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Titans HC Brian Callahan to give up play-calling duties after 0-3 start to season

Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan is making a significant change to his game-day operations following an 0-3 start to the season.

Callahan is giving up offensive play-calling duties to quarterbacks coach Bo Hardegree, the team announced on Tuesday.

The Titans also announced that offensive coordinator Nick Holz will continue to work alongside Callahan and Hardegree.

"One of the things I told the team, and told our players, after our game (vs the Colts) is: Everyone owns a mirror, right? We can all look at it and see where we can be better and what can help us be better," Callahan said, via the team's official website. "I think this is one of the best things for us at the moment, to help me do a better job as a head coach and be more present and available for the football team, and less involved in just the day-to-day minutia of getting ready to call a game. I think it is going to be positive for us, I think it will help."

Callahan called plays for the first 20 games since he was hired as Titans head coach in 2024, but Tennessee's slow start to the 2025 season has cast a cloud over his position.

Following Sunday's 41-20 blowout loss to the Indianapolis Colts, Callahan, who is 3-17 as Titans HC, fielded questions about the home town fans calling for his job.

"I don't really worry about that, to be honest," Callahan said after the game. "My focus is on trying to make sure our football team is in as good a place as possible and the rest of that stuff is what it is. I don't think about those things, and you really can't. I mean this is hard enough as it is to put those other things and think about that. It doesn't do anybody any good. So, I just go to work and work as hard as I can. I put as much effort as I can into this and that is what it is."

The Titans play the Houston Texans (0-3) on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

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