Titans fire coach Brian Callahan after 1-5 start in 2025 - ESPN

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans have fired coach Brian Callahan just six games into his second season as the team's head coach.

Callahan finishes with a 4-19 record as the Titans' coach, including 1-5 this season with 2025 first overall pick Cam Ward as the team's starting quarterback.

«After extended conversations with our owner and general manager, we met with Brian Callahan this morning to tell him we are making a change at head coach,» president of football operations Chad Brinker said in a statement. «These decisions are never easy, and they become more difficult when they involve people of great character. We are grateful for Brian's investment in the Titans and Tennessee community during his tenure as head coach. We thank him and his family for being exemplary ambassadors of the Tennessee Titans.

With Brian Callahan's firing, the last four quarterbacks selected No. 1 overall and six of the last eight have had seen their head coaches fired during their rookie seasons.

QBs taken No. 1 since 2016:

»While we are committed to a patient and strategic plan to build a sustainable, winning football program, we have not demonstrated sufficient growth. Our players, fans, and community deserve a football team that achieves a standard we are not currently meeting, and we are committed to making the hard decisions necessary to reach and maintain that standard."

Only Ken Whisenhunt (3-20) had a worse record as a head coach in Titans/Houston Oilers franchise history.

The Titans were 3-14 in Callahan's first season, finishing with the No. 1 pick and selecting Ward. With Callahan's firing, the past four quarterbacks drafted No. 1 overall and six of the past eight have seen their head coaches fired during their rookie