The Los Angeles Chargers have fired head coach Anthony Lynn after four seasons with the team.
Chargers owner Dean Spanos released this statement on the move:
Statement from Dean Spanos pic.twitter.com/aR8z0OqnEG
— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) January 4, 2021
Los Angeles finished the 2020 season on a four-game winning streak after a brutal 3-9 start to the season. Ugly late-game collapses highlighted by poor clock management marred the beginning of the campaign, which likely played a role in the decision to move on from Lynn.
There had been conflicting reports about the Chargers' plans for Lynn, with Justin Herbert's development as a star rookie quarterback listed as a potential reason to keep the head coach around for another year. However, the decision has now been made to go in a new direction.
The Chargers hired Anthony Lynn in January 2017. This happened on the same day Spanos announced the plan to relocate from San Diego to Los Angeles.
Lynn went 9-7 in his first year with the Chargers, and then came an impressive 12-4 campaign in 2018. The team earned the No. 5 seed in the AFC and beat the fourth-seeded Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card Round, only to fall to the second-seeded New England Patriots in the next game.
The Chargers couldn't build on their strong 2018 season, falling back to 5-11 in 2019 and thus ending the Philip Rivers era. The silver lining was that it gave the franchise the ability to draft Herbert, who made history as a rookie after going No. 6 overall and then taking over for Tyrod Taylor early in the season.
Anthony Lynn went 33-31 in four seasons with the franchise and 1-1 in the playoffs.
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