The Houston Texas fired coach Gary Kubiak on Friday.
The Texans have had a disappointing season after winning a combined 22 regular-season games combined over the previous two years.
Houston lost its 11th straight game Thursday night after starting the season 2-0. The Texans fell 27-20 to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Kubiak told his assistant coaches earlier Friday that he was being let go, according to multiple reports.
The team later announced Kubiak’s dismissal.
“This has been a very disappointing season for the Texans organization,” owner Bob McNair said in a statement. We started out with such high hopes. To have this run of losses that we’ve sustained is really unacceptable. … Even though we normally would wait … Under these extreme circumstances we decided it was best to evaluate our coaching staff and players now. Gary Kubiak is no longer the head coach.”
Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips will serve as interim head coach.
Kubiak went 61-64 as the Texans head coach since taking the job in 2006. Under Kubiak, the Texans won consecutive AFC South titles in 2011 and ’12. He was named Coach of the Year in 2011.
“Gary has brought this team to a new level, two division championships,” McNair said. “It’s been a job that he’s totally committed to. We couldn’t ask for more out of anyone. … We have to do what’s best for the organization, and we will always do that.”
The team will immediately search for a new head coach.
Phillips served as interim coach when Kubiak suffered a mini-stroke at halftime of the Texans’ Nov. 3 game against the Indianapolis Colts.
Kubiak was the fourth longest-tenured coach in the NFL, behind Bill Belichick, Marvin Lewis and Tom Coughlin.
The Texans have struggled at the quarterback position this season with Matt Schaub and Case Keenum. Kubiak replaced Keenum in the third quarter of Thursday’s loss with Schaub.