The San Diego Chargers have informed head coach Mike McCoy he will be retained for the 2016 season, Michael Gehlken of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

After a 4-12 season, rumors swirled suggesting McCoy's job was in danger. The Chargers will indeed make substantial changes to the coaching staff, according to Gehlken, but McCoy will not be among them.

In a statement, Chargers president of football operations John Spanos addressed the decision and hinted at changes to come:

As the 2015 season has now concluded, we are disappointed with the outcome as our expectations have not been met. I have the utmost confidence in our leadership. Tom Telesco, Mike McCoy, and I have already begun evaluating every aspect of the team to take the essential steps to put a winning product back on the field. We will waste no time in making the necessary changes.

McCoy joined the Chargers in 2013 and led the team to 9-7 records in each of his first two seasons. The wheels fell off this season as the team battled injuries along its offensive line and to its receiving corps.

With the Chargers seeking to relocate to Los Angeles, it makes sense to preserve constancy in the front office and coaching staff amid what could be a chaotic offseason in many other aspects.

McCoy will enter the final year of his contract in 2016.