Jeff Jagodzinski Out as Nighthawks' Coach

The NFL isn't the only professional football league canning coaches Monday.

Apparently, the UFL also wants winners.

In a surprise move, the Nighthawks fired Jeff Jagodzinski Monday. The first-year coach led the Nighthawks to a 3-5 record, but after losing the last four games of the season, Omaha failed to make the UFL championship game held in its backyard.

"The Nighthawks were arguably the biggest success story in sports off the field in 2010 with four straight sellouts and a buzz that engulfed the city of Omaha," said UFL commissioner Michael Huyghue. "But on the field the team was unable to replicate that success and as people involved with our sport appreciate, a head coach's longevity is linked with on-field results, so we have chosen to make a change."

Huyghue also added that other UFL teams may be making coaching changes as well.

"We have numerous options and we may lose other coaches during the course of the coming months that may influence our personnel decisions, which rest with me as Commissioner. We remain committed to putting the best head coaches available on the field in 2011."

It's the third straight year in which Jagodzinski has been booted from a coaching gig. After the 2008 season, Boston College fired him as head coach after he interviewed for a coaching job with the New York Jets.