ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Jack Del Rio has been fired as coach of the Oakland Raiders, ending his three-year tenure after a disappointing 6-10 record this season.
The firing comes after Del Rio signed a four-year contract extension last offseason.
"Today was kind of a microcosm of our season," Del Rio said after the Raiders' 30-10 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. "The opportunities and lack of production really not good enough, really disappointing."
The Raiders evidently are ready to make wholesale changes, however, as the organization is preparing to pursue ESPN analyst Jon Gruden with a strong offer that could include an ownership stake in the team, league sources told ESPN this past weekend.
Del Rio said owner Mark Davis informed him of his firing after Sunday's game.
"He told me he loved me and appreciated all I did to get this program going in the right direction, but that he felt the need to change," Del Rio said. "I told him how much I appreciated the opportunity he gave me; very grateful, my childhood team.
"But it's a results business. I understand that."
The Raiders had high expectations coming into the 2017 season after improving from 7-9 in Del Rio's first year to 12-4 in 2016 and the franchise's first playoff appearance in 14 years.
But star quarterback Derek Carr regressed under first-year offensive coordinator Todd Downing, and Ken Norton, Jr. was fired as defensive coordinator after 10 games. The Raiders got next to nothing out of their first- and second-round draft picks as cornerback Gareon Conley and safety Obi Melifonwu played a combined seven games and both ended the season on injured reserve.
The season started strong for Del Rio and the Raiders, a popular Super Bowl pick, with wins at the Tennessee Titans and at home against the New York Jets, before a four-game losing streak had Oakland playing catch-up the rest of the season. The surprising 27-10 blowout loss in Week 3 at Washington on national television "shook" the Raiders, general manager Reggie McKenzie acknowledged, and they never got above .500 the rest of the way.
Del Rio went 26-22/25-23 in his three seasons with the Raiders and lasted longer than any Oakland coach since Gruden from 1998-01. In fact, Del Rio is one of only seven coaches in Raiders franchise history to depart with a winning record, along with Al Davis (23-16-3), John Rauch (33-8-1), John Madden (103-32-7) , Tom Flores (83-53), Art Shell (56-52) and Gruden (38-26).
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