By Jeremy Kahn

Well after just into the 2014 NFL season, the Oakland Raiders decided to changes things up with their coaching staff.

Dennis Allen, who was in just his third season as the head coach of the Raiders was informed via telephone that his services were no longer needed by the team and he was fired.

Going back to last season, the Raiders have lost 10 games in a row and off to their worst start since 2006, where they finished 2-14 and were guaranteed the first pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, which turned out to be JaMarcus Russell.

In Allen’s 36 games as the head coach of the Raiders, he finishes with a record of 8-28 and in nine of those losses, the Raiders lost by 20 points or more, including a 24-point loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday at Wembley Stadium in London.

Since the trade of Jon Gruden after the 2001 season to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will enter their game on October 12 against the San Diego Chargers with their eighth different head coach on the sidelines.

Following Gruden, it was Bill Callahan for two seasons, then Norv Turner for two seasons, former Raiders offensive lineman and former coach Art Shell wore the headset for one tumultuous season that saw the Raiders go 2-14, Lane Kiffin for a season and then was fired with cause after the fourth game of the season, then Tom Cable took over until being let go at the end of the 2010 season, Hue Jackson was on the sidelines for one season and then Allen.