Coaching Changes
- Buffalo Bills – Gregg Williams; replaced Wade Phillips who was fired following the 2000 season
- Cleveland Browns – Butch Davis; replaced Chris Palmer who was fired following the 2000 season
- Detroit Lions – Marty Mornhinweg; replaced interim Head Coach Gary Moeller who replaced Bobby Ross who resigned during the 2000 season.
- Kansas City Chiefs – Dick Vermeil; replaced Gunther Cunningham who was fired following the 2000 season
- New York Jets – Herman Edwards; replaced Al Groh who resigned to become the Head Coach of the University of Virginia.
- Washington Redskins – Marty Schottenheimer; replaced interim Head Coach Terry Robiskie who replaced Norv Turner who was fired during the 2000 season
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