8 NFL Head Coach vacancies...

by Graham Email

Dick Vermeil (Kansas City) - Retired
Dom Capers (Houston) - Fired
Jim Haslett (New Orleans) - Resigned? Fired? (same result)
Steve Mariucci (Detroit) - Fired in November
Mike Martz (St. Louis) - Fired
Mike Sherman (Green Bay) - Fired
Mike Tice (Minnesota) - Contract not renewed (Note to media - not fired)
Norv Turner (Oakland) - Fired

plus:

Bill Parcells (Dallas) - retiring?

Now it's time to watch the Annual Head Coach Hiring soap opera play out. Several of these vacancies may not be filled until after the Superbowl because clubs cannot talk to coaches on the staff of teams that are still in the playoffs.
One candidate who has already disappeared from the market is Redskins' defensive co-ordinator Gregg Williams, who has signed a new 3 year contract to remain with the Redskins. The assumption is that the contract may contain a clause making him the next Redskins head coach when Joe Gibbs retires...