TOP 10 WORST HEAD COACHES IN NFL HISTORY
As Bill Belichick enters his 24th season as head coach of the New England Patriots, Mike Tomlin enters his 17th in Pittsburgh. Both of these coaches have endured tremendous success over the last two decades. In the time that Tomlin has been coaching the Steelers; the Cleveland Browns have gone through nine different head coaches, and the Detroit Lions have gone through six. In 2021 alone, Vic Fangio, Urban Meyer, Mike Zimmer, Brian Flores, Matt Nagy, Joe Judge, David Culley and Jon Gruden were all fired.
The NFL is very much a “what have you done for me lately” league. Owners’ patience are shorter than ever. Finding the coach that best fits your team is not an exact science. There are many different kinds of coaches, player coaches, motivational coaches (i.e. “rah-rah” guys), and strategic coaches. They all have a different approach to the game. Every coach knows that what they hire you for, is what they’ll fire you for, so they must prove their method works…or quickly find one that does. These are the absolute worst of the worst. These coaches ruined franchises for years to come, they destroyed their rosters, they burned their bridges, or in some cases they just weren’t cut out for the job. Quick disclaimer; interim coaches don’t count.
DISHONORABLE MENTION: Steve Spurrier
Washington 2002-2003
*Spurrier ranked #10 on the list during the first write up, but was bumped off after the final update.
Steve Spurrier will always be remembered as one of the best offensive minds in college football. This is however, a list of NFL success, or lack thereof. After cutting his teeth in the USFL and Duke, Spurrier returned to his alma mater to coach the Florida Gators in 1990. There the former Heisman winning quarterback coached another Heisman winner in Danny Wuerffel, along with thirteen All-Americans. Spurrier was a four-time SEC Coach of the Year, led Florida to 122 wins in twelve seasons, boasting a 6-5 bowl record and a National Championship in 1996.
The key to Florida’s success under Spurrier was his patented “Fun ‘N Gun” offense. Chris Harry of the Orlando Sentinel described the Fun ‘N Gun as a “Star Wars offense in a stone age conference.” Spurrier was hired in 2002 by a Washington Redskins team three years removed from the playoffs. Spurrier had never coached in the NFL before, not even as an assistant or a coordinator. Spurrier’s last experience on a professional team was with the Tampa Bay Bandits in 1985.
Spurrier was lured into the big leagues by money, but soon realized he was in over his head. Spurrier liked to delegate and work on his golf game. You can’t be a successful NFL coach and have a strong golf game. He didn’t just want to implement his Florida offense in Washington, he wanted to employ his Florida offense in Washington. Spurrier brought in former Gators quarterbacks Danny Wuerffel and Shane Matthews, along with receivers Chris Doering and Jacquez Green. Suffice to say Spurrier’s former players were available for a reason.
In the 2002 season opener against the Arizona Cardinals, the Redskins racked up 442 yards of offense. Matthews passed for 327 yards and 3 touchdowns. Running back Stephen Davis appeared to return to pro bowl form with 102 rushing yards, and Washington won 31-23. Then the air came out of the balloon. Defenses wised up to Spurrier’s tactics. Washington would boast three more games of 400+ yards but would finish 7-9. Washington’s offenses ranked in the bottom half of the league every year under Spurrier, who couldn’t, or wouldn’t make the necessary adjustments. In 2003 Washington went 5-11 and Spurrier went down with the ship. True to form, what they hired him for is what they fired him for.
NFL Record: 12-20
10. Nick Saban
Miami 2005-2006
Ah Nick Saban, the Bill Belichick of college football. Saban started his career as a graduate assistant at Kent State in 1973. Saban took a defensive coordinator job under Bill Belichick with the Cleveland Browns in 1990. In 1995 Saban took the head coach position at Michigan State, and after turning that program around he moved on to LSU in 2000. In 2003 Saban’s LSU Tigers went 13-1 and won a National Championship. The Miami Dolphins brought Saban back into the NFL as their new head coach in 2005.
A team that was expected to break even on the season went 9-7. The Dolphins had a strong rushing game with Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams, but Gus Frerotte was not getting it done at quarterback. Miami looked for an upgrade, they decided against former Chargers quarterback Drew Brees, fearing he wouldn’t fully bounce back from his torn rotator cuff. Miami traded a second round draft pick to Minnesota for Daunte Culpepper. The former league passing yards leader was a capable quarterback…but he was no Drew Brees.
In 2006 Ricky Williams was suspended for the season. Culpepper tore three ligaments in his knee after starting the season 1-3. The offense was left in the hands of 2002 draft bust Joey Harrington. Miami was losing a lot in ‘06, and Saban was not fun to be around during that period. Saban underestimated the leap from college to the pros, and ended up face planting after what looked like a promising start. His players resented him, the media heckled him, and a crimson-eyed suitor was drawing his attention away from his responsibilities.
He was constantly being linked to the Alabama job, which he routinely denied. Saban was unable to control the media, manipulate the press, and dictate the narratives the way he could in the college setting. Ultimately Saban left Miami the second he could after a 6-10 season, and became the new head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide. In his fifteen years at Alabama Saban has boasted a 183-25 record and six National Championships. Just don’t mention Saban’s name around Dolphins loyalist Jim Mandich, “Nick Saban is the biggest piece of turd to ever hit in Miami.” “The biggest two-bit phony fraud I’ve ever known in my life.” Tell us how you really feel Jim, “he was a miserable failure as a head coach in professional football.”
NFL Record: 15-17
9. Cam Cameron
Miami 2007
Poor Cam Cameron. This one almost feels like cheating as coach Cam Cam inherited Saban's mess. After the Dolphins offense averaged just over 16 points per game under Saban (29th in the league), Miami set out for a coach to turn the offense around. It seemed that the Dolphins were interviewing any and everybody; proven commodities, unheralded understudies, college coaches. After narrowing his extensive list down to a slightly shorter list of finalists, owner Wayne Huizenga settled on Cam Cameron.
It was almost as if Huizenga had thrown darts to decide, saying “Everybody looked at how we were going all over the place to find a coach and thought we didn’t know what we were doing.” He almost immediately sounded like he was having second thoughts, “was he the safe choice? No. A little more risky? Yeah. Could this thing blow up on us? Maybe.” Sure Huizenga, speak it into existence why don’t you.
In 2006 the San Diego Chargers went 14-2, and running back LaDainian Tomlinson won the NFL’s M.V.P. San Diego boasted the highest scoring offense in the league, 30.8 points per game, and Cameron was the offensive coordinator. Clearly he knew a thing or two about running a successful offense, with a super star running back. Unfortunately Ricky Williams would be out for the year again, this time after sustaining an injury in the very first game. Ronnie Brown would also be shelved after only seven games. Shouldering most of the load would be 28-year old Jesse Chatman, who hadn’t played since 2004 with Cameron in San Diego. Cameron would also sorley miss Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, in Miami he was left to pick his poison of John Beck, Cleo Lemon, and Trent Green.
The 2007 season was…actually “unmitigated disaster” doesn’t do it justice. Cameron won only one game as Miami’s head coach, by the skin of his teeth. The 0-13 Dolphins hosted the pitiful, but slightly more respectable 4-9 Baltimore Ravens. Baltimore led 13-3 at halftime, but Lemon was playing the obligatory best game of his career (technically he has to have one, right?). A Jay Feely field goal gave the Dolphins a 3-point lead with under two minutes to play. A Matt Stover field goal with eight seconds left sent the game into overtime. The Ravens got the ball first but failed to score, then Lemon hit wideout Greg Camarillo on a 64-yard touchdown pass for the win. Every dog has his day.
NFL Record: 1-15
8. Anyone Matt Millen Hired
Marty Mornhinweg 2001-2002
Steve Mariucci 2003-2005
Rod Marinelli 2006-2008
Now this is almost unfair to these men as the woes of the Lions largely fell on the shoulders of general manager Matt Millen. Millen was a standout linebacker in his playing days. Millen played twelve seasons, winning four Super Bowls on three different teams. As good as Millen was as a player, he was three-times as bad as a GM. He was as bad as Michael Jordan at his desk job. Millen’s utter incompetence left the roster in shambles, but he also failed to bring in the right coach for the job (assuming one exists when this was the job in question).
In 2001 Detroit hired San Francisco offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg as their new head coach. Strike 1. Mornhinweg was an offensive quality control and quarterbacks coach for the Green Bay Packers in the 90’s. He was a part of the 1996 Super Bowl champions. He was on Mike Holmgren's staff with Andy Reid, and Steve Mariucci. Mornhinweg was not the offensive mastermind that his former colleagues were. In 2002 Mornhinweg took the wind out of Lions’ fans’ collective sails when he ‘took the wind’ in an overtime game in November of 2002. Facing division rivals Chicago Bears, in an overtime game…a sudden-death, first score wins scenario; Mornhinweg won the coin toss and opted to differ, i.e. he willingly gave his opponents the ball. I mentioned the first team to score would win the game right? The Bears were going into the wind, which was blowing at a whopping four miles per hour. Clearly this favored Mornhinweg’s squad. Somehow Paul Edinger managed to get a 40-yard game winning field goal to cut straight through those 4 mph wind gusts. Mornhinweg was fired after two seasons, with a 5-27 record. I would’ve fired him after that game against Chicago.
Moving on to Mooch. Strike 2. Another member of the ‘96 Packers staff, coming over to Detroit after serving six seasons as San Francisco’s head coach. With Steve Young and Jeff Garcia as his quarterbacks, Mooch went 57-39 with the 49ers, going 3-4 in the playoffs. In Detroit he didn’t have Young or Garcia, he had Joey Harrington. Remember him. The third overall pick boasted a passer rating of 59.9 in his rookie season in 2002 under Mornhinweg. In 2003 Harrington improved to a rating of 63.9, throwing 17 touchdown passes and a league leading 22 interceptions. In 2004 Harrington boasted career highs in passing yards, 3,047, touchdowns, 19, and passer rating, 77.5. The Lions 6-10 record was their best to date under Millen’s management. In 2005 Mariucci was fired after a 4-7 start to the season. Interim head coach Dick Jauron went 1-4 to close the season. Admittedly Mooch is included in this entry as a technicality.
After firing Mornhinweg and Mariucci, Millen hired a defensive-minded head coach in 2006. Rod Marinelli was the assistant head coach and defensive line coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, whose defense ranked 8th in the league. Strike 3. Marinelli went 10-22 in his first two seasons in Detroit…then 2008 happened. In 2008 the Lions went 0-16, breaking the record for worst regular season record in NFL history (previously held by John McKay’s 1976 Tampa Bay Bucs who went 0-14). The highlight…or lowlight, of the ‘08 season was when QB Dan Orlovsky ran out the back of his own endzone against the Vikings while being chased by Jared Allen, resulting in a safety. Marinelli never received a head coaching job again.
NFL Record: 31-97
7. Nathaniel Hackett
Denver 2022
The Denver Broncos hired Nathaniel Hackett on January 27, 2022. He would be fired the day after Christmas that same year. He wasn’t caught doing drugs, wasn’t caught wet-handed in adultery, didn’t say anything controversial or offensive (even by today’s standards), and yet was fired after less than eleven months…let that sink in. The Denver Broncos will neither confirm nor deny this, but I’m in the business of calling a spade a spade; Nathaniel Hackett was Aaron Rodgers bait. He was the carrot on the stick that Denver would use to lure in the biggest prized free agent since Tom Brady. But when Rodgers stayed in Green Bay they gave Russell Wilson the carrot, let him cook with it, and used the stick as firewood to feed the flames of the raging dumpster fire that was the 2022 Broncos.
Aaron Rodgers spoke glowingly of Nathaniel Hackett, as a coach, as a man, as a friend. Rodgers went as far to say nobody in the organization brings him “more joy” than Hackett. Amidst many rumors swirling that Rodgers could be leaving Green Bay for Denver, Hackett was hired. After the dreams of the 4-time MVP sporting orange dissipated, Denver aggressively pursued another hot commodity. Denver traded their QB bust Drew Lock, along with two more players and five draft picks (including two first & two second rounders) for Russell Wilson and an obligatory fourth rounder. Hackett was not nearly as successful with Mr. Unlimited as he was with Mr. Discount Double Check.
While the ringing endorsement from Rodgers created this narrative that Hackett was an offensive mastermind, the truth is that the former Quarterbacks Coach was more adept at operating the run game. When he was the Offensive Coordinator in Jacksonville in 2017, the Jaguars led the league in rushing yards. Maybe that’s why the only person to benefit from Hackett’s employment in Denver was running back Latavius Murray, whose 703 yards led the team and was his highest watermark in five years. The early signs were there, in the Broncos season opener they trailed Seattle by one point, with the ball, 4th and 5 with 1:11 left. Rather than be aggressive and draw up an ingenious play for your quarterback (one of the most efficient in NFL history mind you) to execute, he ran out the clock and trotted out Brandon McManus to kick a 64-yard field goal. A distance that McManus has never made from before. Swing and a miss.
Everything fell apart, the Broncos starting running back got injured, the second stringer fumbled his way off the roster, and Russell Wilson was not seeing the field clearly. Wilson recorded a QBR of 67.1 in his last full season with the Seahawks in 2020, he recorded a QBR of 37 in Hackett’s system. He made Wilson look like a one-armed Baker Mayfield. And Denver did not mortgage their future for one-armed Baker Mayfield. In the end it was cheaper for Denver to cut ties with the clock-management-challenged coach than their new, possibly broken, franchise QB. If Denver had scored at least 18 points in regulation of each of the games they lost, they would have finished 13-4.
NFL Record: 4-11
6. Hue Jackson
Oakland 2011, Cleveland 2016-2018
The rate at which Hue Jackson lost was impressive, you knew whenever he was on the sidelines you were about to see abominable football. It's a shame because by all accounts Jackson was a nice guy and you kinda wanted to see him get a few more wins, but alas the football gods felt different. I don't know what he did to anger them so? Maybe it was claiming the Carson Palmer trade was the “greatest trade in football.”
In 2011 the Oakland Raiders promoted offensive coordinator Hue Jackson to head coach. When long-time Owner and GM Al Davis passed away on October 8th, Jackson assumed the GM position on top of his head coaching duties. Just before the NFL Trade Deadline he traded a first round draft pick and a second round draft pick for Cincinnati quarterback Carson Palmer. The former number one overall pick was definitely an upgrade over Jason Campbell and Kyle Boller, but he threw 13 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. The Raiders finished 8-8.
Jackson was hired as the Cleveland Browns head coach in 2016. Expectations were low after firing Mike Pettine, but Jackson still managed to limbo under them. In his first season Cleveland went 1-15. Yikes. Then after passing up Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson, and Mitchell Trubisky, Cleveland drafted Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer. Kizer barely completed 50% of his passes as a rookie, for 2,894 yards, 11 touchdowns and 22 interceptions. Kizer was 0-15 as a starter, and would never start another football game again. Backup Kevin Hogan also lost his lone start. The 2017 Browns tied the 2008 Detroit Lions for the worst record in NFL history.
Under Jackson’s watch Cleveland endured back-to-back 17-game losing streaks. He was fired halfway through the 2018 season at 2-5-1. Jackson later claimed incentivized losing, in the wake of the Brian Flores vs Miami “paid to lose for better draft stock” scandal. I don't think he was offered money to lose, I think he was a terrible coach who didn't know how to win. Although knowing he was losing on purpose would explain how he kept his job in Cleveland as long as he did. It's the only logical explanation.
NFL Record: 11-44-1
5. Rod Rust
New England 1990
Ol' Rod Rust had a lengthy coaching career that began in 1960, and spanned to 2005. During that time he bounced around from the college ranks, to the Canadian Football League, and various NFL staffs. Rust worked primarily as a defensive coordinator and/or a linebackers coach. He also worked for many great head coaches such as Chuck Noll, Dick Vermeil, Marv Levy, and Tom Coughlin among others.
Rust was the defensive coordinator for the New England Patriots in 1985 when they made it to the Super Bowl. Or more accurately, when they were the AFC’s sacrificial lambs in Super Bowl XX. Their opponents; the vaunted 15-1 Chicago Bears. Despite Rust’s defense boasting five pro bowlers, the Patriots were run right out of the Louisiana Superdome 46-10.
After two years away in 1990, at the age of 62, Rust was brought back to New England. This time Rust would be the head coach. Rust hadn’t been a head coach in any capacity since his days at North Texas from 1967 to 1972. He was 29-32-1 during that time. He didn’t fare any better in the NFL, just not cut out to be a head coach, Rust’s Patriots went 1-15. His offense ranked dead last, and his defense ranked second to last, being outscored 446 to 181 on the season.
Rust was out of coaching for a year before resurfacing as the New York Giants defensive coordinator in 1992. In 2001 he received a head coaching job north of the border with the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes. His team started the season 9-2 before losing seven games in a row. Rust was again fired after only one year.
NFL Record: 1-15
4. Bill Peterson
Houston 1972-1973
Lord have mercy, it’s hard to believe there were three worse coaches than Bill Peterson. What can I say about Peterson that’s better than letting him do the talking? “I’m the football coach around here and don’t you remember it.” “Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl.” “Line up alphabetically by height.” “Pair up in groups of three then line up in a circle.” “Lead us in a few words of silent prayer.” “If you think for one damn minute that I’m going to take a loss standing down, you've got another thought coming.” These are all actual quotes from Bill Peterson. I feel like I could just leave it at that.
“Bill Peterson was the master of the malaprop,” said former Houston Chronicle writer John McClain, “he just butchered the English language”. Peterson may not have had the gift of gab, but he had an excellent eye for talent. Bill Parcells, Joe Gibbs, Bobby Bowden, and Dan Henning all worked under Peterson at one point. He coached at Florida State from 1960 to 1970, getting six winning seasons out of the former women’s school’s young football program. In 1971 Peterson went 3-7-1 as the head coach at Rice. Then Bud Adams came calling.
The Houston Oilers owner gave Peterson a “lifetime contract” worth a million dollars in 1972. What does “lifetime” mean? He could coach for ten years, he could coach for fifteen years, he could coach as long as he wants. Initially Rice tried to sue when Peterson left for Houston, but he was ultimately allowed to leave.
The tenure head coach was an unmitigated disaster in Houston. He struggled to find his footing in the NFL, he never got comfortable, and he would occasionally forget players’ names. Peterson was a laughingstock in his own locker room. Former Oilers’ quarterback Dan Pastorini claims Peterson was, “the biggest joke I’ve ever been involved with in my life.” Unsurprisingly the man that could barely string together a full coherent sentence without tripping all over himself, did not ever garner the support of the players. The Oilers went 1-13 in 1972. The team kept Peterson going into the 1973 season, but after an 0-5 start he was fired. Peterson never coached again in the NFL or college. His win percentage in the NFL was a ghastly .053, that’s even worse than Hue Jackson’s .088 in Cleveland (3-36-1). Deplorable, but at least he made it to a second season. Up next, are the one-and-done college coaching burnouts.
NFL Record: 1-18
3. Lou Holtz
New York (Jets) 1976
Lou Holtz coached at North Carolina State from 1972 to 1975. He led the Wolfpack to a 33-12-3 record and two bowl victories during that time. In 1976 he was hired to be the head coach of a New York Jets team that was coming off a 3-11 season. Holtz was not a good fit for a professional football team. Holtz was great at revitalizing college programs, but the NFL was a different beast.
Holtz was a short fella with a soft voice and friendly demeanor, he did close-up magic, and gave passionate speeches. It helped him connect with college kids, but not grown men. Jerry Glanville once said, “in the NFL they make everybody be a man,” but the 39-year old Holtz was too light-hearted. He was right at home on a college campus, being a father figure, or a fun uncle to his players, but the NFL needed drill sergeants.
Among other things contributing to this fish out of water dying a slow painful death, Holtz tried instituting his college offense. Holtz wanted to run the Veer. “I definitely think the Veer can be used in pro football,” he said. The Veer is an option play that relies heavily on misdirection. “You can’t run the Veer in the pros, it’s not happening. I mean you’ve got nine guys coming through the hole at mauch 5, you’re not Veer-ing anybody,” explained former Jets linebacker Greg Buttle.
Holtz even tried to give the Jets a fight song. He tried to give a professional football team a fight song like they sing in college. “When Lou did that he insulted their intelligence,” said Don Shula. Ultimately Holtz went 3-10 as the Jets head coach before he resigned with one game left in the season. Holtz returned to college football, coaching the Arkansas Razorbacks. Holtz took six different college programs to bowl games and finished his 33-year college coaching career with a record of 249-132-7. He had more ties in college than wins in the NFL.
NFL Record: 3-10
2. Bobby Petrino
Atlanta 2007
I don't think they played Charlie Daniels' beloved hit The Devil Went Down To Georgia at Petrino's introductory presser, but they should’ve. It would have been a fitting prelude:
Petrino went down to Georgia he was looking for glory to steal
He was in a bind because Vick was arrested and he was willing to take a better deal
When he came across a pig named Zuie with a check book burning hot!
He gave his word to stay and bailed the same day now boy let me tell you what
He coaches a pretty good college game so give the devil his due
But if he's looking you in the eye and moving his mouth he's lying to you.
Cue the fiddle. Everything Jim Mandich had to say about Nick Saban would be better suited for Petrino. His coaching career was an endless cycle of signing a contract, making a commitment to a team, getting embroiled in controversy, receiving a better offer somewhere else, and fleeing in the middle of the night. Sometimes with his mistress on his motorcycle. Petrino’s life motto was to deny everything until he was caught red-handed. And so he did.
Petrino first got his hoof in the door in the NFL as the Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback coach in 1999. In 2001 he was promoted to offensive coordinator. After only one season he left to take the offensive coordinator job at Auburn without telling Jaguars head coach Tom Coughlin. Coughlin found out through the news and was furious. Spilled milk Tom…spoiled milk. Petrino left for the head coaching gig at Louisville in 2003. Petrino’s Cardinals went 12-1 in 2006 winning the Orange Bowl. They looked to be a national title contender in 2007.
On July 13, 2006 Petrino signed a 10-year extension with Louisville…six months later he was announced as the new head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. What changed in that six-month period? The wind changed. It was Sunday. He got a better offer. Too enticing was the opportunity to coach the biggest dual threat quarterback the league had ever seen; Michael Vick. Petrino knew offenses, and Vick had a strong arm coupled with 4.33 speed. Vick had already rushed for 1,039 yards and passed for 2,474 yards for a 7-9 team the season prior. What could Vick accomplish in Petrino’s system? The world will never know. Vick, the reason Petrino took the job in Atlanta in the first place, was arrested for his involvement in a dog fighting scandal. This left Petrino with Joey Harrington, and nobody wants to be left with Joey Harrington at quarterback.
The Falcons got off to a 3-8 start, there was speculation that Petrino wanted out. “I haven't given it one bit of thought. I certainly don't want to get into any speculation and rumors and having to deal with that. I'm focused on our football team here,” so sayeth the snake. By now you can probably guess what happened next, but God bless poor naïve owner Arthur Blank. “He shook my hand and said ‘you have a head coach’, that was six hours prior to the game Monday,” Blank stated. The part Petrino left out was ‘for tonight’. The day after his conversation with Blank, Petrino left the 3-10 Falcons to take the head coaching job at Arkansas. “He was a pretend general,” said Falcons safety Lawyer Milloy, “and everything that came out of his mouth for eight months was a lie.” The Falcons finished the season 4-12, ranking 29th in offense and defense.
NFL Record: 3-10
1. Urban Meyer
Jacksonville 2021
I am very tempted to just leave the latin filler here; Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet…, but I guess I’ll write this entry properly. A good coach knows how to get every drop of talent out of their players like ringing out a wet rag, through teaching, motivating, and connecting with their players. Meyer thought you got the talent out the same way I got my old washing machine to work...by kicking it.
Meyer, like Petrino, didn’t even last one full season in the NFL. He ranks ahead of Petrino because Petrino quit, Meyer was fired. Petrino also won more games, and lost his franchise quarterback from the word ‘go’. Meyer was brought in with the luxury of Andrew Luck-esque prospect Trevor Lawrence being served to him on a silver platter.
After the no-brainer of drafting Lawrence, the Jaguars made a controversial selection when they took Clemson running back Travis Etienne. Meyer made controversial staff hirings and player signings. He showed blatant nepotism when he brought in Tim Tebow, his former quarterback at the University of Florida, to play tight end. Meyer also brought in his former running back from Ohio State, Carlos Hyde. Having already seen Hyde underwhelm in action in 2018, Jaguars fans didn’t necessarily welcome him back with open arms. Meyer also had a habit of saying things that had the Jaguars PR team working overtime on damage control.
The season started (yes we are skipping a lot of drama and jumping straight to the in-season BS) and the Jaguars proceeded to lose, and lose, and lose again. After the fourth loss of the season in Cincinnati, Meyer did not ride home with his team, but instead stayed in Ohio, where he is very popular. A video surfaced of a man who looks exactly like Urban Meyer, with a woman who looks exactly like not Mrs. Meyer, backed up against little Meyer. Caught with his hand in the cookie jar, Meyer lied multiple times before admitting his mistake. Behind the scenes Meyer was a menace, a nuisance to society. He emasculated players and coaches alike, but here’s the kicker; Josh Lambo, stating that Meyer kicked him during practice. Ultimately Meyer was fired before the end of the season. No coach had ever lost the locker room and support of management quicker than Urban Meyer.
