The NFL has its first midseason coaching firing of 2025.
The Titans fired head coach Brian Callahan on Monday after the team fell to 1-5 with an ugly 20-10 loss to the Raiders on Sunday.
Callahan, 41, was in just his second season with Tennessee and finishes his disappointing tenure with a 4-19 record.
Senior offensive assistant Mike McCoy, the former Chargers head coach, was named interim Titans head coach.
The Titans fired head coach Brian Callahan on Monday. AP
Clearly feeling the heat after Sunday’s loss, Callahan called out rookie quarterback Cam Ward, whom the Titans selected No. 1 overall in this year’s draft.
“I am incredibly discouraged by the outcome,” Callahan said Sunday. “We felt good coming into the game. To not be able to perform well on offense and not be able to score any points and then lose the game is disappointing. And we all gotta be better, Cam’s a part of that too, Cam’s gotta play better football as well. We gotta coach better, we gotta play better, all those things.”
The firing comes as the Titans welcome their former head coach, Mike Vrabel, and the Patriots to town in Week 7.
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“While we are committed to a patient and strategic plan to build a sustainable, winning football program, we have not demonstrated sufficient growth,” Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker said in a statement. “Our players, fans, and community deserve a football team that achieves a standard we are not currently meeting, and we are committed to making the hard decisions necessary to reach and maintain that standard.”
Ward, 23, has struggled to begin his NFL career. He’s completing just 55 percent of his passes through six games with 1,101 yards passing, three touchdowns and four interceptions.
Brian Callahan (r.) talks with Titans quarterback Cam Ward (l.) during a game against the Cardinals on Oct. 5, 2025. Getty Images
The Titans are fortunate not to be winless along with the Jets as Cardinals running back Emari Demercado’s boneheaded fumble before crossing the plane of the end zone in Week 5 allowed Tennessee to come away with a 22-21 victory.
Callahan — whose father Bill is a former Raiders head coach and longtime offensive line coach who currently holds that role with the Titans — was the Bengals offensive coordinator for five seasons before joining Tennessee. His tenure in Cincinnati included the team’s run to the 2022 Super Bowl.