Chicago, New Orleans, and the New York Jets made the move mid-season to axe their coaches and officially begin their searches — now joined by the Patriots and Jaguars who fired their coaches during the league’s “Black Monday” period.

Sports compiled the hometowns and colleges of every full-time NFL head coach since 1970. Here's what we found.

A quick assessment of the coaching opportunities available to Ben Johnson, Mike Vrabel and the other candidates

Even though owner Robert Kraft quickly decided to fire Jerod Mayo after the Patriots finished 4-13 and last in the AFC East for the second straight year, Kraft made sure to emphasize that he believed Mayo could be a successful NFL head coach.

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USA Today's NFL reporter Tyler Dragon shares his thoughts on who will fill the coaching vacancies in the NFL this year.

There are six head coach vacancies to be filled, including the Bears and Patriots. We ranked them from best to worst.

Here's the latest on who's been a causality of one of the toughest days in the NFL: Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Raiders change mind, move on from general manager Tom Telesco After originally being safe following the departure of head coach Antonio Pierce almost 48 hours ago,