Bills fire coach Sean McDermott after 9 seasons, no Super Bowls - ESPN

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills fired head coach Sean McDermott on Monday after another season that failed to end in a Super Bowl appearance, but the team promoted Brandon Beane to president of football operations.

«Sean has done an admiral job of leading our football team for the past 9 seasons,» owner Terry Pegula said in a statement. «But I feel we are in need of a new structure within our leadership to give this organization the best opportunity to take our team to the next level. We owe that to our players and to Bills Mafia.»

The Bills lost 33-30 to the Denver Broncos in overtime of the AFC divisional round to cap another season of disappointment. It was the fourth time in five seasons that the Bills exited in the divisional round.

McDermott, 51, leaves Buffalo with a 98-50 record, with an 8-8 mark in the postseason, including two AFC championship losses to the Kansas City Chiefs (2020, 2024 seasons). He won five consecutive AFC East titles from 2020 to 2024, finishing second at 12-5 behind the New England Patriots this season.

«Sean helped change the mindset of this organization and was instrumental in the Bills becoming a perennial playoff team,» Pegula said in his statement. «I respect all the work, loyalty and attention to detail he showed for this team and the community.»

McDermott could emerge as a head coaching candidate for other NFL teams that now have an opening. McDermott told his staff on Monday that he intends to continue coaching, a source told Schefter.

Besides the Bills, seven NFL teams currently have coaching vacancies: Miami, Tennessee, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Arizona and Cleveland.

Beane, who will remain in his role as general manager in addition to taking on increased