In case you missed him, Jeff Fisher is back in action.
Former NFL head coach Jeff Fisher announced on Tuesday that he has been appointed as the temporary commissioner of the Arena Football League. Fisher, who was already serving as the Nashville Kats’ president of operations, will now take on the league’s leadership role.
Fisher is well-known for his tenure as the head coach of the Rams and his 16 seasons leading the Titans. He was named the AFL’s Interim Commissioner three weeks into the 2024 season.
“This league is good,” Fisher said. “We’re looking forward to continuing and finishing the season.”
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Jeff Fisher is most renowned for his time spent as an NFL head coach, but before joining the Arena League, he was active in the USFL and the Alliance of American Football in 2019. In 2022, he was the head coach of the Michigan Panthers in the USFL.
With teams like the Minnesota Myth, Philadelphia Soul, Iowa Rampage, and Georgia Force folding, the league has shrunk from 16 teams to 12, presenting Fisher with significant challenges. Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk noted that Fisher was considered by several league owners as a temporary replacement for Commissioner Lee Hutton.
From 1994 to 2010, Fisher was the head coach of the Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans for 17 seasons, achieving a record of 142-120 overall and reaching the Super Bowl in the 1999 season.
Jeff Fisher hasn’t coached in the NFL since the Rams fired him in 2016, but he has remained active in the football world. Instead of returning to the NFL, he coached the Michigan Panthers for one season in 2022 in the USFL.
Fisher was often known for leading his teams to 8-8 seasons. With the addition of an extra game to the NFL schedule, that record is now statistically impossible to achieve.
