The Tennessee Titans pulled off an impressive comeback against the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday to advance to the second round of the NFL playoffs, and the victory was enough to make the team rule out a coaching change in 2018.
On Sunday, Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk announced that head coach Mike Mularkey’s job is safe.
“Our mantra all season has been to take things week by week and not get ahead of ourselves and it obviously has served us well. I regret that outside rumors gained a life of their own. No one has been a bigger supporter of Mike Mularkey than I have over the last two plus seasons,” Strunk said in a statement. “Mike and Jon have changed the culture of our team and organization and I am so happy we have been able to bring success on the field to our fans – winning 19 games over the last two seasons, including our first playoff win in nine years. Just to eliminate any distractions moving forward, Mike Mularkey is our head coach and will be our head coach moving forward. We still have work to be done, including this week, but I am looking forward to the journey.”
The Titans sputtered down the stretch in the regular season, but they ultimately did enough to make the playoffs and managed to get the job done in a tough environment in Kansas City. There had been talk that Mularkey may lose his job and that the Titans should bring in a coach who can get more out of Marcus Mariota, but that isn’t happening this offseason.
