SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Chargers fired defensive coordinator
Greg Manusky after just one year on the job on Thursday and replaced him
by promoting linebackers coach John Pagano.
The shakeout came four days after the Chargers finished 8-8 and out of the playoffs for the second straight year.
It
also came two days after coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J.
Smith were notified by team President Dean Spanos that they will return
next season.
Manusky, a former NFL linebacker, was hired away from
the San Francisco 49ers last offseason to replace Ron Rivera, who left
to become head coach of the Carolina Panthers.
Pagano spent the last 10 seasons on San Diego's staff and has coached linebackers since 2005.
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