Pro and college head coaches that were fired - succeeding after that? O'Brien?

[john4psu]

We all know Bill O'Brien wants to be a head coach in the NFL again. I was trying to think of head coaches in the pros and in college that were fired and then went on to do better after their firing?

Pros: Shula, George Allen, Shanahan, Levy, Pete Carroll, Belichick, Coryell, Dungy, Schottenheimer (although you could say Schottenheimer did as well with the Chiefs and Chargers as he did with the Browns).

Some coaches that didn't do or haven't done as well after being fired: Ditka, Phillips, Dick Nolan, Glanville, Mike McCarthy, Stram, Marchibroda,

I was really stumped when it came to college coaches that were fired and then did better later.

 

[katchthis]

Eagles fire Andy Reid after 14 seasons

Winningest coach in Eagles history dismissed after 14 seasons and 140 wins.

amp.usatoday.com

 

[john4psu]

Yep, how did I forget that?

 

[Nitwit]

Greg Shiano

 

[psuro]

Ed Orgeron. Albeit probably briefly.
Karl Dorell - again perhaps briefly

The guy who coached Texas Tech and then went to the Arizona Cardinals.

 

[diontechristmas]

Guys who were fired from college jobs

Mack Brown comes to mind.

Ed O

Kiffen (although the jury is still out, he did well at FAU)

David Cutcliffe (Duke isn’t big time, but he has built a solid program there)

Frank Solich

There are others, but agree it is pretty rare that a coach has success at a program that was equal or better stature than the one he was fired from. Guys do seem to have success in cases where they drop down to lesser programs.

There are a few guys fired from NFL jobs I can name, but that wasn’t the criteria.

 

[katchthis]

Ed Orgeron. Albeit probably briefly.
Karl Dorell - again perhaps briefly

The guy who coached Texas Tech and then went to the Arizona Cardinals.

The guy who dated this girl ? Cliff Kingsbury was smart to hit it and quit it.

Looks like he still is succeeding....

 

[LaJolla Lion]

Belichick was fired by the Browns and Jets.

 

[john4psu]

Greg Shiano

He was fired in the pros and now at Rutgers. I'm thinking pro to pro job, college to college job.

 

[crm114psu]

Gene Stallings did pretty good after getting fired by Arizona.