{"id":692891,"date":"2026-01-21T04:48:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/692891\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T04:48:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:48:25","slug":"buffalo-bills-to-hold-first-press-conference-after-firing-of-head-coach-sean-mcdermott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/692891\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Bills to hold first press conference after firing of head coach Sean McDermott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. \u2014 Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula and President of Football Operations \/ General Manager Brandon Beane are holding a press conference Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n<p>This will be the first time they have spoken to the media since the team announced the firing of head coach Sean McDermott Monday. <\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/top-news\/bills-fire-head-coach-sean-mcdermott-espn-says\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fans react to Bills\u2019 firing of head coach Sean McDermott<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pegula so far has only released a statement, which said McDermott has done an admirable job of leading the team for nine seasons. However, he stated he feels like the team is \u201cin need of a new structure within our leadership to give this organization the best opportunity to take our team to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the team thanked McDermott \u201cfor everything,\u201d on social media. <\/p>\n<p>Beane will oversee all football operations and will lead the search for a new head coach, working alongside Pegula and the Bills\u2019 president of business operations in the hiring process.<\/p>\n<p>The Bills haven\u2019t yet released a formal list of candidates for the position, but there are several possible options, including Joe Brady, Brian Daboll, and Davis Webb. <\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/sports-news\/buffalo-bills\/whos-up-next-taking-a-look-at-who-could-replace-sean-mcdermott-as-bills-head-coach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WHO\u2019S UP NEXT? | Taking a look at who could replace Sean McDermott as Bills head coach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The press conference is expected to start at 10 a.m. Wednesday. News10NBC will be livestreaming the press conference on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@News10NBC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/News10NBC\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/livestream\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a> Check back Wednesday for updates. <\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/sports-news\/strong-culture-playoff-struggles-a-retrospective-on-sean-mcdermotts-tenure-as-bills-head-coach-and-whats-to-come\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">STRONG CULTURE, PLAYOFF STRUGGLES | A retrospective on Sean McDermott\u2019s tenure as Bills head coach and what\u2019s to come<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/tag\/press-conference\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">press conference<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/tag\/head-coach\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">head coach<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/tag\/buffalo-bills\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Bills<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. \u2014 Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula and President of Football Operations \/ General Manager Brandon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,214,53,2086,7,6496,6,2891],"class_list":{"0":"post-692891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-bills","9":"tag-buffalo","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-buffalobills","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-head-coach","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-press-conference"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115931283797051212","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692891","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=692891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}