LOVIE SMITH

After completing the latest round of coaching hires, the NFL won’t look any different on the sidelines in 2023.

DeMeco Ryans has been hired as coach of the Houston Texans, giving him his first head coaching job and bringing him back to the place where he started his playing career.

(Source bleacherreport.com):Lovie Smith took over the mantle of Houston Texans head coach after watching the organization fire his former boss, David Culley, after just one year. Smith made a last-ditch audition to keep his job after beating the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, but all it did was lose the No. Houston finished the season 3-13-1, a half-game worse than their record last year when Culley was head coach and Smith was defensive coordinator. The Texans have been a struggling team for three seasons. The Deshaun Watson trade this offseason leaves them with additional first-round picks in the 2023 and 2024 drafts.

Coaching changes paid off in a big way for several NFL teams this season.

The NFL coaching carousel is turning. Here is a breakdown of coaching and general manager changes and corresponding interviews.

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith had a lot to say about the Houston Texans firing their third head coach in the same amount of years after Lovie Smith was let go on Sunday.

After David Culley and Lovie Smith were given only one year each to turn around the Texans, will some coaching candidates pass on Houston?

The Bills staged a storybook return, the Lions and Texans played hard to the end, and the Cowboys stumbled to the finish.

Lovie Smith was fired as coach of the Houston Texans on Sunday night after just one season in which the team went 3-13-1, but lost out on the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft.

The Houston Texans announced they have fired head coach Lovie Smith after just one season. Smith had three years left on his deal, but after a 3-13-1 record, they're moving on.

Lovie Smith has been fired as coach of the Houston Texans on Sunday night after just one season where the team went 3-13-1.

The Houston Texans came through with a win in the closing seconds of their game against the Indianapolis Colts while the Chicago Bears lost to the Minnesota Vikings.

Thanks to an old friend, the Chicago Bears are on the clock for the NFL draft.

The Tennessee Titans were the victims of a huge upset on their own home turf to the Houston Texans, who entered the day with just one win on the season.

Houston coach Lovie Smith took a nap.

At 1-9-1, the Texans have been even worse than what was expected. So what does that mean for Lovie Smith? It's complicated.

Deshaun Watson is set to return from an 11-game NFL suspension following sexual misconduct allegations when the Cleveland Browns visit the Houston Texans on Sunday.

The Houston Texans have benched Davis Mills and will start Kyle Allen at quarterback Sunday against the Dolphins.

Before Sunday's win over the Houston Texans, Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera said quarterback Taylor Heinicke will remain the starter even when Carson Wentz returns.

An annual diversity study has found the NFL posted significant gains in hiring women for positions in coaching, front offices and league headquarters.

There has already been two coaching changes halfway through the NFL season with Indianapolis firing Frank Reich this week four weeks after Carolina did the same to Matt Rhule.

The Texans have needs everywhere. And while Davis Mills hasn't been great, they should be open to drafting a defensive player with their first draft pick.

The Houston Texans have parted ways with executive vice president of football operations Jack Easterby.

Roquan Smith's interception led to a Chicago Bears game-winning drive that ended with a Cairo Santos kick. Chicago defeated the Houston Texans 23-20.

There will be a new look on the sideline in Week 1 of the NFL season with a record-tying 10 new head coaches across the league.

The Houston Texans will host the Uvalde high school football team and wear “Uvalde Strong” decals on their helmets when they open the season Sept. 11 against Indianapolis.

Houston Texans rookie receiver John Metchie III, who announced Sunday that he’d likely miss the season after being diagnosed with leukemia, addressed the team in a video before it started preparations for the season.

Steve Wilks and Ray Horton have joined Brian Flores' lawsuit against the NFL, claiming they were discriminated against during hiring processes.

To ensure more opportunities for diverse candidates, the NFL has added requirements on the hiring of offensive assistant coaches, and women in general.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and a few team owners and executives met with civil rights leaders who urged the league to make drastic changes to its hiring practices to improve diversity in leadership positions.

Black coaches are expected to put up with a hiring system that, in practice, is plainly biased against them.

A group of civil rights leaders called for replacing the Rooney Rule in a meeting Monday with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Lovie Smith has been hired as the new head coach of the Houston Texans.

The Houston Texans are in talks with assistant coach Lovie Smith for their head coaching vacancy, a person familiar with the meetings told The Associated Press.

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy watches during the first half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)While Matt Nagy gets to coach Chicago in the playoffs despite a middling 8-8 record that could help save his job, former Bears coach Lovie Smith can only wonder if the extra team in the postseason could have helped him eight years ago. Smith’s Bears teams from the beginning of last decade are near the top of that list. Chicago lost five of six and missed the postseason as the seventh seed with an 8-8 mark. The tough-luck missing playoff team that season was the Giants, who missed out the year before Eli Manning and Co. won their second Super Bowl under coach Tom Coughlin.

Bielema is returning to the Big Ten and his home state to coach Illinois. Illinois hired the former Wisconsin and Arkansas coach, hoping he can turn around a program with nine straight losing seasons. Illinois said Bielema will receive a six-year contract with an annual salary starting at $4.2 million, and begin work immediately. He became the third coach in NCAA history to win 12 games in his rookie season when Wisconsin went 12-1 in 2006. In January, the New York Giants and new head coach Joe Judge hired Bielema as outside linebackers coach and senior assistant.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois fired coach Lovie Smith on Sunday with a game left in its ninth consecutive losing season. Smith became Illinois' first Black head football coach when he was hired by athletic director Josh Whitman in March 2016. The longtime NFL coach went 17-39 in five seasons at the school. The Illini made one postseason appearance under Smith, losing 35-20 to California in the Redbox Bowl in 2019. The slide continued into this year, with Illinois losing its first three by a combined 117-45 score.