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After leading his team to a 4-19 record over 23 games, the Tennessee Titans have fired head coach Brian Callahan. Now, the biggest question turns to, who will be the next head coach of the Titans? After all, they still have 11 games to play the rest of the season.
How about former Titans great Eddie George? That’s a blast to the past.
Yet, the idea could be more realistic than some think. Shortly after Callahan was fired, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio speculated on a few names who could take over as the Titans’ interim coach. Leading the charge? George, who currently operates as Bowling Green’s head coach, and he’s doing quite well.
While George does have a buyout amount of $2 million, he’s only earning $600,000, which is a fraction of what some of the highest-paid NFL coaches make. Plus, George has led the Bowling Green Falcons to a respectable 27-24 record (plus one bowl loss). He’s even interviewed for an NFL head coaching vacancy before.
However, since George is smackdab in the middle of a college football season, chances are he wouldn’t ditch his players and fellow coaches. Thus, Florio offered up a few other names.
Other potential options awkwardly include Callahan’s dad, Brian Callahan, who sports an 18-25 record as an NFL head coach. The 69-year-old is widely regarded as one of the best offensive line coaches in football. Yet, he may not want the job either.
The Titans could always promote senior offensive assistant Mike McCoy, who sports a 27-37 record as a head coach with the Chargers.
While some of these names would come as a surprise (especially George), Florio had one more oddball candidate: Mike McCarthy. The former Packers and Cowboys coach has been out of football since he and the Cowboys mutually decided to part ways this past offseason. But would taking over the Titans be a good look?
Sure, he’d get to work with the No. 1 overall pick, Cam Ward, but chances are the former Super Bowl winner will get better opportunities in the year(s) ahead.
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