Taylor Jenkins is out as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies.
Six seasons, 250-214 overall, and 9-14 in the playoffs.
Archive for the ‘Firings’ Category
Unbearable.
Friday, March 28th, 2025Firings watch.
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025Stanford hit the reset button on their football program.
I mean that semi-literally.
“Since beginning my role as General Manager, I have been thoroughly assessing the entire Stanford football program. It has been clear that certain aspects of the program need change,” Stanford football general manager Andrew Luck said in a statement. “Additionally, in recent days, there has been significant attention to Stanford investigations in previous years related to Coach Taylor.
“After continued consideration it is evident to me that our program needs a reset. In consultation with university leadership, I no longer believe that Coach Taylor is the right coach to lead our football program. Coach Taylor has been informed today and the change is effective immediately.”
Per the linked article, Troy Taylor had back-to-back 3-9 seasons. But the bigger problem seems to be: he was a jerk.
According to documents obtained by ESPN, the investigations began after multiple employees filed complaints against Taylor for what they called hostile and aggressive behavior, as well as personal attacks, the reports said. The school hired Kate Weaver Patterson, of KWP Consulting & Mediation, to investigate in spring 2023.
After the first investigation, Taylor signed a warning letter on Feb. 14, 2024, acknowledging he could be fired if the conduct continued, according to the documents. Additional complaints were documented in a second investigation that ended last July 24, but Taylor remained on the job.
The second investigation cited evidence “that this is an ongoing pattern of concerning behavior by Coach Taylor.” It was conducted last June and July by Timothy O’Brien, senior counsel for the Libby, O’Brien, Kingsley & Champion law firm in Maine. O’Brien, who has advised several Division I and Power 5 programs, said in his report that he has never encountered “this palpable level of animosity and disdain” for a university compliance office.
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ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!
Sunday, March 23rd, 2025More than $5 worth of entertainment indeed.
Rodney Terry fired as University of Texas men’s basketball coach.
He coached for two seasons, but I can’t find an overall record. Texas was 19-16 this season, 6-12 in conference, and lost their first game in the NCAA tournament to Xavier.
ESPN, who is spinning it more as Texas is going to hire Sean Miller…the current coach at Xavier.
Firings watch.
Thursday, March 20th, 2025Keith Urgo out as men’s basketball coach of Fordham.
50-49 over three seasons. He was also suspended by the university for four games due to “recruiting violations”.
Firings watch.
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025This could also be an “Art, damn it! Art!” watch, but I decided to go this way.
Jackson Arn was the art critic for the New Yorker.
Note the past tense. Mr. Arn has been canned by the magazine. And not because the New Yorker has money troubles.
The New Yorker had a big 100th birthday celebration in February at some trendy place in NoHo.
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I almost wish I had been there, just so I could walk up to Calvin Trillin and ask him, “Do you want to blow this Popsicle stand and go get some dumplings in Chinatown?”
Here’s the NYT article, but it doesn’t add much detail.
Firings watch.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025Trent Baalke is out as general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Sounds sort of like a combined resignation-firing, so I’m chalking it up as a firing.
Firings watch.
Monday, January 13th, 2025This is still breaking, but: Mike McCarthy is supposedly out as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
ESPN, who is attributing this to “a source”.
Firings watch.
Friday, January 10th, 2025On Tuesday, the Las Vegas Raiders fired Antonio Pierce as head coach.
Yesterday, they fired Tom Telesco as general manager. One season, 4-13.
In other news, Sean Dyche is out as manager of Everton. Everton is apparently a soccer team.
(I would have sworn I posted this yesterday, but I just found this in my drafts. Apologies.)
Firings watch.
Tuesday, January 7th, 2025Bloody Monday felt like sort of a nothing burger. I think what we may see is firings trickling out over the course of the week.
Starting with today: Ran Carthon out as general manager of the Tennessee Titans.
The Titans, by the way, have the number one pick in the upcoming NFL draft. Also by the way, they are keeping Brian Callahan as head coach.
Personally, I’d like to see Carthon, Callahan, Amy Adams Strunk, and every other person who was involved with the Titans wearing Houston Oilers throwback uniforms placed in stocks in front of the stadium and pelted with rocks and garbage.
ESPN.
Brian Schneider out as special teams coach of the San Francisco 49ers, who were 6-11 this year.
Edited to add: ESPN is reporting that Antonio Pierce has been fired as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. This seems to be backed up by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, but that’s not a great newspaper, so I’m sticking with ESPN.
The Raiders were 4-13 this season: Pierce came on as an interim coach in 2023 (and went 5-4), and this was his first and only full season.
Monday, Bloody Monday.
Monday, January 6th, 2025This is your official thread for today’s NFL coach firings. I will try to keep this thread updated throughout the day, but I have some things going on later in the afternoon that may interfere.
Doug Pederson out as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. (That link may give you trouble about your ad blocker, but if you reload that seems to clear it. Archive.is seems to be having problems right now, or I would put up the archive version.) 4-13 this season, and 22-29 in Pederson’s three seasons. However, the team is keeping Trent Baalke as GM. ESPN.
Interestingly, the New York Football Giants have apparently decided to keep general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll, even though the team finished 3-14 this season and 6-11 last year.
Edited to add: “Sources say” Lou Anarumo is out as defensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals.
Not a NFL firing, but Wes Goodwin is out as defensive coordinator at Clemson.
Edited to add: Ryan Grubb out as offensive coordinator of the Seahawks according to “sources”.
The NYPost is running their own “Black Monday” ticker as well.
Hold the Mayo!
Sunday, January 5th, 2025It’s the hap-hapiest time of the year. That is, the final Sunday of the NFL season, and the lead-up to Bloody Monday.
Except Bloody Monday has increasingly started on Sunday. Like it did this year.
Jerod Mayo out as head coach of the New England Patriots. One year, 4-13.
Meanwhile, the Cleveland Browns have fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey and offensive line coach Andy Dickerson. Cleveland finished the season on Saturday, and went 3-14.
I’m going out this evening with friends, but if I get a chance and if there are more firings, I’ll try to update here.
Firings watch.
Thursday, December 5th, 2024Luke Richardson out as head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks. 57-118-15 over three seasons, according to ESPN. The Blackhawks are 8-16-2 so far this season, which is the worst record in the NHL.
Eric Bieniemy out as offensive coordinator at UCLA, though this is still “sources say” and there’s at least one report claiming it was a “mutual decision”.