The arithmetic is unrelenting. Since 1989, NFL teams have hired on
average 6.5 new head coaches a year, and there have been a staggering 82
coaching changes made in the league from 2000-on. Only one team, the
Philadelphia Eagles, has completely sat out the frenzy in that
department, having brought a young and promising Andy Reid to town in
1999.
This season, including elevated interim head coaches
in Dallas and Minnesota, there were eight new coaches in the NFL, and
that number is likely to be matched or nearly so once again in 2012.
That's roughly half the league's 32 teams swapping out the man in the
headset in the span of 12 to 13 months. Already in the past month, three
teams have dismissed head coaches -- Jacksonville, Miami and Kansas
City -- and are preparing to hire replacements.
Is it any
wonder that Black Monday in the NFL -- the day after the regular season
concludes -- has become something of a national death watch? With the
clocking ticking toward the start of firing/hiring season, here's a
team-by-team breakdown of what we think we know, with a look at the
names and resumes of some potential coaching candidates:
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