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The 2016 season was the Atlanta Falcons' 51st in the National Football League (NFL) and their second under head coach Dan Quinn.It also marked the team's 25th and final season playing their home games at the Georgia Dome, ahead of their move to the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in 2017.
There have been 18 head coaches for the Falcons franchise, 13 serving full-time. Among full-time head coaches, Mike Smith is the Falcons' winningest and longest tenured head coach, with a 66–46 regular season record. Under Smith's leadership, the team attained consecutive winning seasons (11–5 in 2008 and 9–7 in 2009), consecutive playoff ...
On February 2, 2015, Quinn was hired as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. [11] He won his first game as head coach on Monday Night Football. The Falcons started 5–0 before finishing the season 8–8 and missing the playoffs. [12] In the 2016 season, the Falcons won the NFC South with an 11–5 record. [13]
He was the Atlanta Falcons head coach from 2015-2020, leading the Falcons to a Super Bowl appearance in the 2016 season. Quinn takes over from Ron Rivera, who was fired last month after leading ...
The Atlanta Falcons, under second-year head coach Dan Quinn, finished the 2016 season with an 11–5 record, earning them the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs. It was a major reversal of declining fortunes for the team, which had failed to qualify to play in the playoffs in each of the last three seasons.
1. LI (51, 2016) New England Patriots 34, Atlanta Falcons 28 (OT) This game lacked nothing. Patriots QB Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick cemented their legacies, each becoming the first at ...
The following day, Mike Smith was fired after seven seasons as head coach. [95] The Falcons would soon hire Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn as the team's 16th head coach. [96] The Falcons had the 8th overall pick in the 2015 NFL draft with which they selected Vic Beasley, a defensive end from Clemson University. [97]
Strikingly, of the six coaches that Falcons owner Arthur Blank has hired since buying the Falcons in 2002, Morris is the first one with previous NFL head coaching experience. So, there’s ...