Sources: Lions fire Jim Schwartz
— -- The Detroit Lions fired coach Jim Schwartz on Monday, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
Despite winning six of their first nine games this season, the Lions crumbled down the stretch, finishing 7-9 and missing the playoffs.
It marked the second straight season that Schwartz presided over a second-half collapse in Detroit, which lost its final eight games in 2012 to finish with a 4-12 record.
Schwartz's frustration seemed to boil over during a Week 16 loss to the New York Giants when he appeared to yell at Detroit fans for booing near the end of regulation. The Lions lost in overtime, ending their postseason bid.
The 47-year-old Schwartz went 29-51 and coached the Lions to one postseason appearance in 2011, when Detroit posted a winning record for the first time since 2000.
Schwartz inherited a Lions team that set an NFL record for futility in 2008, when they became the first team in league history to go 0-16.
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