Amid unsourced reports that he’s interested in returning to the NFL, former Rams coach Jeff Fisher did a radio interview Friday and defended, at length, his five-year tenure with the Rams.

“I have no regrets whatsoever,” Fisher said on Nashville’s 104.5-FM. “I am a huge fan of the Rams players. They’re basically — I don’t want to say my players — but I had a lot to do with that roster. Left them in pretty good shape, and Sean (McVay), as he has shown in a short period of time, is an outstanding young coach, and he’s got the offense going, which was needed.”

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New Rams kicker Sam Ficken went from finance firm to NFL with one phone call The Rams fired Fisher last December, with three games remaining in the 2016 season. Fisher coached the Rams to a 31-45-1 record and they never made the playoffs. McVay, in his first season as Fisher’s successor, has led the Rams to a 10-4 record and the cusp of the NFC West title.

And while Fisher, twice in a 55-minute interview, gave unprompted praise to McVay, he said the Rams made needed talent upgrades on offense and “did what we wanted to do before I left.”

In recent weeks, various stories have indicated Fisher wants to return to the sideline. His 22-year coaching career included a trip to the Super Bowl with Tennessee in 1999, but Fisher also has only six winning seasons. Fisher is 12th in NFL history with 173 coaching wins and, as he pointed out in the interview, coached the Titans and Rams when both teams relocated.

Fisher was given, during the interview, an open-ended chance to defend his record.

“My perspective is different because I went through it and I know exactly what I went through,” Fisher said. “I get a kick out of people (saying), ‘Oh, you just tied Dan Reeves for most losses in the history of the National Football League.’ Well, I’m a few wins away from being in the top 10. So, where do you want to emphasize? What’s your point?

“Two different franchises, five different cities, six different stadiums. Not an easy thing to do. The Chargers moved from San Diego to Orange County and started 0-4 (this season). Relocation is huge. And I’m not making excuses.”

Fisher did a deeper dive into his time with the Rams, which started in 2012, a year after the team went 2-14 and fired Steve Spagnuolo. Fisher pointed out that the Rams “averaged three wins a year for five years before I got there.” Fisher went 7-8-1 in his first season, but never won more than seven games.

“We were making progress and the team was deprived,” Fisher said. “It was deprived of talent. So we started building. The next year, our quarterback tears his ACL. The next year, our quarterback tears his ACL again.”

That’s pretty much where Fisher’s defense of himself ended, with Sam Bradford’s second injury in 2014, although Fisher did speak at length about Jared Goff, the quarterback Fisher and the Rams drafted with the No. 1 overall pick in 2016.

Fisher waited until midseason to start Goff, who then went 0-7 and suffered with a porous offensive line and an inefficient group of targets. Fisher said he didn’t regret any of his choices with Goff, who is a Pro Bowl first alternate this season. Of Goff’s success, Fisher said, “We knew that was coming.”

“All through it, I was thinking about the best interests of the franchise, not myself,” Fisher said. “If I was worried about myself, I probably would have started him from day one and said, ‘Hey, this guy is going to be a better player.’ That was his rookie year, so we could chalk (struggles) up to a rookie year, but no, I wanted to do what was best for Jared.”