all be attributed to Lamar Jackson\u2019s injuries. Their defense yo-yo\u2019d between outright bad and competent, and some of Harbaugh\u2019s in-game decisions have drawn scrutiny. Harbaugh has failed to get back to the Super Bowl with a two-time MVP quarterback in Jackson, and there\u2019s a general sense that a breath of fresh air at head coach might be good for the Ravens.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Why he might be safe: This is only Harbaugh’s third losing season, and the stability he brings the organization is valuable. If he\u2019s not back, it won\u2019t be because he became a bad coach overnight.<\/p>\n Todd Bowles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/p>\n Record with team: 36-36 (including playoffs), fourth season<\/p>\n Why he might get fired: Despite winning Saturday against the Panthers<\/a>, the Saints’ defeat Sunday blocked the Bucs from the postseason. Entering Week 18, Bowles\u2019 Buccaneers lost seven of eight. The downturn came as they got healthier, which was confusing. There were some bad losses, and for a coach without a great career record, maybe there isn\u2019t a reason to believe things will be decidedly better in the 2026 season.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Why he might be safe: Bowles was on the verge of his fourth straight division title, albeit in a mediocre NFC South. This is the first time in Bowles’ run with Tampa that the Bucs haven’t made the postseason.<\/p>\n Zac Taylor, Cincinnati Bengals<\/p>\n Record with team: 57-65-1 (including playoffs), seventh season<\/p>\n Why he might get fired: The Bengals have missed the playoffs three straight seasons in Joe Burrow\u2019s prime. Some of that can be attributed to Burrow\u2019s injuries, but the Bengals\u2019 deficiencies in protecting Burrow have contributed to his injuries. And the team around Burrow, particularly the defense, hasn\u2019t been very good in a few years. Burrow expressed earlier this season that he wasn\u2019t having fun, and while he has not pinned that on Taylor, the Bengals need to figure out what changes need to be made to keep Burrow happy.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Why he might be safe: One run to the Super Bowl is doing a lot of the heavy lifting on Taylor\u2019s r\u00e9sum\u00e9. That came back during the 2021 season. That has carried the reputation of the Bengals being annual contenders in the AFC, if Burrow could just stay healthy. Also, this is the Bengals, and they\u2019re not going to want to pay someone who isn\u2019t coaching for them anymore.<\/p>\n NFL coaching news live blogLive9 updates Chris Cwik<\/p>\n The Cleveland Browns are making changes after going 5-12 in 2025. The team fired head coach Kevin Stefanski on Monday, hours after the Browns beat the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 18.<\/p>\n The team confirmed the news in a statement, saying general manager Andrew Berry will lead the coaching search.<\/p>\n Stefanski experienced highs and lows in six seasons on the job. After leading the team to the playoffs in his first season, Stefanski’s Browns hovered around .500 over the next two years before another playoff appearance in 2023.<\/p>\n But things bottomed out from there, with the team combining to go 7-26 over the next two years. That, combined with unrest at quarterback, led to Stefanski’s firing Monday.<\/p>\n Sun, January 4, 2026 at 6:14 PM PST<\/p>\n Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n Falcons owner Arthur Blank released a statement after the team parted ways with Raheem Morris and Terry Fontenot:<\/p>\n Sun, January 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM PST<\/p>\n Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n The Atlanta Falcons have fired head coach Raheem Morris and general manager Terry Fontenot<\/a> following an 8-9 season despite ending on a 4-game win streak.<\/p>\n Sun, January 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM PST<\/p>\n Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n Pete Carroll doesn’t sound like a guy ready to retire even after a tough first season with the Raiders.<\/p>\n Sun, January 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM PST<\/p>\n Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n 1. Las Vegas Raiders How many of these teams will have a new head coach come April?<\/p>\n Sun, January 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM PST<\/p>\n Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n “Don’t blame all this on Flus,” Jones said, per The Athletic’s Jon Machota.<\/a> “This took five or six years to get here … I can’t make a case for you that we haven’t had a satisfactory defense for five or six years, really.”<\/p>\n After the Cowboys got torched again in Sunday’s loss to the Giants, has Jones’ mind changed?<\/p>\n We’ll find out in the coming days.<\/p>\n Sun, January 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM PST<\/p>\n Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n Will Kevin Stefanski be back in Cleveland?<\/p>\n He would be if one of his best defenders had his say.<\/p>\n Sun, January 4, 2026 at 3:52 PM PST<\/p>\n Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n Sun, January 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM PST<\/p>\n Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n Colts team owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon\u2019s first big move this offseason is not making one.<\/p>\n The Colts will bring back head coach Shane Steichen and general manager Chris Ballard, per NFL Network.<\/a> Indianapolis went from 8-2 to out of the playoffs \u2014 as well as the first team in NFL history to go from six games above .500 at any point to a losing record, per ESPN Research<\/a> \u2014 but Irsay-Gordon seems to be laying the blame at the feet of a season-ending injury to starting quarterback Daniel Jones, as well as major injuries to prized midseason acquisition Sauce Gardner and others as the season wound down.<\/p>\n Steichen is 25-26 in three seasons and hasn\u2019t made the playoffs, but the Colts showed a ton of promise over the first half of the season before the injuries, especially on offense. That appears to have bought him and Ballard another year.<\/p>\n Shane Steichen is reportedly coming back as Colts head coach. (AP Photo\/AJ Mast)<\/p>\n (ASSOCIATED PRESS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL regular season has drawn to a close. 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