Fourteen times this century, NFL franchises have hired a first year head coach who didn’t last more than one season (in two cases they didn’t last for a full season). However, only twice has that coach been a first time NFL head coach. First let’s look at the other twelve and then we can discuss the first timers.
Marty Schottenheimer had been a long time NFL head coach for the Browns and the Chiefs when he stepped away from the NFL for two seasons. He was lured back to the NFL coaching ranks by the villain known as Dan Snyder to coach Washington.