It’s only been a couple of weeks since the end of the NFL regular season, but the hiring cycle is in full swing. With every eliminated playoff team comes new opportunities for assistant coaches to be hired,

Wildcard Weekend is officially over. Here are the grades for all 12 NFL teams’ head coaches after Wildcard Weekend.

The NFL coaching carousel is spinning slowly. The Jets, Saints and Bears got a head start in their searches because they fired coaches during the season. The Jaguars and Raiders joined the hunt last week. The Cowboys jumped in Monday so they have to wait to interview assistants on playoff teams because the first window passed.

College football head coaches voted today to recommend a proposal to shrink the sport’s transfer portal windows to a single 10-day period in January. Right now, there are two windows (20 days in December and 10 in April), both of which involve flaws in the sport’s crowded calendar.

Wild Card Weekend isn’t just a test for players—it’s a proving ground for head coaches. Let’s rank every NFL playoff team’s head coach.

After a week of negotiations between Mike McCarthy and the Dallas Cowboys, McCarthy will not be on the Cowboys sidelines for the 2025 season. McCarthy went 49-25 in his five seasons in Dallas with three playoff berths, but he was unable to get the Silver and Blue back to the NFC Championship Game, let alone the Super Bowl.

A quick assessment of the coaching opportunities available to Ben Johnson, Mike Vrabel and the other candidates