Titans fire head coach Brian Callahan after 1-5 start to second season

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The Tennessee Titans have fired head coach Brian Callahan following a 1-5 start to his second season, the team announced on Monday.

“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 said in a statement. “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.

“While we are committed to a patient and strategic plan to build a sustainable, winning football program, we have not demonstrated sufficient growth. Our players, fans, and community deserve a football team that achieves a standard we are not currently meeting, and we are committed to making the hard decisions necessary to reach and maintain that standard.”

Callahan ends his career in Tennessee with a 4-19 record. The Titans went 3-14 in his first season before stumbling to a 1-5 start this year.

The team did not announce an interim coach or any other personnel moves in their release announcing Callahan’s firing.

The Titans host former head coach Mike Vrabel and the 4-2 New England Patriots in Week 7.

Around The NFL will have more on Callahan’s dismissal soon.

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