'Best Interests To Part Ways': Philadelphia Eagles Fire Head Coach Doug Pederson After 5 Seasons
Doug Pederson, the only coach to lead the Eagles to a Super Bowl title, is looking for a new job.
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Doug Pederson, the only coach to lead the Eagles to a Super Bowl title, is looking for a new job.
The Birds ended the 2020 season with a record of 4-11-1. Fans we spoke with in Fairmount Monday evening say Pederson wasn't the problem.
Just three seasons after leading the Philadelphia Eagles to their only Super Bowl championship, Doug Pederson was fired as head coach on Monday.
Pederson was let go three seasons after leading the Birds to their only Super Bowl championship.
The news of the decision quickly spread and social media erupted with responses to the move.
Schwartz joined the Birds in 2016 and quickly built a championship defense, helping the Eagles to their first Super Bowl win in the 2017-18 season.
The two coaches, brought in as part of a change to the staff prior to the 2020 season, will not have their contracts renewed according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen.
Wentz was benched for the final four games of the worst season of his five-year career.
The organization finds itself at a crossroads with its current decision-making structure.
The Eagles locked up the sixth overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft.
According to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, Jim Schwartz intends to allow his contract to expire and plans to take a year off from coaching.
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Pederson said that the Eagles didn't expect to be in this position -- 3-8-1, the playoffs an extreme longshot, and the franchise quarterback reduced to a backup.
Eyewitness News received mixed reactions to the move from Eagles nation.
Though Pederson says he will wait to decide who will start against New Orleans this Sunday, people Eyewitness News spoke to said they know exactly what they would do if they called the shots.
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Patients of the Smiles at Rittenhouse Square clinic are being urged to get tested after possible exposure to hepatitis and HIV.
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A two-alarm fire near train tracks in North Philly is impacting Amtrak and SEPTA service between Philadelphia and New York on Wednesday.
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A two-alarm fire near train tracks in North Philly is impacting Amtrak and SEPTA service between Philadelphia and New York on Wednesday.
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