(Bloomberg) -- The New York Jets have fired head coach Robert Saleh after the team’s disappointing start to the 2024 season.
“This was not an easy decision, but we are not where we should be given our expectations, and I believe now is the best time for us to move in a different direction,” Jets owner Woody Johnson said in a statement Tuesday.
Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich will serve as head coach for the remainder of the season, Johnson said.
The National Football League team had high hopes this year with the return of star quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who missed last season after tearing his Achilles tendon in the first game. The team’s record stands at 2-3 after Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings in London.
Saleh has a 20-36 record as the team’s head coach since being hired in 2021. The Jets have not made it to the playoffs since 2010, the longest drought in the NFL.
(Updates with statement from owner in second paragraph)
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