List of Green Bay Packers head coaches

There have been 15 head coaches for the Green Bay Packers, a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). The franchise was founded in 1919 by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun and competed for two years against teams around Wisconsin and Michigan before entering into the American Professional Football Association, which is now known as the NFL. During this time, Lambeau served as team captain, a position that more closely matched the modern head coach position. Willard Ryan and Joseph Merrill Hoeffel both served as the official head coach in the early 1920s, however based on the roles of head coach and team captain, the Packers recognize Lambeau as the first coach.[2]

Mike McCarthy was the head coach of the Packers from 2006 to 2018, and he led them to victory in Super Bowl XLV.[1]

Four coaches have won NFL championships with the Packers: Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau in 1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, and 1944; Vince Lombardi in 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, and 1967; Mike Holmgren in 1996;[3] and Mike McCarthy in 2010. Lambeau is the franchise leader in career games (334) and career wins (209), while Lombardi has the best winning percentage (.754).[4] Ray (Scooter) McLean has the worst winning percentage (.077).[5] Four Packers coaches—Lambeau, Lombardi, Bart Starr and Forrest Gregg—have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, although Starr and Gregg are recognized as players.[6] Lombardi and Lindy Infante have both been named the league's coach of the year by major news organizations.

The current head coach is Matt LaFleur, who was named to that position in January 2019 after Mike McCarthy was fired.[7]

Key
Curly Lambeau was the original head coach of the Packers from 1921 to 1949. He was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.[8]
Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame for coaching
Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame for playing
Entire professional head coaching career with Packers

Coaches

Note: Statistics correct through January 19, 2020.

Mike Holmgren was the head coach of the Packers from 1992 to 1998 and led them to a victory in Super Bowl XXXI.[9]
Mike Sherman
#[lower-alpha 1] Name Term Regular Season Playoffs Awards
GC W L T Win% GC W L
1 Curly Lambeau 1921–1949 334 209 104 21 .668 5 3 2
2 Gene Ronzani[lower-alpha 2] 1950–1953 46 14 31 1 .311 — — —
Hugh Devore[b] 1953 2 0 2 0 .000 — — —
Ray (Scooter) McLean[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3][5] 1953 2 0 2 0 .000 — — —
3 Lisle Blackbourn 1954–1957 48 17 31 0 .354 — — —
4 Ray (Scooter) McLean[c][5] 1958 12 1 10 1 .091 — — —
5 Vince Lombardi 1959–1967 122 89 29 4 .753 10 9 1 AP Coach of the Year (1959)
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1961)
UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1959)[10][11]
6 Phil Bengtson 1968–1970 42 20 21 1 .488 — — —
7 Dan Devine 1971–1974 56 25 27 4 .481 1 0 1 UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1972)[11]
8 Bart Starr 1975–1983 131 52 76 3 .406 2 1 1
9 Forrest Gregg 1984–1987 63 25 37 1 .403 — — —
10 Lindy Infante 1988–1991 64 24 40 0 .375 — — — AP Coach of the Year (1989)
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1989)
UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1989)[11]
11 Mike Holmgren[9] 1992–1998 112 75 37 0 .670 14 9 5
12 Ray Rhodes 1999 16 8 8 0 .500 — — —
13 Mike Sherman 2000–2005 96 57 39 0 .594 6 2 4
14 Mike McCarthy 2006–2018 204 125 77 2 .618 18 10 8
Joe Philbin[lower-alpha 4] 2018 4 2 2 0 .500 — — —
15 Matt LaFleur 2019-Present 32 26 6 0 .813 4 2 2
Notes
  1. A running total of the number of coaches of the Packers. Thus any coach who has two terms as head coach is only counted once.
  2. Ronzani resigned with two games remaining in the 1953 season and was replaced on an interim basis by the tandem of Devore and McLean.
  3. McLean's full coaching record with the Packers is 14 regular season games coached with a record of 1–12–1 and a W–L percentage of .077.
  4. McCarthy was fired with four games remaining in the 2018 season and was replaced on an interim basis by Philbin.

References
General
  • "Green Bay Packers History". CBS Sports. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  • "Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  • "Green Bay Packers (APFA) Coaching Records and History". DatabaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  • "Green Bay Packers (NFL) Coaching Records and History". DatabaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
Specific
  1. "Mike McCarthy's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  2. "Lambeau's status as Packers' first coach debated". The Sheboygan Press (clipping). Associated Press. January 10, 2004. p. B4. Archived from the original on January 10, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Green Bay Packers Championship History". NFLTeamHistory.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  4. "Vince Lombardi's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  5. "Ray McLean's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  6. "Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  7. "Packers find 'best fit' in McCarthy". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 15, 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  8. "Curly Lambeau's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
  9. "Mike Holmgren's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  10. "Vince Lombardi Awards and Honors". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
  11. "NFL Coach of the Year Award". Hickok Sports. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2008.

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