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Owner says Billick will not return as Ravens coach
ESPN.com
Updated: December 31, 2007, 2:13 PM ET
Less than a year after signing him to a contract extension through 2010, the Baltimore Ravens on Monday fired coach Brian Billick.
The dismissal of Billick was confirmed to ESPN's Chris Mortensen by owner Steve Bisciotti and to ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli by an assistant coach and a front office official.
Billick, 53, compiled an 85-67 record in nine seasons. The Ravens, who won the AFC North championship in 2006, struggled to a 5-11 mark this season, a year that included a nine-game losing streak.
In his second season with the franchise, Billick led the Ravens to the Super Bowl XXXV title in 2000, but never got the club back to the title game.
Only a few weeks ago, Billick proclaimed that he would return in 2008, but Bisciotti, who does not speak during the season, made no statement to that effect.
At his day-after-game news conference on Dec. 11, with his team wounded by seven consecutive losses, Billick declared that he would be back next season. But a team spokesman, when later contacted by The Baltimore Sun, would not confirm that Bisciotti had told Billick his job was safe.
ESPN.com
Updated: December 31, 2007, 2:13 PM ET
Less than a year after signing him to a contract extension through 2010, the Baltimore Ravens on Monday fired coach Brian Billick.
The dismissal of Billick was confirmed to ESPN's Chris Mortensen by owner Steve Bisciotti and to ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli by an assistant coach and a front office official.
Billick, 53, compiled an 85-67 record in nine seasons. The Ravens, who won the AFC North championship in 2006, struggled to a 5-11 mark this season, a year that included a nine-game losing streak.
In his second season with the franchise, Billick led the Ravens to the Super Bowl XXXV title in 2000, but never got the club back to the title game.
Only a few weeks ago, Billick proclaimed that he would return in 2008, but Bisciotti, who does not speak during the season, made no statement to that effect.
At his day-after-game news conference on Dec. 11, with his team wounded by seven consecutive losses, Billick declared that he would be back next season. But a team spokesman, when later contacted by The Baltimore Sun, would not confirm that Bisciotti had told Billick his job was safe.
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