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Titans Change Course, Part Ways With Coach Mike Mularkey After Extension Talk

The Titans and coach Mike Mularkey this morning "mutually agreed to part ways after discussions about a contract extension crumbled," according to Jason Wolf of the Nashville TENNESSEAN. Titans Exec VP & GM Jon Robinson will "conduct a search for a new head coach." Mularkey was "entering the final year of a three-year contract," and the move is likely over whether to "keep certain assistant coaches in place." The Titans before losing to the Patriots Saturday in the AFC divisional round "finished with a 9-7 regular-season record for the second consecutive season, reached the playoffs for the first time in nine years and won a postseason game for the first time in 14 years." But the season "largely fell short of expectations, in and outside of the team’s headquarters" (TENNESSEAN.com, 1/15). NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports Robinson and Titans CEO Steve Underwood told Mularkey before the Pats game that he would receive an extension and he was "their guy." But the Titans had "planned to fire" Mularkey after Week 17 and then "after the playoff loss that never came." Rapoport writes today's firing likely was "about not bringing in" a new offensive coordinator (TWITTER.com, 1/15). ESPN's Field Yates notes the move is a "surprise, as this is a man who the players clearly respected and the team has thrown public confidence behind the last eight days" ("SportsCenter," ESPN, 1/15).

RUMBLINGS IN THE BUILDING: ESPN’s Adam Schefter said it “has been an ongoing situation in Nashville” in terms of Mularkey’s status. Titans Controlling Owner Amy Adams Strunk came out "with a message of support about 10 days ago" in which she said Mularkey would be the coach "moving forward." Schefter: "But she really didn't commit to him for the 2018 season. There were people that had support for him and there were some people that felt the organization was better off making a change.” The “two sides had some contract extension talks last week, but ... as recently as yesterday there were discussions in the building about whether they should be making that change which superseded any talks of an extension" (“SportsCenter,” ESPN, 1/15).

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