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Dude, You Suck, You're Fired! Terrible NFL Head Coaches

Some NFL Head Coaches have been awful. It's amazing that some of those guys even got a 2nd chance to be just as awful, or even worse! This quiz is about some of the worst Head Coaches in NFL history. Be forewarned: there's a lot of Cleveland Brown and Oakland Raider coaches in this quiz! Let's get started looking at this epic coaching failures!

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Dude, You Suck, You're Fired! Terrible NFL Head Coaches

What current NFL Head Coach had a record of 8-28 as the Head Coach of the Oakland Raiders?

What former two-time NFC Coach of the Year went 4-28 with Tampa Bay in 1985 and 1986?

What former Super Bowl winning Defensive Coordinator was only 7-28 as the Head Coach of the New York Giants?

What former Raiders Head Coach was fired after losing 15 of his first 20 games?

What former Jacksonville Jaguar Head Coach had a career record of 14-48?

What former Head Coach of the New York Jets went 4-28 during his 2 years in charge?

What Oakland Raiders Head Coach went 2-14 in 2006 after going 56-41 with the same team from 1989 to 1994?

What former Denver Broncos Head Coach started off his career 6-0 but then lost 17 of his next 22 games?

What former Cleveland Browns Head Coach went 5-27 in his 2 seasons as the Head Coach?

What former Raiders Head Coach finished last in the AFC West both years during his 9-23 reign?

What former Kansas City Head Coach had a record of 8-22-1 during the late 1980s?

What former Super Bowl winning Head Coach lead the Saints to a record of 15-33 over 3 seasons in the late 1990s?

What forrmer Cleveland Browns Head Coach had an 0-16 season in 2017 and had an overall record of 3-36-1?

Who was the Head Coach when the Detroit Lions went 0-16 in 2008?

What former Rams Head Coach went 1-15 and 2-14 in 2 of this 3 seasons in charge of the team?

What former Head Coach lead Dallas to three straight 5-11 seasons from 2000 to 2002?

What former Atlanta Head Coach went 3-10 in 1987 before quitting and then signing with Arkansas in the NCAA?

What former Bengals Head Coach went 19-52 from 1992-96?

What former Detroit Lions Head Coach had a record of 5-27 in his only 2 seaons in charge?

In 1990, what New England Head Coach went 1-15 in his only season as a Head Coach in the NFL?

What former Indianapolis Head Coach had a record of 5-24 during the mid 1980s?

What former Miami Dolphins Head Coach went 1-15 in his only season with the team?

What was Urban Meyer's record with Jacksonville in 2021 before finally being fired?

What legendary NCAA football coach was 3-10 with the New York Jets before resigning and returning back to the college ranks?

What former Baltimore Colts Head Coach went 0-8-1 in his 1st full season in 1982 and 4-11 in 1984?

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