Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule walks off the sector after an NFL soccer sport towards the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, in Charlotte, N.C. The primary NFL head coach firing of this season came about because the Panthers let Rhule go after lower than three seasons. Jacob Kupferman, Related Press
On Monday morning, the primary NFL head coach firing of this season came about because the Carolina Panthers let Matt Rhule go after lower than three seasons.
Rhule’s firing continues a protracted pattern of profitable faculty head coaches struggling as head coaches within the NFL. Previous to being employed by the Panthers, Rhule had turned two faculty packages from doormats to extremely profitable groups.
First, he took a Temple crew that went 2-10 in his first season in 2013 to back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2015 and 2016.
Rhule then went to a Baylor program that was embroiled in scandal, the place he received only one sport in 2017 earlier than finally profitable 11 in 2019 and incomes a visit to the Sugar Bowl.
Rhule received simply 5 video games in every of his first two seasons with Carolina, nevertheless, and the Panthers are off to only a 1-4 begin this season.
Even earlier than Monday, there was discuss that if Rhule had been to be fired by the Panthers this season, he could possibly be a possible candidate to return to the faculty ranks.
For instance, after Nebraska grew to become the primary college to fireside its coach this season when it let Scott Frost go on Sept. 11 (there are actually 5 openings), The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman wrote, “If he does get fired, Rhule needs to be excessive on each AD’s listing for any job vacancies.”
On Monday, The Athletic printed a roundtable through which a gaggle of writers tried to establish which present opening may match Rhule finest, with Wisconsin getting two votes and Nebraska and Georgia Tech getting one apiece.