San Diego Chargers: 5 candidates to replace head coach Mike McCoy

The San Diego Chargers are a franchise without direction after a brutal loss to the New Orleans Saints. After a rough start to the season, here are five potential candidates to replace head coach Mike McCoy.

The San Diego Chargers have never been an elite football team under head coach Mike McCoy. In fact, one could argue the Chargers have only ever underwhelmed with McCoy at the helm.

In the four years McCoy has been the team’s head coach the Chargers have gone for a combined record of 23-29.

For some teams, such as the Cleveland Browns, a losing coaching record might be acceptable, as long as some progress is being made. For the Chargers, however, that isn’t good enough. McCoy’s teams have been getting progressively worse, and San Diego looks downright terrible this season.

Ultimately, the Chargers are too good of a team (in terms of raw talent) to have a losing record. Quarterbacks like Philip Rivers are not made on trees. If the Chargers want to make the most of Rivers’ talent , then they need to bite the bullet and fire Mike McCoy. Here are five potential replacements.

No. 5: Kyle Shanahan

This choice might be controversial. While there were some unflattering rumors surrounding Kyle Shanahan’s move from the Cleveland Browns to the Atlanta Falcons, he’s a seasoned coordinator that knows how to run a successful offense.

Shanahan and the Atlanta Falcons were not initially a match made in heaven. However, this season the Falcons’ offense appears to be humming, and they’ve been putting up a lot of points.

In fact, through the first four games, the Atlanta Falcons’ quarterback Matt Ryan is completing 72.1 percent of his passes for 1473 yards and 11 touchdowns, on two interceptions.

Shanahan has completely flipped the narrative that was coming out of Atlanta that Ryan was an average quarterback on a downward slide. In Shanahan’s offense, we’re seeing a level of play from Ryan that we previously thought was unattainable.