TEXANS FIRE O’BRIEN AMID 0-4 START

Ed Pothul October 5, 2020

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The Houston Texans have fired head coach and general manager Bill O'Brien, effective immediately.

“Bill was very professional,” owner Cal McNair said. “He thanked us for the opportunity and was sorry he couldn’t get us over the hump.”

O'Brien won AFC South division titles each of the past two seasons, but the team's trade sending All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins to Arizona has apparently backfired and led the team to an 0-4 start.

O'Brien was hired by the Texans in 2014 after coaching one season at Penn State.

He had a 52-48 record as head coach and led the team to four playoff appearances, but went 2-4 in the post season.

ESPN's Dianna Russini reports that things started to fall apart at a team practice two weeks ago, when there was an apparent blowup between O'Brien and some of the team's veteran leaders. "That's when [O'Brien] lost the team," a source told Russini.

Assistant coach Romeo Crennel will take over as the interim head coach.

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