The cutthroat college football landscape takes no prisoners, even (or especially) if you are the 15-year veteran coach at a service academy.

The Naval Academy fired its head coach, Ken Niumatalolo, in an undignified fashion, with Athletic Director Chet Gladchuk dismissing him in the locker room after the team’s double-overtime loss to Army. Niumatalolo is the coach with the most wins in the Navy’s history. The team has had double-digit wins just five times in its 129-year history, and Niumatalolo has three of them, including the only 11-win seasons in program history.