In one of the more surprising moves of the 2015 NFL season, the Tennessee Titans announced Tuesday that they have fired head coach Ken Whisenhunt.
“After thoughtful consideration, the decision has been made to relieve Ken Whisenhunt of his head coaching duties,” Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk said in a statement. “We have expected more progress on the field, and I felt it was time to move in a different direction. I would like to thank Ken for his efforts with our team, as he worked very hard to try to move us forward.”
After a shocking 42-14 throttling of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 1, the Titans have lost six-straight games. Whisenhunt was in just his second season with the team and has more than two years remaining on his contract, but Tennessee has gone 3-20 since he took over.
Mike Mularkey will serve as the interim head coach for the Titans.
Whisenhunt was once regarded as one of the better offensive minds in the game, so most people expected the Titans to at least give him a season or two to develop Marcus Mariota. Whisenhunt basically admitted earlier this season that he was unsure of how to use Mariota. Ownership had seen enough after an embarrassing 20-6 loss to the Houston Texans.
