Jeff FisherTennessee Titans13-3 regular season record AFM ChampionsWhen the boxes were finally unpacked, and Jeff Fisher had settled into his new office at the Titans\' new Adelphia Coliseum complex, he knew he and his team were finally home. No longer were the Titans the vagabonds of the NFL, moving from Houston to Memphis to the campus of Vanderbilt University during the course of three consecutive 8-8 seasons. Rid of the distractions of sharing gameday lockers and facilities, the team could now devote its full attention to the task of winning football games. And win football games they did, finishing 1999 with twice as many total victories (16) than in each of the past three seasons and an unexpected trip to the franchise\'s first Super Bowl. Fisher, 42, who was mentored by Buddy Ryan, first as a player with the Bears in the mid \'80s and then as Ryan\'s defensive coordinator in
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