The biggest names in the group were New Orleans Saints’ special teams coordinator Greg McMahon, defensive line coach Bill Johnson, and assistant head coach/linebackers coach Joe Vitt. McMahon and Vitt have been with head coach Sean Payton here from the beginning in 2006, with Johnson joining in 2009. Technically speaking, Johnson’s ending wasn’t a firing – his contract expired at the end of this season and it simply wasn’t renewed.
The others were fired though, all let go for the same reasons: lack of production. Their units simply didn’t perform to any acceptable standard.