NFL Coaching Carousel: The Next Coaches To Lose Their Jobs

This season it seems like there might be more coaches to lose their jobs than maintain them.

Every coach who failed to make the playoffs is seemingly on the hot seat.

But is the coach of your favorite team the next to go?

Here are six coaches that might get fired for their team's poor performance at season's end. 

6. Norv Turner

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CINCINNATI - DECEMBER 26: Norv Turner the Head Coach of the San Diego Chargers watches play during the Chargers 34-20 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals during the NFL game at Paul Brown Stadium on December 26, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Andy Lyons

Oh, how quickly people forget.

But I suppose that's what happens when the expectations are Super Bowl victories, and you just deliver playoff appearances.

Norv Turner led the Chargers to three straight first places finishes in San Diego in his first three seasons.

But this year they fell short and watched the Kansas City Chiefs win the division. Somehow I feel like the fact that the Chiefs won so much, the blame is falling on Turner.

I mean, can he really be blamed for the player holdouts that hurt this team so much? 

Either Turner or General Manager A.J. Smith will likely be fired. Maybe both.

5. Tom Coughlin

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GREEN BAY, WI - DECEMBER 26: Coach Tom Coughlin of the New York Giants on the sidelines against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on December 26, 2010 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Tom Coughlin has a lot of things working against him.

1, The expectations of New York Giants fans

2. His record in November and December. I can't remember the exact stat, but it's pretty awful.

3. The fact his team may not make the playoffs.

4. The fact that Bill Cowher wants his job.

Of all the factors, No. 4 might be most important. Once Cowher made it known he had interest in Coughlin's job, Giants' fans were ready to throw Coughlin off the nearest cliff.

Another late season collapse would justify the firing. But I mean the man just helped you win a Super Bowl, which was one of the NFL's best teams ever, in the last five seasons. 

I'll cut him some slack, but I know better than to think New York will.

4. Eric Mangini

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CINCINNATI, OH - DECEMBER 19: Head coach Eric Mangini of the Cleveland Browns on the sidelines while playing the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium on December 19, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Boy wonder's days as an NFL coach seem numbered.

The Browns had yet another dismal season, and the excuses are running out.

Mangini hasn't taken a team to the playoffs since his rookie season, and he doesn't look like the genius that people once wanted to believe that he was. 

He barely made the cut last year. This year he won't be so lucky. 

3. John Fox

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CHARLOTTE, NC - DECEMBER 19: Head coach John Fox of the Carolina Panthers watches on during warmups against the Arizona Cardinals at Bank of America Stadium on December 19, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

John Fox will get fired, but that doesn't mean it's fair.

It is hard to assess a coach when an owner constantly wants a team to be in rebuilding mode.

He tried everything, but nothing really worked.

The consolation prize? First pick in the NFL draft.

But Fox likely won't be around to help decide who it is. Don't worry, he'll land on his feet. 

2. Tony Sparano

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MIAMI - DECEMBER 19: Coach Tony Sparano of the Miami Dolphins against the Buffalo Bills at Sun Life Stadium on December 19, 2010 in Miami, Florida. The Bills defeated the Dolphins 17-14. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

Whether it is fair or not, it looks like Sparano will lose his job.

Two losing seasons in a row in Miami will result in that.

The super high expectations of fans and owner Stephen Ross didn't help Sparano, who pulled a miracle in his first season as coach of the Dolphins when he took them to the playoffs just one year after being the NFL's worst team.

Sparano's biggest mistakes were Chad Henne and Dan Henning. He decided to align himself with them and ride them to glory or burn.

Well they burned. And now he will as well. 

1. Gary Kubiak

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DENVER - DECEMBER 26: Head coach Gary Kubiak of the Houston Texas reacts after his team failed to convert a third down against the Denver Broncos at INVESCO Field at Mile High on December 26, 2010 in Denver, Colorado. The Broncos defeated the Texans 24-2

How does Gary Kubiak still have a job?

I'm serious.

They have one of the most explosive offenses in the league, but no defense. 

Expect the Texans to bring in a defensive guru, because Matt Schaub, Andre Johnson and Arian Foster are just fine.