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Bob Sutton out as defensive coordinator for Kansas City.

To steal a riff from Tuesday Morning Quarterback, “Sure, you got us to the AFC championship game and into overtime against New England. But what have you done for us lately?”

To steal a riff from TMQ Watch: “Gave up two touchdowns at the end of regulation and failed to stop New England in overtime.”

The Chiefs defense ranked among the worst in the NFL this season. They finished 31st in the regular season in yards allowed (405.5), 24th in yards per play (5.85), and 24th in points per game (26.3).

It’s that time of year, folks. You know the drill.

Non-NFL: “multiple reports” say Steve Alford is out as UCLA basketball coach. I don’t see anything about this in the LAT, but there’s supposed to be a press conference this afternoon.

Marvin Lewis fired as head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals after 16 seasons.

A major storyline of 2018 was a mass exodus of season-ticket holders when the team signed Lewis. They played in front of a nearly half-empty stadium for late-season games against Oakland, Denver and Cleveland. Crowds were at their lowest since the 2011 season, averaging 50,754 tickets distributed.

He was 131-122-3 overall and 0-7 in playoff games.

Adam Gase fired as head coach of the Miami Dolphins.

Gase went 23-25 in his three seasons with the Dolphins, but was just 13-19 after a 10-6 opening season that resulted in a playoff berth.

Vance Joseph out as head coach of the Denver Broncos. He was 11-21 overall, and 6-10 this season.

That’s all I have for now. I’m going to be running around most of the day, but I will try to update if and when I can.

Edited to add: Steve Wilks out as Arizona Cardinals head coach after one season and a 3-13 record.

Edited to add 2: The Atlanta Falcons fired offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, defensive coordinator Marquand Manuel, and special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong. But they kept Dan Quinn on as head coach.

Also: LAT story on the Steve Alford firing.

Fred Hoiberg out as head coach of the Chicago Bulls. Since Chicago still has two newspapers, here’s the Sun Times story.

And the Carolina Panthers fired two defensive assistants (defensive line coach Brady Hoke and assistant secondary coach Jeff Imamura).

Mike McCarthy out as head coach of the Green Bay Packers.

The Pack is not exactly noted for random coach shuffles, but McCarthy was 4-7-1 this season, lost to Arizona on Sunday, and Green Bay is pretty much out of the playoffs for the second season in a row.

McCarthy is 125-77-2 overall in 13 seasons, 10-8 in the playoffs, and has one Super Bowl win (and three NFC Championship losses) to his credit.

I don’t think he’s a bad coach, and someone’s going to be lucky to get him. But it does seem like it just wasn’t working out in Green Bay.

Terry Bowden done as coach of the University of Akron Zips. 35-52 overall, 4-8 (2-6 in conference) this season.

Division I football has been a struggle on and off the field for Akron since the Zips moved up to the top tier in 1987. Since then, no Akron head coach has been successful. Gerry Faust only had two winning Division I seasons out of nine with the Zips; Lee Owens had three out of nine; J.D. Brookhart had two winning seasons out of six; Rob Ianello had none in two years and Bowden only had two in seven years.