Cardinals fire Jonathan Gannon after 15-36 record in 3 seasons - ESPN

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals fired third-year head coach Jonathan Gannon on Monday, the day after a 37-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams concluded their worst season of the modern era.

Arizona finished 3-14 this season, bringing Gannon's record to 15-36 in his three seasons as the Cardinals' head coach. He never reached the playoffs while also never finishing higher than third in the NFC West. Arizona went 4-13 in 2023 to finish last in the division and 8-9 last season to finish third.

Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort will spearhead the search for a new head coach.

Jonathan Gannon was the Eagles' defensive coordinator in 2022, a year they appeared in the Super Bowl and finished top 10 in both scoring defense (8th) and total defense (2nd). That defensive prowess never carried over to Arizona.

Gannon has gone 3-15 against the NFC West — 2-4 against the 49ers, 1-5 against the Rams and 0-6 against the Seahawks. His dismal showing against the division was magnified this year because the three other teams all made the playoffs. The Cardinals' 2025 season included losing streaks of five and nine games.

The peak of the Gannon era came last season, when Arizona was in first place in the NFC West after a Week 10 win over the New York Jets. They remained in first during their bye in Week 11 and then lost four games in a row to slide down to third place.

Expectations were high heading into this season. This was supposed to be the third year of a three-year rebuild with Gannon and Ossenfort, who was hired about a month before Gannon in 2023.

Arizona focused primarily on defense during free agency and the draft, adding just four offensive players — none of whom began the season as starters. The offense struggled all