"In his first head coaching gig, Dan Quinn inherited a 6-10 Atlanta Falcons and made solid progress in Year 1. He finished 8-8 in 2015, his first year in charge. He built on that the following season, climbing all the way to 11-5 and a trip to the Super Bowl. Quinn made the divisional round of the playoffs in his third year, then slid back below .500 in 2018 and 2019. After beginning 2020 with five straight losses, he was fired."
"The turnaround under his leadership last year was astonishing, taking a moribund 4-13 club to a 12-5 record and the conference championship game. The collapse of his club seems almost as remarkable. Commanders have regressed considerably in Dan Quinn's second season Since we are in the middle of it, perspective is impossible. And fans don't know whether the coach will be able to pull his team out of its current freefall."
Dan Quinn previously turned a 6-10 Atlanta Falcons into an 11-5 team that reached the Super Bowl, then experienced decline and was fired after a 0-5 start in 2020. Quinn then took over Washington, transforming a 4-13 club into a 12-5 squad that reached the conference championship. In his second season with Washington the team regressed sharply and has the worst second-season record among the 2024 cohort of new coaches. Among that group, Jim Harbaugh and Mike Macdonald posted winning records and Harbaugh made the playoffs, while others were dismissed after poor starts.
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