Cardinals fire coach Jonathan Gannon after nine straight losses end disastrous season

Arizona Cardinals manager Jonathan Gannon was the latest NFL manager shown the doorway connected "Black Monday," getting dismissed a time aft the squad suffered its ninth consecutive nonaccomplishment of the season.

The determination was announced via the team’s website aft the Cardinals ended the play with a 37-20 nonaccomplishment to the Los Angeles Rams.

Arizona Cardinals caput manager Jonathan Gannon stands connected the sideline during a crippled against the Atlanta Falcons astatine State Farm Stadium successful Glendale, Arizona, connected Dec. 21, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)

"Jonathan is simply a precise smart, motivated, enthusiastic, intelligent, awesome coach," Cardinals proprietor Michael Bidwill said during a property league connected Monday. 

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"He made america better, but I think, arsenic you each know, this is simply a league astir wins and losses. The wins and losses talk for themselves – particularly this year. We conscionable felt similar we were going successful the incorrect direction, and we needed to alteration course." 

Gannon, 43, was abbreviated with the media aft the crippled and had small to elaborate connected aft the Cardinals finished with a 3-14 record.

Arizona Cardinals caput manager Jonathan Gannon leaves the tract aft an NFL shot crippled against the Cincinnati Bengals successful Cincinnati, Ohio, connected Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

"Not a large one," helium said erstwhile asked to summarize the season. "A batch of adversity, but maturation volition happen."

"My champion memory? My champion representation has not happened," helium continued. "It volition beryllium the maturation that comes from this year. That’s a bully question." 

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Gannon declined to speculate astir his future, telling reporters that Monday would look like "the aforesaid 24 hours" of immoderate Monday aft failing to marque the playoffs. But that wasn't the case.

His dismissal comes aft 3 seasons with the organization, but the 2024 NFL play marked Gannon's worst – by far. 

The Cardinals burst retired of the gross with 2 consecutive wins, but injuries to stars similar Kyler Murray and James Conner, combined with sloppy, self-inflicted mistakes – astir notably Emari Demercado’s premature solemnisation and fumbled shot astatine the extremity enactment – swiftly ended immoderate realistic playoff hopes.

Arizona Cardinals caput manager Jonathan Gannon reacts during the 2nd 4th of a crippled against the Los Angeles Rams astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, California, connected Jan. 4, 2026. (Harry How/Getty Images)

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Gannon adjacent had his ain sideline blunder erstwhile helium was fined $100,000 by the NFL for appearing to get into an altercation with Demercado pursuing the dropped ball. 

Gannon parts ways with the enactment with a 15-36 record.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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