NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk fired general manager Jon Robinson Tuesday in the midst of his seventh 7-year season with the team. 5.
The Titans announced Strunk’s decision in a statement. Ryan Cowden, the team’s vice president of sporting personnel, will take over from Robinson for the remainder of the season.
The team would begin searching for a new general manager at the conclusion of the season.
Strunk said her goal since March 2015, when she became controlling owner, has been to raise the bar in all aspects of the franchise she inherited from her late father, Bud.
He added that the Titans have made “significant progress” on and off the field.
And in addition to investing millions of dollars in the team, Strunk would seek to show that he does not shy away from decisions in search of the Lombardi trophy that his father never managed to win.
Robinson was fired even though the team ranks second, behind only the Kansas City Chiefs for most consecutive winning seasons.
“This progress includes the core of our business, the football team itself, which is regularly evaluated both on its results (wins and losses) as well as on team and roster construction,” Strunk said. “I am proud of what we have accomplished in my eight seasons as owner, but I believe there is more to do and higher aspirations to achieve.”
Strunk paid to renovate the Titans’ headquarters, doubling its size to accommodate numerous new employees.
The Titans are about to put down the last piece of funding for a new indoor arena they want to open by the 2026 season.
Strunk fired coach Ken Whisenhunt in November 2015 after starting 1-6 in his second season and going 3-20 overall. He fired general manager Ruston Webster at the end of that season.
He hired Robinson, a native of Union City, West Tennessee, in January 2016 after the franchise had a combined 5-27 record in 2014 and ’15.
In January 2018, when coach Mike Mularkey hesitated to make changes, Strunk fired him after a divisional round playoff loss. He quickly named Mike Vrabel as his replacement.
The Titans have never gone worse than 9-7 under Robinson. They were the top seed in the AFC in 2021, with a 12-5 record.
That earned Vrabel, whom Robinson helped recruit in January 2018, the AP Coach of the Year award.
Robinson and Vrabel’s contracts had only been extended in February.