Colts name Jeff Saturday Interim Head Coach

[Chaka]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

It's interesting. Although the league was a lot different then. I don't know how precedented it is... I just know it's pretty fucking strange.

I can think of a couple of somewhat similar circumstances, albeit not head coaching situations. Unfortunately, neither worked out particularly well

Mike Mayock - Took over the Raiders GM position several seasons ago after a long broadcasting career. Fired earlier this year.

Bo Schembechler - Became president of MLB's Detroit Tigers in 1990, after a long college football coaching career. Fired two years later.

Not sure what all of this means, other than there have been a few situations where pro teams have brought in outsiders into important positions without any direct prior experience.