Nick Sirianni coaching record: Why Eagles coach is on 'hot seat' with fans despite success with team

Nick Sirianni took the Eagles to the Super Bowl in his second season, but Philadelphia's late-season collapse in 2023 made 2024 a make-or-break year for the young coach.

So far, so good. The Eagles are 7-2, leading the NFC East, and sitting just a game out of the NFC's top seed. So, why are some fans still calling for Sirianni's job?

The fourth-year coach has yet to miss the playoffs with the Eagles and appears to be headed back once again even if Philadelphia can't hang onto the division lead down the stretch. Some decisions by Sirianni, however, have fans less than convinced.

Here's a look at Sirianni's coaching record and why his job appears to be safe despite some clamoring for a change. 

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Is Nick Sirianni on the hot seat?

While Sirianni's job was believed to be at some risk after an ugly collapse last season, he's more than likely done enough to stay well off the hot seat this year — barring a similar collapse, of course.

There was little doubt Sirianni would get a fourth season even after a disappointing finish in 2023, with ESPN's Adam Schefter opining at the time, "They’ve gone to the playoffs in three of three years. You’re not firing a coach that has gone to the playoffs every year he’s coached that team.'

That means a fourth consecutive playoff appearance would make it equally as tough to move on from Sirianni this time around. Reports indicated Sirianni had something to prove in 2024, but a 7-2 start puts most of those disaster scenarios to rest.

So, why are some fans unconvinced? 

After the sour taste of 2023, the Eagles' offense endured a pretty choppy stretch to start the season. Once the team got back from Brazil after Week 1, the Eagles went 2-2 and averaged 18 points per game over that stretch — not a disaster by any means, but far below the standard for such a talented unit.

Even some of the Eagles' early-season wins included some questionable game management decisions. Philadelphia whiffed on fourth down twice in a Week 3 win over the Saints, sacrificing six points in a game in which they were shut out through the first three quarters. After the game, Sirianni admitted he put the team in a "bad spot" with his fourth-down decisions.

A week earlier, Sirianni chose to go for it on fourth-and-4 with the Eagles leading the Falcons late in the fourth quarter. Rather than pad their lead with a field goal, the Eagles came up short and set up what would be a game-winning drive from Atlanta.

There were more questionable fourth-down and two-point conversion decisions in a narrow win vs. the lowly Jaguars in Week 9, and there was also an incident where he seemingly trash-talked with jeering Eagles fans at the end of a home game earlier in the year.

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Overall, though, the Eagles have started to look much more cohesive under two new play-callers. The wins have followed, and Sirianni's seat has cooled once again — but it might take some wins in January for fans to stop speculating about his job status.

Some fans wondered ahead of 2024 what exactly Sirianni's role even is if Kellen Moore is calling offensive plays and Vic Fangio is calling defensive plays. It's not uncommon for a head coach to act more as a CEO, though, and let coordinators on each side of the ball call plays. More hiring failures would have reflected poorly on Sirianni after he whiffed on his coordinator hires in 2023, but both Moore and Fangio have looked like upgrades for Philadelphia. 

Here's a look at Sirianni's coaching record ahead of Thursday's NFC East showdown with the Commanders.

Nick Sirianni coaching record

Sirianni might come with his share of flaws, but his record through 60 games speaks for itself. At 41-19, his .683 winning percentage is second among active coaches with at least 60 games coached and eighth all-time. 

After 2023's late-season collapse of six losses in the Eagles' last seven games, including playoffs, Sirianni's impressive record wasn't at the forefront of fans' minds. The Eagles have bounced back, though. It wasn't always pretty early on, with Philadelphia narrowly escaping the Saints and Browns, but the Eagles have started to win more comfortably in recent weeks and appear to be back where they were at their peak two years ago. 

Unless the team unravels the same way it did in 2023, it would be a bold decision for owner Jeffrey Lurie to move on from a coach with such an impressive record through four years.