Jaguars fire Urban Meyer after 13 games

Jaguars fire Urban Meyer after 13 gamesLess than one year into his NFL head coaching stint with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Urban Meyer has been fired.

Meyer was fired Wednesday evening and Darrell Bevell will serve as the team's interim head coach for the remainder of the season, Jaguars owner Shad Khan said in a statement.

Jacksonville is 2-11.

"After deliberation over many weeks, and a through analysis of the entirety of Urban's tenure with our team, I am bitterly disappointed to arrive at the conclusion that an immediate change is imperative for everyone," Khan said in the statement.

Meyer’s firing comes on the heels of a nonstop spate of controversy in 11 months as head coach, punctuated by…