Houston Texans

This season was Houston's third with a losing record after the team went 4-12 in 2020. Read more at Boston.com.

This is the second time the Texans have fired a coach after just one year. It is the third time since the merger that a team has fired its head coach in consecutive years after just one season. His firing will give the Texans a fourth head coach in as many years. Gary Kubiak took over, and he was fired in his eighth season. Smith was promoted to head coach after serving as the team’s defensive coordinator for one season. The 64-year-old Smith was one of the few Black coaches in the NFL along with Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowles and Miami’s Mike McDaniel, who is biracial.

The Houston Texans are a joke. Not a funny joke either, because that would assume this organization could be comedic — and they can't do anything right.

No team is in need of a new owner more than the Texans. Make no mistake: The Texans will find a coach, because coaching in the NFL is still the greatest prize for any football coach. This is the future the Texans deserve. Easterby left in October of 2022, which was a “mutual decision,” again a benefit that isn’t granted to the team’s coaches. Caserio will given the opportunities his coaches were not, and now he’ll look to hire his third coach in as many years to run his sad, busted organization. They’re funny the same way calling Covid the “China Virus” is funny, [which is an actual thing owner Cal McNair did in 2021](https://www.chron.com/sports/texans/article/Houston-Texans-Cal-McNair-China-Virus-COVID-golf-16566479.php).

After one season as head coach, second-year quarterback Davis Mills said he is "grateful" for his lone season playing under Lovie Smith.

[@LockedOnTexans](https://twitter.com/lockedontexans?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) today! He completed 61.0 percent of his passes for 3,118 yards, 17 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. We are excited to continue building a great franchise around here." "I still think our best football as a franchise is still ahead of us. Mills said he saw the news on social media when he heard of Smith's firing. Smith's jettison marks the second one-and-done coach in two consecutive years (David Culley) and the third head coach to be let go by the franchise since Bill O'Brien in October of 2020.

The Bears, Texans and whomever the Bears trade their pick to, have Lovie to thank.

We have Lovie Smith to thank for the ensuing offseason speculation. All the intrigue and analysis of the offseason is about to be doubled. It’s not like they fell from the first pick to the fourth. If the Texans wanted to He had to know this might be it and he left a lasting memory in Houston while simultaneously gifting the Bears again. Then, in Week 16, the Texans tossed Malik Willis into a sinkhole, from which we may never escape, for a surprising win.

Now that the Lovie Smith era is over for the Houston Texans, most people are expecting the Davis Mills era to end as well.

The season ticket renewal pic is just confirmation that the Davis Mills era for the Houston Texans is officially over. Now that they have the number two pick, it’s still a no-brainer that the team will be looking at QB even if Young is off the board. What might be a little surprising is that the team made it clear it was moving on from the second-year quarterback before the season was officially finished.

How many picks do the Houston Texans have in the 2023 NFL Draft? Houston's abundance of draft capital provides hope for a quick rebuild.

They have two in Round 1, one in Round 2, two in Round 3, and one at the top of Round 4. They earned this pick, along with their second third-rounder, by dealing QB Deshaun Watson to the Cleveland Browns in the 2022 offseason. [Bryce Young](https://www.profootballnetwork.com/bryce-young-qb-alabama-nfl-draft-scouting-report-2023/), [C.J. With that pick, they’ll be able to add their choice of the 2023 quarterbacks — with But the team’s selections in the early rounds are most important. [Houston Texans](https://www.profootballnetwork.com/tag/houston-texans) team looking to rebuild and return to prominence.

In the wake of the Lovie Smith firing, ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith said Black coaches should avoid working for the Texans.

He referenced the trade of Deshaun Watson, rumors that the Texans wanted to hire Josh McCown after last season, and the firings of the last two coaches as strikes against Caserio. This was his last chance to try to get back in the NFL.’ So you have to take what’s on the table, to try to change it. “You said you don’t know why the GM still has his job,” Irvin said. “I don’t know any white coach who would take the job unless you give him some guarantees. You should hope beyond God that the Houston Texans never call you – not as long as [general manager Nick Caserio] is in there. For the second consecutive year, the Texans let go of an African American coach after just one season.

The franchise firing David Culley and Lovie Smith in consecutive seasons shows Black coaches should welcome its offers at their own peril. Lovie Smith ...

Despite the obvious risks, Culley and Smith opened their doors to the Texans. In the previous 37 openings for NFL head coaches, only five Black men were hired to fill positions. Generally, assistants on offense – and especially those who work closely with quarterbacks – are the most sought-after candidates to fill openings for head coaches. In the NFL, trying to win without a top QB is like trying to drive a car that has no gas. The same goes for Culley and Smith during their short stints with the Texans. This always bears repeating: The NFL has 32 teams, and players who identify as either Black or African American account for 57.5% of NFL rosters. The problem is, one season isn’t enough time for a coach to implement his vision and establish the culture he wants, especially when things are unsettled at quarterback – the most important position in the sport. For starters, Caserio, who in two years as Houston’s GM has proven he’s about as skilled in that position as Kevin McCarthy is at counting votes, remains in charge of the team’s football operation. With the tools Caserio provided to Culley, Bill Belichick couldn’t have made the X’s and O’s work. Reportedly, in an effort to plead for a second season to lead this dumpster fire of a franchise, Smith met recently with team chairman and CEO Cal McNair, presenting his case for staying the course. The Texans cut ties with Smith after the team completed a 3-13-1 season, which landed them the No. Briefly, Smith held the top rung on the club’s coaching staff after the Texans formerly embraced David Culley for a New York Minute.

Lovie Smith has been fired as coach of the Houston Texans on Sunday night after just one season where the team went 3-13-1. It's the second straight season ...

This is the second time the Texans have fired a coach after just one year. It is the third time since the merger that a team has fired its head coach in consecutive years after just one season. His firing will give the Texans a fourth head coach in as many years. Smith was promoted to head coach after serving as the team's defensive coordinator for one season. Gary Kubiak took over, and he was fired in his eighth season. "We are grateful for his leadership and character, and we wish him the best moving forward," McNair said. "Hiring Lovie Smith to an extremely untalented Texans team was only done to save face, checklist the Rooney rule, and erase the racial accusations it faced less than a year ago," Taylor tweeted. The 64-year-old Smith was one of the few Black coaches in the NFL along with Pittsburgh's Mike Tomlin, Tampa Bay's Todd Bowles and Miami's Mike McDaniel, who is biracial. They also had to contend with an inexperienced young quarterback in Mills with Deshaun Watson sitting out last season after requesting a trade before his sexual misconduct allegations surfaced and then being traded to Cleveland before this season. "What are the Texans doing," Dungy tweeted Sunday night. "I'm constantly evaluating our football operation and believe this is the best decision for us at this time," general manager Nick Caserio said in a statement announcing the team parting ways with Smith. Each week our game plan to be to win the game.

While the order of the opponents is still to be determined, who the Texans are playing next season is now known.

[@LockedOnTexans](https://twitter.com/lockedontexans?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) today! The schedule, while daunting on paper, could always play out in the Texans' favor. 2 pick in the 2023 draft it seems all but certain a new quarterback will be manning the offense once the new season starts. [ just how good you think the Texans will be](https://www.si.com/nfl/texans/news/houston-texans-coach-attractive-job-lovie-smith-fire-nick-caserio-jonathan-gannon-eagles-bryce-young-draft). While there is still eight months until the start of the 2023 season, we do know who the Texans will be playing and where next season. 2 pick in the upcoming draft.

Let's find out together who our favorite football team will be playing next year.

New York and Atlanta seem like the best trips on the season. [Houston Texans](https://www.battleredblog.com/) are once again out of the postseason mix. It’s of course not a full schedule, we won’t know WHEN they play these teams until May.

The Texans have the No. 2 and No. 12 picks in the 2023 draft. Will Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud, or Jalen Carter end up in the Bayou City?

[Houston Texans](https://www.chron.com/sports/texans/) blew their chance at the No. Here are five scenarios that could play out for the Texans at picks No. 2 and No.

The Texans have 11 picks in the 2023 NFL Draft. Houston went 3-13-1 in 2022 and will pick second overall. Because of a March 2022 trade with the Browns, ...

Houston has sixth-rounder from the Saints, Vikings and Giants. Because of a March 2022 trade with the Browns, the Texans also own Cleveland's first-rounder (12th overall) and third-round selection (73rd overall). [Houston went 3-13-1 in 2022 and will pick second overall](/news/texans-own-second-overall-pick-11-total-in-2023-nfl-draft).

The Houston Texans blew the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft with their 32-31 win over the Indianapolis Colts in Week 18 at Lucas Oil Stadium.

With Lovie Smith being fired, here's a look at 10 potential Houston Texans coaching candidates—including DeMeco Ryans, Jonathan Gannon and Jim Harbaugh.

Smith's predecessor, David Culley, [was also fired](https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Texans-fire-Culley-after-just-one-season-16773600.php) after one year as the team went 4-13 in 2021. Houston hasn't won more than four games since 2019, a season capped by a [24-point playoff collapse](https://www.chron.com/sports/texans/article/Houston-Texans-Kansas-City-Chiefs-playoffs-recap-14965981.php) against the Kansas City Chiefs that seemingly sent the franchise into a tailspin. [fired as Texans head coach on Sunday](https://www.chron.com/sports/texans/article/houston-texans-fire-lovie-smith-17703930.php) pretty much immediately at the conclusion of a 3-13-1 season.