Titans fire coach Callahan after 1-5 start in 2025

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Titans person fired manager Brian Callahan conscionable six games into his 2nd play arsenic the team's caput coach.

Callahan finishes with a 4-19 grounds arsenic the Titans' coach, including 1-5 this play with 2025 No. 1 prime Cam Ward arsenic the team's starting quarterback.

"After extended conversations with our proprietor and wide manager, we met with Brian Callahan this greeting to archer him we are making a alteration astatine caput coach," president of shot operations Chad Brinker said successful a statement. "These decisions are ne'er easy, and they go much hard erstwhile they impact radical of large character. We are grateful for Brian's concern successful the Titans and Tennessee assemblage during his tenure arsenic caput coach. We convey him and his household for being exemplary ambassadors of the Tennessee Titans.

"While we are committed to a diligent and strategical program to physique a sustainable, winning shot program, we person not demonstrated capable growth. Our players, fans, and assemblage merit a shot squad that achieves a modular we are not presently meeting, and we are committed to making the hard decisions indispensable to scope and support that standard."

Only Ken Whisenhunt (3-20) had a worse grounds arsenic a caput manager successful Titans/Houston Oilers franchise history.

The Titans finished 3-14 successful Callahan's archetypal season, finishing with the No. 1 prime and selecting Ward. With Callahan's firing, the past 4 quarterbacks selected No. 1 wide and six of the past 8 person had seen their caput coaches fired during their rookie seasons, according to ESPN Research.

The Titans' discourtesy has lone scored 83 points done six games this season, which is the franchise's fewest done six games since 1985, according to ESPN Research.

The vexation boiled implicit successful Week 3 astatine Nissan Stadium during a 41-20 nonaccomplishment to the Indianapolis Colts. Fans booed the Titans arsenic they went into the locker country astatine halftime and chanted, "Fire Callahan" assorted times during the game.

Callahan turned playcalling duties implicit to quarterbacks manager Bo Hardegree past month. But his spot got adjacent hotter aft a 26-0 nonaccomplishment to the AFC South division-rival Houston Texans successful a conflict of winless teams successful Week 4. The Titans failed to scope the reddish portion astatine immoderate constituent during the crippled and Ward vented his vexation aft the game, saying "If we keeping it a subordinate close now, we're ass."

Callahan notched his archetypal triumph of the play past week with a 22-21 triumph implicit the Cardinals successful which Arizona blew a 21-3 lead. However, a frustrating 20-10 nonaccomplishment to the Las Vegas Raiders connected Sunday sealed his fate. The squad hasn't named an interim manager yet.

The Titans hired Callahan successful 2023 aft controlling proprietor Amy Adams-Strunk fired erstwhile manager Mike Vrabel, who led the squad to aggregate AFC South part titles. Vrabel returns to Nissan Stadium this Sunday for a showdown betwixt the Titans and the New England Patriots. Vrabel has the Patriots successful 2nd spot successful the AFC East successful his archetypal play arsenic coach.