Shortly after falling to 0-5 on the season, the Atlanta Falcons made it official: Dan Quinn is out as head coach.

The team also fired general manager Thomas Dimitroff. Falcons President and CEO Rich McKay has assumed day-to-day oversight of football operations with an interim head coach to be named Monday.

“Decisions like these are very difficult, but the previous two seasons and start to this one have been especially hard for me because of the deep love, admiration and respect I and my family have for Dan, Thomas and their families,” owner and president Arthur Blank said in the announcement. “For many years, they have represented me, our team, organization and Atlanta with class, commitment and all the passion you would want in the leaders of the team. But as everyone knows, this is a results business and I owe it to our fans to put the best product we can on the field. We have poured every resource possible into winning and will continue to do so, but the results of late do not meet our standard or what I’ve promised our fans. Therefore, we will install new coaching and personnel leadership of the Atlanta Falcons at the appropriate time.

“Our finish in 2019 earned an opportunity to show that momentum could be continued and built upon, but that has clearly not happened,” Blank continued. “And overall, the last 3-plus seasons have fallen short of my commitment to Atlanta and to our fans everywhere. I want them all to know that my commitment to winning has not wavered and I will continue to provide every resource possible to that end.”

Quinn’s Falcons tenure began in the 2015 season. Atlanta was 43-42 under Quinn, highlighted by a trip to Super Bowl LI following the 2016 season.

Quinn began his coaching career in 1994 as the defensive line coach at William & Mary. In 2001, he made the jump to the NFL as a defensive quality control assistant for the San Francisco 49ers. Prior to becoming the Falcons head coach, he was a defensive assistant for multiple NFL teams, including the Miami Dolphins under Nick Saban.

Quinn made a brief stop in the SEC as Will Muschamp’s defensive coordinator at Florida for 2011 and ’12. Muschamp and Quinn were both members of Saban’s Dolphins staff working alongside SEC assistants Dameyune Craig, James Coley and Scott Linehan. Quinn left Florida to be the Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator.