Examining the job security of every NFL head coach entering 2014

Every team enters the season believing it can win the Super Bowl. But when reality sets in, and the contenders separate themselves from the pretenders, blame

Doug Farrar | Aug 22, 2014

Examining the job security of every NFL head coach entering 2014 /

Every team enters the season believing it can win the Super Bowl. But when reality sets in, and the contenders separate themselves from the pretenders, blame quickly shifts to the men running the show. Last year, disappointing results cost Gary Kubiak, Jim Schwartz, Greg Schiano, Mike Shanahan, Leslie Frazier and Rob Chudzinski their jobs as NFL head coaches. Who could join them in the unemployed line this season?

Below is a rundown of the job security of every NFL head coach, from those on the hottest of hot seats to those who aren't going anywhere.

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Published Aug 22, 2014

DOUG FARRAR

SI.com contributing NFL writer and Seattle resident Doug Farrar started writing about football locally in 2002, and became Football Outsiders' West Coast NFL guy in 2006. He was fascinated by FO's idea to combine Bill James with Dr. Z, and wrote for the site for six years. He wrote a game-tape column called "Cover-2" for a number of years, and contributed to six editions of "Pro Football Prospectus" and the "Football Outsiders Almanac." In 2009, Doug was invited to join Yahoo Sports' NFL team, and covered Senior Bowls, scouting combines, Super Bowls, and all sorts of other things for Yahoo Sports and the Shutdown Corner blog through June, 2013. Doug received the proverbial offer he couldn't refuse from SI.com in 2013, and that was that. Doug has also written for the Seattle Times, the Washington Post, the New York Sun, FOX Sports, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine. He also makes regular appearances on several local and national radio shows, and has hosted several podcasts over the years. He counts Dan Jenkins, Thomas Boswell, Frank Deford, Ralph Wiley, Peter King, and Bill Simmons as the writers who made him want to do this for a living. In his rare off-time, Doug can be found reading, hiking, working out, searching for new Hendrix, Who, and MC5 bootlegs, and wondering if the Mariners will ever be good again.