Essendon have sacked coach Brad Scott with a year remaining on his contract.
Scott, 50, pays the price for the Bombers' dismal start to the AFL season, where they have won just one of their first 11 games.
The Bombers this year also equalled their club-record losing streak of 17 games, which included losing the final 13 matches of their 2025 campaign.
Scott departs after 80 games at the helm, for 29 wins, 50 losses and one draw.
Former North Melbourne mentor Scott signed a one-year extension through to the end of the 2027 season in March 2025.
That was supposed to deliver stability to the battling Bombers.
But Essendon are now on the hunt for their third senior coach in five seasons.
