ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos fired first-year head coach Nathaniel Hackett on Monday marking the shortest tenure of any noninterim head coach in franchise history.
The change comes after an abysmal 4-11 start and Sunday's 51-14 blowout loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
Jerry Rosburg was named the interim head coach. The former Baltimore Ravens assistant coach was hired by the team back in September to aid with in-game management decisions.
The offseason buzz around the Broncos quickly fizzled out as fans and media questioned Hackett's in-game decision-making as early as the first game of the season.
During that Week 1 contest, Hackett made the decision to have kicker Brandon McManus attempt a 64-yard field goal instead of letting Russell Wilson attempt to convert a fourth-and-5 in the final minute of a 17-16 loss to Seattle.
The Walton-Penner Group, Denver's ownership group, eventually ran out of patience with a team that boasted one of the best defenses in the NFL but an offense was ineffective and averaged a league-worst 15.5 points per game.
At one time this season, the Broncos were simultaneously ranked the No. 1 scoring defense and the No. 32 scoring offense. Denver will also miss the playoffs for the seventh consecutive year, which is the longest playoff drought for the franchise since the teams' drought between 1960 to 1976.
The team will hold a news conference on Tuesday at noon ET.
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