NFL head-coaching news, updates: Jets fire Adam Gase - The Athletic

The Jets, Jaguars and Chargers are the latest teams with coaching vacancies heading into the 2021 season, joining the Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons and Houston Texans. Below is a list of the teams that will be looking for a new coach and who they might be interviewing. (This post will be continuously updated.)

New York Jets

Head coach Adam Gase was fired on Sunday night in what was the least surprising coaching move.

What went wrong: Everything? Where do we start? Gase was hired in 2019, shortly after being fired by the Miami Dolphins, with the idea he would be the perfect coach to develop quarterback Sam Darnold and elevate the Jets’ offense. That never happened. The Jets won six of their last eight games in 2019, and the Jets spent last offseason believing they’d be able to compete for the AFC East this year. They quickly imploded, trading their best defensive player in Jamal Adams and losing C.J. Mosley to a COVID-19 opt out. The Jets lost...

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