ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -The Detroit Lions fired coach Rod Marinelli on Monday, a day after the team became the first in NFL history to finish with an 0-16 record.
The Lions issued a news release announcing the firing, with team owner William Clay Ford adding that Tom Lewand to team president and Martin Mayhew to general manager.
The team planned to open their locker room to the media Monday morning. Marinelli was to be available for comment at a news conference.
The Lions completed their winless season with a loss to Green Bay on Sunday, pushing aside Tampa Bay’s 1976 season of 0-14 as the league’s worst.
tant his first head coaching job.
Millen was fired as team president three months ago, but the players he left behind coupled with the former Tampa Bay players Marinelli wanted created the perfect storm for a historic season of futility.
Marinelli was the third coach Millen hired – following Steve Mariucci and Marty Mornhinweg – in what has been the NFL’s worst eight-season stretch since World War II.
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