San Francisco 49ers fire DC Steve Wilks after Super Bowl LVIII loss [Updated]

It’s one of the toughest times of the NFL calendar. The end of the regular season has been unofficially dubbed “Black Monday” for the head coaches, general managers, and coordinators who will ultimately lose their jobs. In some cases, a relationship has simply run its course, and a business-driven league demands results. In others, like the Tennessee Titans’ dismissal of head coach Mike Vrabel, change is simply made for the sake of change, and a franchise may quickly come to regret its decision.

Here is the list of all current openings around the league, and the legacy those fired left behind.

Role: San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator

Tenure: 1 season

Accolades: Led a top-five defense in the NFL, blew another double-digit lead to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl

Role: Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator

Tenure: 1 season

Accolades: Founded the current defensive meta in the NFL

Role: Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator

Tenure: 3 seasons

Accolades: Helped keep Dallas’ streak of playoff embarrassments alive

Role: Philadelphia Eagles senior defensive assistant

Tenure: 1 season

Accolades: Keeps getting work despite being bad at his job

Role: Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator

Tenure: 1 season

Accolades: Helped invent the Tush Push.

Role: Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator

Tenure: 1 season

Accolades: Demoted, lost playcalling duties midseason to Matt Patricia

Role: Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator

Tenure: 3 seasons

Accolades: Helped Geno Smith win a Comeback Player of the Year Award

Role: New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator

Tenure: 15 seasons

Accolades: Super Bowl XLIV champion, lasted multiple seasons without Sean Payton, somehow made me feel bad for Derek Carr.

Role: Cleveland Browns offensive coordinator

Tenure: 4 seasons

Accolades: Ran an offense where 39-year-old Joe Flacco could thrive and Deshaun Watson could barely function.

Role: New England Patriots head coach and GM

Tenure: 24 seasons

Record: 266-121

Accolades: Six Super Bowls, three-time Coach of the Year, one-time Executive of the Year, G.O.A.T.

Role: Seattle Seahawks head coach

Tenure: 13 years

Record: 137-89-1

Accolades: Super Bowl XLVIII champion, Legion of Boom orchestrator, moved on from Russell Wilson and made Geno Smith cool

Role: New York Giants defensive coordinator

Tenure: 2 years

Accolades: Forced thousands of people to call a grown man “Wink,” made zero blitzes cool again

Role: Chicago Bears offensive coordinator

Tenure: 2 years

Accolades: Made Justin Fields look interesting enough to make drafting a quarterback No. 1 overall this year a semi-legitimate conversation

Role: Tennessee Titans head coach

Tenure: 6 years

Record: 54-45

Accolades: Back-to-back division wins, 2021 Coach of the Year

Role: Washington Commanders head coach

Tenure: 4 years

Record: 26-40-1

Accolades: Beat cancer while still coaching team, made the playoffs with Taylor Heinicke

Role: Carolina Panthers GM

Tenure: 3 years

Accolades: Outlasted Matt Rhule

Role: Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator

Tenure: 2 years

Accolades: Finished with a 10th-ranked defense by DVOA and still got fired

Role: Atlanta Falcons head coach

Tenure: 3 years

Record: 21-30

Accolades: Routinely pissed off those who play fantasy football

Role: Los Angeles Chargers head coach

Tenure: 3 years

Record: 24-24

Accolades: Dubbed an analytics darling for, like, half a season

Role: Los Angeles Chargers GM

Tenure: 11 years

Accolades: Drafted Justin Herbert, added a bunch of washed, expensive defensive talent

Role: Carolina Panthers head coach

Tenure: Less than 1 season

Record: 1-10

Accolades: Wanted to draft C.J. Stroud over Bryce Young, but got overruled.

Role: Washington Commanders defensive coordinator

Tenure: 4 years

Accolades: Only person in the NFL fined for Jan. 6 remarks

Role: Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator

Tenure: 3 years

Accolades: Four-year Steelers tenure bookended by 400-yard offensive outbursts despite never having one as an OC

Role: Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator

Tenure: 2 years

Accolades: Bills offense was third in EPA/Play before Dorsey’s firing and sixth in EPA after firing, per RBSDM

Role: Las Vegas Raiders head coach

Tenure: 2 seasons

Record: 9-16

Accolades: Somehow finished with a bottom-five offense despite having Davante Adams, Josh Jacobs, former Patriot Jakobi Meyers, and his choice of quarterback.

Role: Las Vegas Raiders GM

Tenure: 2 years

Accolades: Landed Davante Adams in a trade

Role: Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator

Tenure: 2 years

Accolades: Squandered one of the most expensive offensive rosters in the NFL. Nepo baby.