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Allen served as head coach during the Saints' Week 15 matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where the Saints defeated the Buccaneers on Sunday Night Football, 9–0. [ 17 ] Following Sean Payton's retirement on January 25, Allen was promoted to head coach of the New Orleans Saints on February 8, 2022.
Tom Fears, the franchise's first head coach serving from 1967 to 1970, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1970, [4] and is the only coach to be inducted into the Hall of Fame while spending his entire coaching career with the Saints. Hank Stram, who coached the Saints from 1976 to 1977, and Mike Ditka, who coached the Saints ...
Payton agreed to a new five-year contract extension as head coach of the Saints on March 23, 2016. [59] On Christmas Eve 2016, Payton notched his 94th victory as Saints head coach, passing Jim E. Mora as the winningest coach in franchise history. The 2017 season saw the Saints achieve their first winning season since 2013, with an 11–5 record.
The Denver Broncos coach returns to the place where he spent 15 seasons as the head coach and the all-time winningest coach in Saints' franchise history in "Thursday Night Football" this week.
The New Orleans Saints improved to 2-0 under interim head coach Darren Rizzi in their 35-14 Week 11 win over the Cleveland Browns. Rizzi owes a debt of gratitude to Taysom Hill for the victory.
On December 15, oilman Mecom became the majority shareholder and thus president of the team with his winning bid of $8.5 million; [4] later that month, Tom Fears was named head coach. The team was named "Saints" due to its birthday on the Roman Catholic Church's All Saints Day—a fitting nickname for a team in the largely Catholic New Orleans ...
Saints starting quarterback Derek Carr, who watched the play from the sideline after his four-touchdown day was done, said he knew that offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr. had called for a ...
The Saints failed to make the playoffs over the next three years. In 2002, the Saints led the NFC in scoring with 49 touchdowns and 432 points, but slowed down at the end of the season. In 2003, the Saints scored 340 points—their eighth highest-scoring season ever. All of McCarthy's four years with the Saints rank in the team's top 10 years ...