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The Spanos family has gone with first-time head coaches the last three times the Los Angeles Chargers have had an opening.
After last week’s firings of Brandon Staley and general manager Tom Telesco, John Spanos acknowledged experience might be a bigger factor this time.
“I don’t think it can be the end-all, but absolutely it will factor. That’s an added bonus if someone does have previous head coach experience,” Spanos, the team’s president of football operations and the son of owner Dean Spanos, said Monday.
Spanos also told reporters that there are no limitations, financially or otherwise, that the Chargers have put on the coaching search, pushing back on the “narratives” that the team will not spend big for a head coach, via ESPN and the Los Angeles Times.
The Chargers’ head coach and general manager openings are among the most attractive in the NFL, per FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer. However, a perceived lack of willingness to spend has been named as a possible reason why top potential candidates, like the New England Patriots’ Bill Belichick or Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh, may not fit with the Chargers job.
Staley and Telesco were dismissed Friday morning after the Chargers were pummeled 63-21 the previous night by the Las Vegas Raiders, who also fired their head coach and general manager earlier this season.
Not only did Los Angeles suffer its fifth loss in the last six games to fall to 5-9, but it was the most points allowed in franchise history and the 42-point margin was the third-worst.
Staley went 24-25 in nearly three seasons. Under Telesco, the general manager since 2013, the Chargers went 86-95 with three playoff appearances.
Before Staley, Anthony Lynn and Mike McCoy also did not have previous experience as college or NFL head coaches. Since the Spanos family bought the Chargers in 1984, their most successful hires have been coaches who had previously done the job.
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Publish date : 2023-12-19 05:45:44
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