The 2025 NFL regular season has come to an end.
And with that, one of the tougher days on the league’s annual calendar has arrived.
Yes, 14 teams have their sights set on a run to Super Bowl LX, but for the other 18 teams, the offseason has arrived.
And it could be a cold one for some coaches around the league.
Today is the day known as “Black Monday,” when teams around the league that did not live up to expectations over the past year — or worse — decide to make a change at the top. Last year saw Jerod Mayo, Doug Pederson, Mike McCarthy, and Antonio Pierce lose their jobs after the season ended, joining Robert Saleh, Dennis Allen, and Matt Eberflus, who were relieved of their duties during the 2024 regular season.
This season already saw two coaches fired mid-season, Brian Daboll of the New York Giants and Brian Callahan by the Tennessee Titans.
What coaches suffer a similar fate now that the season is over? We will be tracking that here. For a list of coaches to follow over the coming days, James Dator has you prepped with this list of coaches to watch.
Brian Callahan, Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans had the first pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
They also had the first head coach firing of the year as well.
Tennessee parted ways with Brian Callahan back on October 13, just five weeks into the season. Callahan’s tenure ended after a string of questionable moments for the young head coach, including a decision not to challenge a potential catch early in the season that led those of us in the media space wondering if the head coach knew the catch rules.
Who really does, when you think about it?
This is not the only change that came to Tennessee this year, as news in recent days indicated that the team is implementing a change in the front office structure ahead of their coaching search. General manager Mike Borgonzi will be in charge of the coaching search, and report directly to owner Amy Adams Strunk.
Brian Daboll, New York Giants
Brian Daboll was the next head coach to see his time cut short.
The Giants let Daboll go after the team started 2-8, with a history of blowing double-digit leads a leading cause behind the firing. Daboll was let go hours after the Giants blew a 20-10 lead in the fourth quarter, giving up 14 unanswered points en route to a 24-20 loss.
That was the second time this season the Giants lost despite leading by at least ten points with under four minutes remaining. Earlier this year New York led the Denver Broncos by 26-8 with just over ten minutes remaining in the game, and still led by ten at the four-minute mark.
The Giants lost that game by a final score of 33-32.
Raheem Morris, Atlanta Falcons
While Callahan and Daboll were let go during the season, Black Monday has come early in 2026.
The Atlanta Falcons won their season finale over the New Orleans Saints, a win that improved Atlanta’s record to 8-9 and pushed the Carolina Panthers into the playoffs as champions of the NFC South. It was also the Falcons’ fourth consecutive win.
But it was not enough to save Raheem Morris. The Falcons parted ways with Morris after the win, despite players such as Drake London and Bijan Robinson voicing their support for Morris. His tenure in Atlanta ends after a pair of 8-9 seasons.
The Falcons also fired GM Terry Fontenot.
