Every NFL team goes through a period of hiring coaches who aren’t the best fit. It’s not that the coaches are bad, well, maybe some of them, but their vision and scheme simply didn’t work for the team they were hired to lead. The Cleveland Browns have had their fair share of coaching gaffes, and the Washington Commanders have had their own as well.

We often recognize the best in the business, but we fail to acknowledge the misfires, which is why CBS Sports ranked the top 25 worst coaching hires over the last 25 years. The Commanders had two coaches land on the list, at numbers 20 and 19, respectively.

Steve Spurrier (Washington)Record: 12-20

In between prolific tenures at Florida and South Carolina, college’s “Head Ball Coach” tried his hand in the NFL, inking one of the most lucrative contracts in league history. He ended up forfeiting some of the lofty paychecks when he resigned after just two losing seasons in D.C., during which headlines buzzed about a testy relationship with owner Dan Snyder and an overreliance on old Gators pals. Spurrier later admitted he’d hoped the Washington gig would help him “retire to the beach and play golf a bunch,” accepting some blame for the failed marriage.

Jim Zorn (Washington)Record: 11-20

Zorn’s primary issue may have been that he was never qualified for the job, which speaks more to organizational oversight than personal shortcomings. One month after hiring Zorn as an offensive coordinator, owner Dan Snyder promoted Zorn all the way to the top post to replace the retired Joe Gibbs. Zorn surprisingly started 6-2, but most Washington fans remember him best for calling an infamous “swinging gate” trick play, in which he asked his unblocked punter to throw a critical pass.

Most Commanders fans want to forget the entire Dan Snyder era, and these two hires are a prime example of why. Spurrier is a fantastic college football coach who is well-respected across the NCAA and NFL. At the age of 80, he hasn’t coached for six years now, but his reputation remains intact despite the failed attempt at coaching in the NFL.

Zorn’s failure, as indicated in the article, isn’t entirely his fault. He was hired as offensive coordinator, which was the track he was on at his previous places of employment. As a former quarterback in the NFL, Zorn’s coaching experience was largely as a quarterbacks coach or assistant offensive coach. He had one stint as an offensive coordinator for Utah State from 1992-1994, so Snyder’s promotion of Zorn to head coach was incredibly off-base.

Spurrier returned to the collegiate level after leaving the Commanders, while Zorn remained in the NFL as a quarterbacks coach until 2012.

The Commanders have a good feeling about their current head coach, though, and it’s doubtful Dan Quinn will ever end up on a list like this. At least, not for the Commanders.

This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: Commanders own 2 of the worst head coaching hires this century