{
  "id": 8012351,
  "title": "What happened to Sean McDermott? Why Bills fired coach after 2025 season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/what-happened-to-sean-mcdermott-why-bills-fired-coach-after-2025",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T11:04:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/happened-sean-mcdermott-why-bills-110434487.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Buffalo Bills terminated head coach Sean McDermott following the 2025 NFL season, after the team lost in the divisional round of the playoffs. McDermott's dismissal came after a nine-year tenure with the organization, during which the Bills made the playoffs seven consecutive times. However, their playoff record under McDermott was underwhelming, with a 8-8 mark across their postseason appearances. Notably, the Bills never reached the Super Bowl under McDermott's guidance. McDermott was replaced by Joe Brady, who was promoted from offensive coordinator and is the NFL's youngest current head coach at 36 years old. McDermott expressed his desire to return to coaching in the future and build on the success he had with the Bills.",
  "summary": "The Bills are playing their first home game since 2016 without Sean McDermott. Here's more about Buffalo's decision to part with its long-time coach.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}