Titans fire Ken Whisenhunt, name Mike Mularkey interim coach
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk had been thinking of making a coaching change for weeks, and team President Steve Underwood says they caught Mike Mularkey a bit off-guard Tuesday morning asking him to take over as interim head coach.
The Titans fired Ken Whisenhunt after a 3-20 tenure with the franchise.
Underwood said he and general manager Ruston Webster told Whisenhunt on Tuesday morning. The president says promoting Mularkey was based on his experience as an offensive coordinator. Dick LeBeau is the other former head coach on the coaching staff, but he’s in charge of a defense currently fifth in the NFL in yards allowed.
The firing came after a 20-6 loss in Houston with Strunk in the stadium.
Mularkey says the move was a shock, but he now hopes to earn the job permanently.
