Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel has fired special teams coordinator Craig Aukerman after the Titans had a punt blocked and returned for a touchdow n followed by the punter suffering a season-ending injury on his next punt attempt.
Vrabel announced the rare in-season coaching change Monday with Tom Quinn taking over for the rest of this season.
The move comes after the Titans (4-8) lost second-year punter Ryan Stonehouse to an injured left leg. Vrabel said Stonehouse will need season-ending surgery, costing the Titans a punter who as a rookie set an NFL single-season record for gross yards per punt that had stood since 1940.
“I felt like the timing was what it needed to be,” Vrabel said of his decision on firing Aukerman, who was promoted to special teams coach when Vrabel was hired as head coach in
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