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The Tennessee Titans are just 1-5 on the season and have now made some changes. The Titans have fired Brian Callahan and will now be looking for a new head coach. These are the top candidates for the job.
Brian Callahan went just 4-19 with the Titans, having the worst record in the NFL in 2024, and earning the top pick in the NFL Draft. The pick was Cam Ward, but there was not enough progress this season to keep Callahan around.
“After extended conversations with our owner and general manager, we met with Brian Callahan this morning to tell him we are making a change at head coach,” president of football operations Chad Brinker gave in a statement on X, formerly Twitter.. “These decisions are never easy, and they become more difficult when they involve people of great character. We are grateful for Brian’s investment in the Titans and Tennessee community during his tenure as head coach. We thank him and his family for being exemplary ambassadors of the Tennessee Titans.”
Now, the Titans look for a new coach. The team has yet to name an interim coach, but it is unlikely that the coach will have a chance at the job, barring a massive turnaround. Now, the Titans look for their seventh head coach since moving to Tennessee in 1997.
The Titans have not had a ton of success since Jeff Fisher parted ways with the franchise following the 2010 season. Mike Munchak and Ken Whisenhunt both did not deliver, while Mike Mularkey brought just one playoff berth and no division titles. Mike Vrabel showed up in 2018, and after missing the playoffs his first year, brought the team to the AFC Championship and won two division titles. Still, after two years of missing the playoffs, the team moved on. Callahan was a disaster who had left the pantry bare, and the new coach will need to fix that.
Kliff Kingsbury may be the guy to refill the talent in the organization. The former NFL quarterback began his coaching career in the college ranks as an assistant with the Houston Cougars. He first became a head coach with Texas Tech in the college ranks. He went 35-40 with three bowl games in six years with the Red Raiders, but was not retained.
This led Kingsbury to the Arizona Cardinals, where he spent four years as the head coach, making the playoffs once. After a year with USC, Kinsbury was hired by Dan Quinn in his first year with the Washington Commanders. Kingsbury led Wahsington to being the seventh-ranked offense in yards per game in 2024 and developed Jayden Daniels. Daniels set multiple rookie records as the team made the playoffs for the first time since 2020.
While Kingsbury has shown himself to be a solid offensive coach, his head coaching record is not impressive. This would be a similar hire to Callahan, and it will be interesting if Tennessee goes down...
