Rams fire Spagnuolo, first victim of ‘Black Monday’
Posted January 2, 2012 10:39 am.
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The St. Louis Rams have fired head coach Steve Spagnuolo and general manager Billy Devaney.
The moves come after the Rams completed their third straight losing season under the tandem’s watch, and fifth straight overall.
Spagnuolo won only 10 games in his three years at the helm in St. Louis, while losing 38.
He came close to winning a NFC West title last year, but lost out to the Seattle Seahawks in a winner-takes-all matchup in Week 17 by a score of 16-6.
The head coaching vacancy will be an attractive one for all the available coaches. The Rams have a potential franchise quarterback in Sam Bradford, and the second-overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft.
Before winning the head coaching job with the Rams in 2009, Spagnuolo was the defensive coordinator for the Giants, and played a major role in New York’s upset of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.
Spagnuolo is rumoured to be reverting back to a defensive coordinator role after a largely ineffective head coaching career.
