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Being a coach in the NFL is no easy task, and even though some franchises like the Pittsburgh Steelers have put their faith in one person (Mike Tomlin), teams usually have trouble finding the right head coach to stay with the team for multiple seasons.
There is always the question of what coach is a good fit for a team, or what they can do to elevate said team out of the slump they may currently be in. Sometimes none of this works at all.
Here are five head coaches who have their jobs on the line after Week 12.
#5 - Vic Fangio - Denver Broncos
It may be old thinking that is stalling the young Denver Broncos team from truly exploding as one of the NFL's more premier teams. They are currently 6-5 and share third place in the AFC West. That is not necessarily the worst record in the league by any means, but the Broncos did just get through a nasty four-game losing streak before winning three of their last four games.
Fangio, however, is 18-25 in the regular season with the Broncos and has yet to take them to the playoffs. Teams are usually known to give certain coaches a minimum of three years to turn out their team, and if that is not achieved, they look elsewhere. Certain team owners also can't see past their decision-making and let mediocre head coaches hang around a little too long, so there could be a case made that Fangio should be let go after this season.
#4 - Pete Carroll - Seattle Seahawks
Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks have been one of the best regular-season teams since Carroll took over the team's head coaching vacancy back in the 2010 season. Things began to truly shape up for Carroll when the team drafted Russell Wilson. However, since the 2013 and 2014 seasons, in which the Seahawks won the Super Bowl then returned and lost, the team has not been able to replicate their success.
Carroll has a 115-71-1 record as the head coach of the Seahawks, which is a pretty great number considering the number of seasons he's been at the wheels for Seattle. However, he has only amounted to 10-8 in the playoffs. The Seahawks have only seen five out of the last seven seasons, and things are getting tense between him and Wilson. It may be time for a coaching change in the North West.
#3 - David Culley - Houston Texans
David Culley could have been fired a long time ago, but the Houston Texans organization has seen fit to keep him around. The Texans are presumably keeping him until the end of the season. To be fair, the Texans have little to nothing on their roster, but that could be even more underutilizing of Culley's poor coaching.
There was a glimmer of hope for the Texans after they upset the Titans and stole an important win, but they returned to the bottom of the AFC when they were soundly beaten by the New York Jets. The Texans are 2-9 and look to be as terrible as ever, and Culley could be seeing his time as head coach disappear sooner rather than later.
#2 - Dan Campbell - Detroit Lions
The Dan Campbell experiment might come to a dramatic close at the end of the season for the Detroit Lions. The Lions always seem to have issues with their head coaches, and this situation couldn't be worse for Campbell. He inherited a terrible team that has little to no redeeming qualities, so maybe getting rid of him so hastily isn't the best option.
But if the Lions don't search for a coach elsewhere, they may remain the worst team in the league for another season (may as well rip the band-aid off now). Dan Campbell has the heart of a lion, pun intended, but he may just not be cut out to be the head coach for any NFL team.
#1 - Matt Nagy
There are way too many reports coming out that the Chicago Bears organization is ready for a head coach change. There are even reports stemming from Nagy losing the locker room and players just not wanting to give their best for him. Whatever the case may be, the Bears would be right in allowing Nagy to seek employment elsewhere after this season.
The Bears went 12-4 in Nagy's first season as head coach, but have failed to post a winning record since then. Nagy's overall record with the Bears is 32-27 and he hasn't taken the Bears to the postseason once. That is cause enough to want to seek a head coach that can turn this tough team into one that continually makes the playoffs.
