EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — With four weekends left in the regular season, two NFL teams have already fired their coaches. Several other underperforming clubs have dismissed assistants.
The coaching carousel is in full spin, the unsettling part of these high-pressure, intensely scrutinized jobs.
“I hate this time of year,” Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator John DeFilippo said, lamenting the way families of fired coaches are subjected to the upheaval. “I was one of those kids. I grew up this way. So I’m a little bit sensitive to it, OK?”
His father, Gene DeFilippo, was a college assistant coach who moved into administration and was the athletic director at Villanova and Boston College.