Head Coach

Mike McCoy has agreed in principle to become the next head coach of the San Diego Chargers, the Associated Press is reporting. [Updated at 1 p.m.: The Chargers have scheduled a news conference at 2 p.m. PST Tuesday to introduce McCoy as their new head coach, according to the Associated Press. ] McCoy spent the last four seasons as offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos, who ranked No. 4 in total offense and No. 5 in passing offense this season. That should come as good news to Chargers fans, whose team finished 31st in total offense and 24th in passing.

USC has fired men's basketball coach Kevin O'Neill, the school announced on its website Monday. Longtime USC assistant coach Bob Cantu will serve as interim head coach while a search for O'Neill's successor is conducted. "I would like to thank Kevin O'Neill for his four years of service to USC," Athletic Director Pat Haden said. "He took over a program under difficult circumstances because of our NCAA issues and, despite that, he was able to do some good things. "It was hard for me to evaluate him as a head coach until this year when he had enough players and veterans to compete.

The Philadelphia Eagles last week interviewed former Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick for their head coaching vacancy, according to multiple reports. Eagles General Manager Howie Roseman has interviewed eight candidates since firing Andy Reid on Dec. 31, after Reid led the team to a disappointing 4-12 record. Billick compiled an 80-64 record in Baltimore, guiding the Ravens to their only Super Bowl title when they defeated the New York Giants in the 2001 championship game.

The Cleveland Browns named Rob Chudzinski their new head coach on Thursday, replacing Pat Shurmur, who was fired Dec. 31 after the Browns finished 5-11 this season. Chudzinski spent the last two seasons as Carolina's offensive coordinator. He has had two previous stints with the Browns as an assistant coach. He coached tight ends in 2004 and was offensive coordinator from 2007-08. After his first stint on Cleveland's staff, Chudzinski spent two seasons as San Diego's tight ends coach.

Mike Mularkey is out as coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Like Kansas City's Romeo Crennel, Mularkey was fired after one abysmal season. Both the Jaguars and Chiefs finished a league-worst 2-14.  “I know Mike well and do not want anyone to misinterpret the rationale behind my decision,” Jaguars General Manager David Caldwell said. “Mike is an excellent coach and I am sure he will succeed in his next stop in the NFL.  However, I must do what I believe is best for the Jacksonville Jaguars and immediately explore every avenue possible to turn our football team around.  For that to happen as seamlessly as we want, and as quickly as our fans deserve, I feel it is in everyone's best interests for an immediate and clean restart.” Said Jaguars owner Shad Khan: “Mike Mularkey is leaving our organization with my utmost respect.

Just days after saying he has no intention of leaving, Notre Dame Coach Brian Kelly was in Philadelphia interviewing for the Eagles head coaching job. Kelly met with the Eagles on Tuesday, and they have agreed to meet again this weekend, according to ESPN.com . Kelly led the Fighting Irish to a 12-1 record in the season that just ended, the only blemish coming in their 42-14 loss to Alabama in the BCS title game. Kelly was asked about heading to the NFL on Saturday, and he said, "Leaving Notre Dame is not an option.

The San Diego Chargers have contacted UCLA football Coach Jim Mora about their head-coaching vacancy through his representatives, according to multiple people familiar with the situation who were not authorized to speak publicly. UCLA had a record of 9-5 in Mora's first season as coach. Mora is likely to remain in Westwood, with UCLA boosting the pay for his assistant coaches and improving the team's facilities, people in the university's athletic department said. Mora did not respond to phone calls or text messages.

Indianapolis Colts Coach Chuck Pagano has been through a lot this season. After being hired by the Colts during the off-season, Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia and missed most of the season while undergoing treatment. He re-assumed his head-coaching duties before the final regular-season game, a victory over the Houston Texans, and remained in that role for the Colts' wild-card playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, a season-ending 24-9 loss. Still, it was quite a season for the Colts, who had won just two games the previous year and revamped much of the team, opting to draft Andrew Luck as quarterback and trade all-time great Peyton Manning.

Bev Kearney, a Hall of Fame track coach at the University of Texas, has resigned due to an "intimate consensual relationship" with a Longhorns athlete in 2002. A statement released by the school Saturday reads in part : "Coach Bev Kearney informed The University of Texas at Austin today that she is resigning her position as head coach of the Women's Track and Field program effective immediately. Coach Kearney also had advised the Austin American-Statesman of her decision.

— USC, already without quarterback Matt Barkley for the Sun Bowl, finished Saturday's practice with receiver Marqise Lee and running back Curtis McNeal in question for Monday's game against Georgia Tech. Lee, an All-American who won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation's top receiver, was held out of most of USC's final workout after apparently hurting his left knee during a drill. Asked whether he was optimistic that Lee would play Monday, Coach Lane Kiffin said, "I'm hopeful, that's for sure….