{"id":660072,"date":"2026-01-07T03:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/660072\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T03:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:21:15","slug":"tony-dungy-shocked-over-ravens-firing-of-john-harbaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/660072\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Dungy shocked over Ravens firing of John Harbaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ravens\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/06\/sports\/john-harbaugh-out-as-ravens-coach-in-seismic-nfl-breakup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">firing of John Harbaugh sent shockwaves throughout the NFL<\/a> on Tuesday, and at least one coaching legend doesn\u2019t think it was the correct decision. <\/p>\n<p>Tony Dungy took to X in the wake of the news, writing that he was floored by the move and that Baltimore has put itself in a precarious spot for one simple fact \u2014 it will be hard to find someone better than the Super Bowl-winning bench boss. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe what things have come to in the NFL,\u201d the Hall of Fame coach and TV analyst wrote on the social media platform. \u201cJohn Harbaugh has coached the Baltimore Ravens for 18 years. He took them to the playoffs 12 times. He won a Super Bowl for them. The last 4 years they were 10-7, 13-4, 12-5, 8-9. They made the playoffs 3 straight years and missed this year because their kicker missed the game winning FG on the last play of the season. And he was fired????\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38113971\" width=\"731\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MT1USATODAY27935003-1549936316-3.jpg\" alt=\"Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh reacts during the second half at Acrisure Stadium. \" class=\"wp-image-38113971\" style=\"width:731px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:1.3989071;display:block\"  \/>Head coach John Harbaugh reacts during the second half of the Ravens\u2019 season-ending Week 18 road loss to the Seelers at Acrisure Stadium. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>Dungy, a Super Bowl champion head coach with the Colts, added that he was perplexed by the move. \u201cI\u2019m sorry but I don\u2019t understand,\u201d he wrote. \u201cGood luck Baltimore in finding a better coach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh, the leader of the Ravens for 18 seasons, was let go after a disappointing 8-9 record in 2025 with the team missing out on the AFC North division title \u2014 and a playoff spot \u2014 after kicker <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/05\/sports\/ravens-tyler-loop-fiancee-bombarded-with-vile-messages-after-missed-kick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Loop missed a walk-off field goal<\/a> against the Steelers in Week 18.<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh finishes his long tenure in Baltimore with a 180-113 mark and six division crowns. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/ravens-reportedly-fired-john-harbaugh-after-he-lost-lamar-jackson-locker-room\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NFL.com\u2019s Ian Rapoport reported<\/a> that Harbaugh \u201clost the locker room,\u201d which factored heavily in the decision. <\/p>\n<p>The Athletic\u2019s Dianna Russini <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/06\/sports\/pressure-point-played-big-role-in-john-harbaughs-ravens-firing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported that a \u201cpressure point\u201d emerged<\/a> as Harbaugh would not entertain letting go of offensive coordinator Todd Monken.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38113972\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2244689478.jpg\" alt=\"Football Night in America analyst and former NFL player and coach Tony Dungy looks on prior to the game between the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium on November 02, 2025 in Landover, Maryland. \" class=\"wp-image-38113972\"  \/>Football Night in America analyst and former NFL player and coach Tony Dungy looks on before the Seahawks\u2019 blowout road win over the Commanders on Nov. 2, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/06\/sports\/seven-teams-already-reached-out-about-john-harbaughs-availability\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at least seven teams have already called Harbaugh\u2019s agent<\/a> about his services.<\/p>\n<p>At least for the time being, he is the hottest commodity on the coaching market.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TonyDungy\/status\/2008683588972147113\/photo\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ravens\u2019 firing of John Harbaugh sent shockwaves throughout the NFL on Tuesday, and at least one coaching&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,7,2909,6,169,9,13529],"class_list":{"0":"post-660072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-baltimoreravens","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-john-harbaugh","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-ravens","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-tony-dungy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115851669479478411","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}