ESPN.com · Nov 14, 2024
How Commanders coach Dan Quinn reinvented himself
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ASHBURN, Va. -- Dan Quinn knew what would happen.
It was Oct. 11, 2020, and Quinn, then the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons, was driving to the home of team owner Arthur Blank.
He had never been summoned to Blank's house after a game. But hours earlier, Quinn's Falcons, in a make-or-break season for the sixth-year coach, had lost their fifth straight game to open the season, falling 23-16 at home to the Carolina Panthers.
As he drove to meet with his boss, Quinn called his wife, Stacey, to let her know what was probably coming. Once he arrived, Blank made it official and fired Quinn, who had amassed a 43-42 record in Atlanta.
