Redskins fire coach Shanahan after 3-13 season

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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins have fired coach Mike Shanahan after a 3-13
season.Shanahan was dismissed Monday after meeting with team owner Dan Snyder.Shanahanwent 24-40 in four
years in Washington, but his greater failure was aninability to restore order and professionalism to a
franchise that hasoften been in disarray for the last two decades.The Redskinsfinished last in the NFC East
in three of Shanahan’s four seasons. Theoutlier was 2012, when a seven-game winning streak at the end of
theregular season won the team its first division title since 1999.Shanahan had one year remaining on his
five-year, $35 million contract.Snyder will now be seeking his eighth head coach for his 16th season as an
NFL owner.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.orgCopyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This
material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins have fired coach Mike
Shanahan after a 3-13 season.Shanahan was dismissed Monday after meeting with team owner Dan
Snyder.Shanahanwent 24-40 in four years in Washington, but his greater failure was aninability to restore
order and professionalism to a franchise that hasoften been in disarray for the last two decades.The
Redskinsfinished last in the NFC East in three of Shanahan’s four seasons. Theoutlier was 2012, when a
seven-game winning streak at the end of theregular season won the team its first division title since
1999.Shanahan had one year remaining on his five-year, $35 million contract.Snyder will now be seeking his
eighth head coach for his 16th season as an NFL owner.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.orgCopyright 2013 The
Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten
orredistributed.

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