The Buffalo Bills have hired Sean McDermott to be their next head coach, the team announced Wednesday. The deal was reached shortly after the Bills interviewed McDermott for a second time in eight days. The 42-year-old has no previous head-coaching experience and spent the last six seasons working as the Carolina Panthers’ defensive coordinator. He becomes the team's ninth head coach since 1999, when Buffalo last made the playoffs under Wade Phillips. He started as a scouting coordinator for two years, then mentored under late defensive coordinator Jim Johnson.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 11, 2017 21:46 UTC