Every year, coaches are fired mid-season, and teams have to find a suitable replacement. These replacements are given the challenge of turning a struggling team around. While this comes with a certain level of security through the rest of the season, almost none of these interim coaches are rehired after their first season, despite consistently outperforming their predecessors. Interim coaches have a win percentage almost ten points higher than the original coach over the past ten years, and watching these teams, we can see their presence completely change on the field. Interim coaches even have a win percentage of 57% in their first games over the past ten years. Considering every interim head coach, with the exception of Rich Bisaccia with the Raiders in 2021, has inherited a team with a losing record, this seems like some type of outlier. There is a reason for this abnormality, however, as replacing a coach who has lost the respect of his locker room can completely change the motivation and confidence of an entire team.