Baltimore Ravens part ways with longtime head coach John Harbaugh

Just nine months after signing a three-year contract extension, the Baltimore Ravens have fired head coach John Harbaugh.

The Ravens were a popular preseason Super Bowl pick, but a regular season in which the injury bug bit Baltimore hard, and very few things lined up for that to be the case this year. “This was an incredibly difficult decision, given the tremendous 18 years we have spent together and the profound respect I have for John as a coach and, most importantly, as a great man of integrity,” team owner Steve Bisciotti said in a statement released by the Ravens front office on Tuesday.

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“Throughout what I firmly believe is a Hall of Fame coaching career, John has delivered a Super Bowl championship to Baltimore and served as a steadfast pillar of humility and leadership. He and his family have deeply embedded themselves in this community. For these profound contributions, on and off the field, we should all be forever grateful.”

The second-longest tenured head coach in the NFL will now garner the interest of seven other teams who will be needing the services of a new head coach. Just hours after he was let go by the Ravens, his representatives fielded seven phone calls with interest.

This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: Baltimore Ravens part ways with longtime head coach John Harbaugh