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San Francisco 49ers fire DC Steve Wilks after Super Bowl LVIII loss [Updated]

San Francisco 49ers fire DC Steve Wilks after Super Bowl LVIII loss [Updated]

The Kansas City Chiefs overcame a double-digit deficit to win the Lombardi Trophy

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Itā€™s one of the toughest times of the NFL calendar. The end of the regular season has been unofficially dubbed ā€œBlack Mondayā€ for the head coaches, general managers, and coordinators who will ultimately lose their jobs. In some cases, a relationship has simply run its course, and a business-driven league demands results. In others, like the Tennessee Titansā€™ dismissal of head coach Mike Vrabel, change is simply made for the sake of change, and a franchise may quickly come to regret its decision.

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Here is the list of all current openings around the league, and the legacy those fired left behind.

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Steve Wilks

Steve Wilks

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Role: San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator

Tenure: 1 season

Accolades: Led a top-five defense in the NFL, blew another double-digit lead to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl

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Vic Fangio

Vic Fangio

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Role: Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator

Tenure: 1 season

Accolades: Founded the current defensive meta in the NFL

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Joe Barry

Joe Barry

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Role: Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator

Tenure: 3 seasons

Accolades: Helped keep Dallasā€™ streak of playoff embarrassments alive

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Matt Patricia

Matt Patricia

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Role: Philadelphia Eagles senior defensive assistant

Tenure: 1 season

Accolades: Keeps getting work despite being bad at his job

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Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson

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Role: Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator

Tenure: 1 season

Accolades: Helped invent the Tush Push.

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Sean Desai

Sean Desai

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Role: Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator

Tenure: 1 season

Accolades: Demoted, lost playcalling duties midseason to Matt Patricia

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Shane Waldron

Shane Waldron

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Role: Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator

Tenure: 3 seasons

Accolades: Helped Geno Smith win a Comeback Player of the Year Award

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Pete Carmichael

Pete Carmichael

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Role: New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator

Tenure: 15 seasons

Accolades: Super Bowl XLIV champion, lasted multiple seasons without Sean Payton, somehow made me feel bad for Derek Carr.

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Alex Van Pelt

Alex Van Pelt

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Role: Cleveland Browns offensive coordinator

Tenure: 4 seasons

Accolades: Ran an offense where 39-year-old Joe Flacco could thrive and Deshaun Watson could barely function.

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Bill Belichick

Bill Belichick

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Role: New England Patriots head coach and GM

Tenure: 24 seasons

Record: 266-121

Accolades: Six Super Bowls, three-time Coach of the Year, one-time Executive of the Year, G.O.A.T.

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Pete Carroll

Pete Carroll

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Role: Seattle Seahawks head coach

Tenure: 13 years

Record: 137-89-1

Accolades: Super Bowl XLVIII champion, Legion of Boom orchestrator, moved on from Russell Wilson and made Geno Smith cool

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Don ā€œWinkā€ Martindale

Don ā€œWinkā€ Martindale

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Role: New York Giants defensive coordinator

Tenure: 2 years

Accolades: Forced thousands of people to call a grown man ā€œWink,ā€ made zero blitzes cool again

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Luke Getsy

Luke Getsy

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Role: Chicago Bears offensive coordinator

Tenure: 2 years

Accolades: Made Justin Fields look interesting enough to make drafting a quarterback No. 1 overall this year a semi-legitimate conversation

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Mike Vrabel

Mike Vrabel

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Role: Tennessee Titans head coach

Tenure: 6 years

Record: 54-45

Accolades: Back-to-back division wins, 2021 Coach of the Year

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Ron Rivera

Ron Rivera

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Role: Washington Commanders head coach

Tenure: 4 years

Record: 26-40-1

Accolades: Beat cancer while still coaching team, made the playoffs with Taylor Heinicke

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Scott Fitterer

Scott Fitterer

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Role: Carolina Panthers GM

Tenure: 3 years

Accolades: Outlasted Matt Rhule

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Mike Caldwell

Mike Caldwell

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Role: Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator

Tenure: 2 years

Accolades: Finished with a 10th-ranked defense by DVOA and still got fired

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Arthur Smith

Arthur Smith

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Role: Atlanta Falcons head coach

Tenure: 3 years

Record: 21-30

Accolades: Routinely pissed off those who play fantasy football

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Brandon Staley

Brandon Staley

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Role: Los Angeles Chargers head coach

Tenure: 3 years

Record: 24-24

Accolades: Dubbed an analytics darling for, like, half a season

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Tom Telesco

Tom Telesco

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Role: Los Angeles Chargers GM

Tenure: 11 years

Accolades: Drafted Justin Herbert, added a bunch of washed, expensive defensive talent

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Frank Reich

Frank Reich

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Role: Carolina Panthers head coach

Tenure: Less than 1 season

Record: 1-10

Accolades: Wanted to draft C.J. Stroud over Bryce Young, but got overruled.

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Jack Del Rio

Jack Del Rio

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Role: Washington Commanders defensive coordinator

Tenure: 4 years

Accolades: Only person in the NFL fined for Jan. 6 remarks

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Matt Canada

Matt Canada

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Role: Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator

Tenure: 3 years

Accolades: Four-year Steelers tenure bookended by 400-yard offensive outbursts despite never having one as an OC

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Ken Dorsey

Ken Dorsey

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Role: Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator

Tenure: 2 years

Accolades: Bills offense was third in EPA/Play before Dorseyā€™s firing and sixth in EPA after firing, per RBSDM

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Josh McDaniels

Josh McDaniels

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Role: Las Vegas Raiders head coach

Tenure: 2 seasons

Record: 9-16

Accolades: Somehow finished with a bottom-five offense despite having Davante Adams, Josh Jacobs, former Patriot Jakobi Meyers, and his choice of quarterback.

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Dave Ziegler

Dave Ziegler

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Role: Las Vegas Raiders GM

Tenure: 2 years

Accolades: Landed Davante Adams in a trade

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Mick Lombardi

Mick Lombardi

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Role: Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator

Tenure: 2 years

Accolades: Squandered one of the most expensive offensive rosters in the NFL. Nepo baby.

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