Michael Irvin ‘away from NFL Network’ as ex-Cowboys star loses analyst job he’s held since 2009

Michael Irvin is reportedly away from the NFL Network after 15 years with the league-owned television network.

Irvin, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a stellar career with the Cowboys, was fired from the network’s coverage of the Super Bowl in 2023 after being accused of making inappropriate comments to a woman at a hotel .

He eventually returned to his on-air role, but nonetheless lost his job, as first reported by the New York Post.

NFL Network previously shed on-air talent like Andrew Siciliano, James Palmer and Melissa Stark to cut costs.

And according to Sports at receptionthere has been a wave of layoffs across the network in the last 24 hours.

Michael Irvin, seen in February, had worked for NFL Network for 15 years

Irvin is pictured celebrating a touchdown on October 29, 1995 against the Falcons.

In January, Texas police confirmed they were investigating separate and vague allegations of “misconduct” against Irvin.

“There has been an allegation, but we are not prepared to release details at this time because our investigation is in its very early stages,” Jonathan Maness, Allen PD public information officer, told Pro Football Talk via email.

Attorney Levi McCathern told PFT by phone that Irvin “vehemently denies” everything he is accused of doing.

During last year’s Super Bowl, he was accused of unwanted sexual advances, leading to his suspension from the NFL Network and legal action between him and the Marriott hotel chain.

Marriott and Irvin reportedly settled their grievance, but only after the chain claimed in a court filing that the former NFL star asked a hotel employee “if she knew anything about having a “big black man inside her”.

Irvin was also accused of sexual assault in a 2007 incident at a Hollywood hotel. Four years later, a settlement was reportedly reached in the civil lawsuit.