Jim Zorn Fired As Head Coach Of Washington Redskins

Washingtonians have seen the last of Jim Zorn. The Washington Redskins fired its disgraced head coach shortly after the team returned to Redskins Park following a season-ending 23-20 loss to the San Diego Chargers early Monday, The Washington Post has learned.



The loss ended the Skins’ worst season in nearly 15 years: the team finished with a 4-12 record.

It was Redskins Executive Vice President/General Manager Bruce Allen who announced that Zorn has been dismissed and will not return as the franchise’s head coach in 2010. In a statement, Allen, who has been team General Manager for three weeks, said he “felt it was necessary to not waste a moment of time building this team into a winner.”

(Good luck with that, buddy…..)

Allen explained that his three-week game observation period was all the time he needed to make the decision that Zorn needed to go.

“The status quo is not acceptable. I felt it was necessary to not waste a moment of time building this team into a winner.”

Zorn was 12-20 over two seasons as head coach of The Washington Redskins. He was 6-18 in his last 24 games and still had one year left on his contract.