The NFL is a multi-billion dollar business, so there’s no need to belabor the point at head coach. If you’re bad, you’re bad.Â
Sometimes, it takes a few years for an organization to determine whether the coach is a problem. In a sport with so many complexities, that makes sense.
But occasionally, it’s obvious that a coach just doesn’t have it. It’s rare, but not unprecedented, to get fired after a single year of work as an NFL head coach.
Here is the ignominious list of one-and-done NFL coaches, dating all the way back to the NFL’s 1970 merger.Â
NFL Head Coaches Fired After One Year
| Season | Head Coach | Team |
| 2025 | Pete Carroll | Raiders |
| 2024 | Jerod Mayo | Patriots |
| 2023 | Frank Reich | Panthers |
| 2022 | Lovie Smith | Texans |
| 2022 | Nathaniel Hackett | Broncos |
| 2021 | David Culley | Texans |
| 2021 | Urban Meyer | Jaguars |
| 2019 | Freddie Kitchens | Browns |
| 2018 | Steve Wilks | Cardinals |
| 2016 | Chip Kelly | 49ers |
| 2015 | Jim Tomsula | 49ers |
| 2013 | Rob Chudzinski | Browns |
| 2012 | Mike Mularkey | Jaguars |
| 2012 | Romeo Crennel | Chiefs |
| 2011 | Hue Jackson | Raiders |
| 2009 | Jim Mora Jr. | Seahawks |
| 2007 | Cam Cameron | Dolphins |
| 2006 | Art Shell | Raiders |
| 2001 | Marty Schittenheimer | Redskins |
| 1999 | Ray Rhodes | Packers |
| 1997 | Joe Bugel | Raiders |
| 1994 | Pete Carroll | Jets |
| 1993 | Richie Petitbon | Redskins |
| 1990 | Rod Rust | Patriots |
| 1984 | Les Steckel | Vikings |
| 1978 | Pete McCulley | 49ers |
| 1977 | Ken Meyer | 49ers |
| 1971 | Ed Hughes | Oilers |
| 1971 | Harvey Johnson | Bills |
| 1970 | Bill Austin | Redskins |
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