The Indianapolis Colts fired coach Jim Caldwell on Tuesday, the team announced.
The Colts hired Ryan Grigson as their new general manager last week and said they would have a decision on Caldwell’s future by the middle of this week.
It’s the second big move since the Colts’ miserable 2-14 season ended. The day after the season ended, owner Jim Irsay fired team vice chairman Bill Polian and Polian’s son, Chris, Indy’s general manager.
Caldwell opened his career by winning his first 14 games, the most in NFL history by a rookie head coach, and leading Indianapolis to the Super Bowl. He won an AFC South title in his second season.
Caldwell, hired in 2009, had a 26-22 record as the Colts’ coach. His teams were 2-2 in the postseason. He was one of 11 coaches hired after the 2009 season and becomes the latest to get fired. The only two coaches still in their jobs from the Class of 2009 are the New York Jets’ Rex Ryan and the Detroit Lions’ Jim Schwartz.
