From Robert Saleh to Doug Pederson, these are the NFL coaches fired during and after the 2024 season — and if they deserved to go.

Many NFL teams hope to land the next Sean McVay when they seek a new head coach. McVay became the youngest coach since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 when the Los Angeles Rams hired him in 2017 at age 30. He’s led them to one Super Bowl title in two appearances, four NFC West championships, six playoff berths and seven winning seasons in eight years.

The NFL coaching carousel is in full motion, with the Cowboys and Giants among teams with undetermined futures at head coach.

In a playoff field filled with eight former Super Bowl coaches, rings are mostly what separates the top coaches from the bottom of the list.

For struggling NFL teams the end of the regular season triggers an annual exercise in bloodletting known around the league as "Black Monday" and the action got under way early this year as head coaches were sent packing.

With the close of the regular season comes the annual raising of the chopping block for NFL head coaches. Here are the current head coaching vacancies around the league.These are the open NFL head coa

Not every available NFL head coaching job is a good one. The Patriots and Jaguars offer the best situations, while the Saints might be the worst.