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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, and the highest professional level of American football in the world.[1] The NFL was founded in 1920. In the course of its existence, it has merged with the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the American Football League (AFL) to create the current NFL. The AAFC merged with the NFL in 1950, and the AFL merged with the NFL in 1970. The history and records of the AFL were incorporated into the NFL.
In the 105-year history of the NFL, there have been 529 head coaches, 32 of whom are currently active as head coaches. George Halas has the longest tenure of any NFL head coach, with a career spanning 40 years, however, these seasons were not consecutive as they were spread out over 4 separate tenures. Don Shula, who had a 33-year coaching career spanning from 1963 to 1995, has coached the most overall games with 526 (490 regular season games and 36 postseason games). Former Green Bay Packers coach Curly Lambeau owns the record for most consecutive seasons coaching one team with 28.
# | Number of coaches |
Yrs | Number of years coached |
First | First season coached |
Last | Last season coached |
G | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Loses |
T | Ties |
W% | Winning percentage |
CH | Times coach won the Super Bowl or before the league championship game |
SB | Times team won the Super Bowl |
CC | Times team won the conference championship, since the start of the Super Bowl |
† | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach |
‡ | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player |
^ | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as an owner, executive, or NFL commissioner |
* | Currently active as an NFL head coach |
# | Name | First | Last | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | Ref. | ||||||||||
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Yrs | G | W | L | T | W% | Yrs. | G | W | L | CH | SB | CC | |||||
1 | Paul Brown † | 1946 | 1975 | 25 | 326 | 213 | 104 | 9 | .667 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | [2][3] |
2 | Bill Belichick | 1991 | 2023 | 29 | 467 | 302 | 165 | 0 | .647 | 19 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 9 | [4] |
3 | George Halas † | 1920 | 1967 | 40 | 497 | 318 | 148 | 31 | .671 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | [5][6] |
4 | Curly Lambeau † | 1921 | 1953 | 33 | 380 | 226 | 132 | 22 | .624 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | [7][8] |
5 | Vince Lombardi † | 1959 | 1969 | 10 | 136 | 96 | 34 | 6 | .728 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | [9][10] |
6 | Chuck Noll † | 1969 | 1991 | 23 | 342 | 193 | 148 | 1 | .566 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | [11][12] |
7 | Guy Chamberlin † | 1922 | 1927 | 6 | 81 | 58 | 16 | 7 | .759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | [13][14] |
8 | Andy Reid* | 1999 | 2024 | 26 | 411 | 266 | 144 | 1 | .648 | 19 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | [15] |
9 | Joe Gibbs † | 1981 | 2007 | 16 | 248 | 154 | 94 | 0 | .621 | 10 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | [16][17] |
10 | Bill Walsh † | 1979 | 1988 | 10 | 152 | 92 | 59 | 1 | .609 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | [18][19] |
11 | Weeb Ewbank † | 1954 | 1973 | 20 | 266 | 130 | 129 | 7 | .502 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | [20][21] |
12 | Tom Landry † | 1960 | 1988 | 29 | 418 | 250 | 162 | 6 | .605 | 18 | 36 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | [22][23] |
13 | Don Shula † | 1963 | 1995 | 33 | 490 | 328 | 156 | 6 | .676 | 19 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | [24][25] |
14 | Tom Coughlin | 1995 | 2015 | 20 | 320 | 170 | 150 | 0 | .531 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | [26] |
15 | Bill Parcells † | 1983 | 2006 | 19 | 303 | 172 | 130 | 1 | .569 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | [27][28] |
16 | George Seifert | 1989 | 2001 | 11 | 176 | 114 | 62 | 0 | .648 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | [29] |
17 | Jimmy Johnson † | 1989 | 1999 | 9 | 144 | 80 | 64 | 0 | .556 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | [30][31] |
18 | Mike Shanahan | 1988 | 2013 | 20 | 308 | 170 | 138 | 0 | .552 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | [32] |
19 | Tom Flores † | 1979 | 1994 | 12 | 184 | 97 | 87 | 0 | .527 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | [33][34] |
20 | Hank Stram † | 1960 | 1977 | 17 | 238 | 131 | 97 | 10 | .571 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | [35][36] |
21 | Buddy Parker | 1949 | 1964 | 15 | 188 | 104 | 75 | 9 | .577 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [37] |
22 | Greasy Neale † | 1941 | 1950 | 10 | 111 | 63 | 43 | 5 | .590 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [38][39] |
23 | Steve Owen † | 1930 | 1953 | 24 | 270 | 153 | 100 | 17 | .598 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [40][41] |
24 | Ray Flaherty † | 1936 | 1949 | 11 | 122 | 80 | 37 | 5 | .676 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [42][43] |
25 | Lou Saban | 1960 | 1976 | 16 | 201 | 95 | 99 | 7 | .490 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [44] |
26 | Jimmy Conzelman † | 1921 | 1948 | 15 | 167 | 87 | 63 | 17 | .572 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [45][46] |
27 | Mike Holmgren | 1992 | 2008 | 17 | 272 | 161 | 111 | 0 | .592 | 12 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | [47] |
28 | John Harbaugh* | 2008 | 2024 | 17 | 268 | 166 | 102 | 0 | .619 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [48] |
29 | Bill Cowher † | 1992 | 2006 | 15 | 240 | 149 | 90 | 1 | .623 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | [49][50] |
30 | Pete Carroll | 1994 | 2023 | 18 | 291 | 170 | 120 | 1 | .586 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | [51] |
31 | Mike McCarthy* | 2006 | 2024 | 18 | 279 | 170 | 107 | 2 | .613 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [52] |
32 | Tony Dungy † | 1996 | 2008 | 13 | 208 | 139 | 69 | 0 | .668 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [53][54] |
33 | Sean Payton* | 2006 | 2024 | 17 | 267 | 165 | 102 | 0 | .618 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [55] |
34 | John Madden † | 1969 | 1978 | 10 | 142 | 103 | 32 | 7 | .750 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [56][57] |
35 | Mike Tomlin* | 2007 | 2024 | 18 | 283 | 179 | 102 | 2 | .636 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | [58] |
36 | Sean McVay* | 2017 | 2024 | 8 | 123 | 74 | 49 | 0 | .602 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | [59] |
37 | Mike Ditka ‡ | 1982 | 1999 | 14 | 216 | 121 | 95 | 0 | .560 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [60][61] |
38 | Dick Vermeil † | 1976 | 2005 | 15 | 229 | 120 | 109 | 0 | .524 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | [62][63] |
39 | Bruce Arians | 2013 | 2021 | 8 | 129 | 80 | 48 | 1 | .624 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [64] |
40 | Jon Gruden | 1998 | 2021 | 15 | 229 | 117 | 112 | 0 | .511 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [65] |
41 | Brian Billick | 1999 | 2007 | 9 | 144 | 80 | 64 | 0 | .556 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [66] |
42 | Doug Pederson* | 2016 | 2024 | 8 | 123 | 62 | 60 | 1 | .508 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [67] |
43 | Gary Kubiak | 2006 | 2016 | 10 | 157 | 82 | 75 | 0 | .522 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [68] |
44 | Barry Switzer | 1994 | 1997 | 4 | 64 | 40 | 24 | 0 | .625 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [69] |
45 | Don McCafferty | 1970 | 1973 | 4 | 47 | 28 | 17 | 2 | .617 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [70] |
46 | Blanton Collier | 1963 | 1970 | 8 | 112 | 76 | 34 | 2 | .688 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [71] |
47 | Jim Lee Howell | 1954 | 1960 | 7 | 84 | 53 | 27 | 4 | .655 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [72] |
48 | Buck Shaw | 1946 | 1960 | 12 | 150 | 90 | 55 | 5 | .617 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [73] |
49 | Joe Stydahar ‡ | 1950 | 1954 | 5 | 49 | 20 | 28 | 1 | .418 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [74][75] |
50 | George Wilson | 1957 | 1969 | 12 | 160 | 68 | 84 | 8 | .450 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [76] |
51 | Sid Gillman † | 1955 | 1974 | 18 | 228 | 122 | 99 | 7 | .550 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [77][78] |
52 | Wally Lemm | 1961 | 1970 | 10 | 135 | 64 | 64 | 7 | .500 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [79] |
53 | Hunk Anderson | 1942 | 1945 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 2 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [80] |
54 | Luke Johnsos | 1942 | 1945 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 2 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [81] |
55 | George Clark | 1931 | 1940 | 10 | 118 | 64 | 42 | 12 | .593 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [82] |
56 | Adam Walsh | 1945 | 1946 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .738 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [83] |
57 | Lou Rymkus | 1960 | 1961 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | .605 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [84] |
58 | Ralph Jones | 1930 | 1932 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 7 | .671 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [85] |
59 | Norman Barry | 1925 | 1926 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [86] |
60 | Elgie Tobin | 1920 | 1921 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | .783 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [87] |
61 | Earl Potteiger | 1924 | 1928 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 4 | .548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [88] |
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