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Most NFL teams don’t have much patience for mediocrity, and there are plenty of people waiting in the wings to replace a head coach who’s failed to live up to expectations. Six franchises are heading into the 2025 campaign with a new skipper, and there are more than a few who could end up replacing the ones currently at the helm by the time the season wraps up.
The average NFL coach only spends three or four seasons with the same team before they find themselves looking for a new gig, and if you go more than a couple of years with a losing record or without a playoff appearance, you’re probably going to want to start working on your résumé.
Most of the coaches on this list have been with their current team for at least a few years, but it’s hard to believe all of them will still have that job by the time the season ends based on how things are trending.
I’m not listing these in any particular order, but if I were, Brian Daboll would probably be at the top.
Daboll inherited a team that had gone 4-13 during Joe Judge’s second and final season as head coach, and he rightfully won Coach of the Year during his first season in 2022 after taking a squad that was led by Daniel Jones to the divisional round.
However, New York has posted a 9-25 record since then, and it seemed like he was a top candidate to get canned after they went 3-14 last year. There was plenty of blame to go around (the front office let Saquon Barkley walk, and Jones was eventually benched due to his atrocious play), but Daboll will be an easy scapegoat if Russell Wilson can’t help them turn things around.
It’s kind of wild to see Mike McDaniel on the hot seat when you consider it looked like the team was trending in the right direction after he kicked off his time in Miami with back-to-back playoff appearances while ending a five-year postseason drought during his inaugural season in 2022.
However, both of those were one-and-done runs, and the Dolphins ended up on the outside looking in after going 8-9 in 2024. There are plenty of questions surrounding both Tua Tagovailoa and Tyreek Hill, and if Miami isn’t able to right the ship this year, it wouldn’t be shocking to see the franchise head in a new direction.
Zac Taylor is another name most people probably wouldn’t have guessed would show up on a list like this based on how the Bengals were looking a couple of years ago, but the clock is ticking for the man who’s heading into his seventh season in Cincinnati.
Taylor went 6-25 during his first two seasons before the Bengals staged a fairly shocking run to...
