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San Diego Chargers fire head coach Mike McCoy following home loss to Kansas City Chiefs

Posted at 5:53 PM, Jan 01, 2017
and last updated 2017-01-01 21:03:43-05
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Chargers fired head coach Mike McCoy Sunday a couple of hours after the team finished its National Football League season with a 37-27 home loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
 
McCoy finished 28-38 in four seasons as San Diego's head coach. The Chargers finished 5-11 this season, following a 4-12 mark last year, and their only playoff appearance under McCoy's leadership came his first season.
 
This is the second consecutive year in which the Chargers will enter the offseason uncertain about their future. At this point last season, team officials were considering a move to Los Angeles, where they would have built a stadium in suburban Carson in conjunction with the Oakland Raiders. That plan was ultimately shot down by other NFL owners. The 2015 home finale was something of a love fest, with emotional players and fans mingling along the sideline after the game.
 
A different feeling was in the air this year, with the Chargers mired in another fruitless campaign and recent news on the stadium front resulting in yet more mixed signals.
 
After voters in November rejected Measure C, the Chargers' plan for a hotel room tax hike to partially fund a downtown stadium project, team chairman Dean Spanos told fans he would wait until after the end of the season to make decisions on his franchise's future.
 
On the one hand, the Chargers have agreed to lease office space and an open field in Orange County to use as a headquarters and practice facility should the team move.
 
On the other, a recent meeting that included Spanos, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, county Supervisor Ron Roberts and San Diego State University President Elliot Hirshman was described as being productive. SDSU was involved in the meeting because it has long eyed the Qualcomm site for expansion.
 
When his fellow owners killed off the Carson plan, they gave Spanos a one-year option to become the second team in Los Angeles along with the Rams. That window closes Jan. 15.