List of professional gridiron football coaches with 200 wins
Through the end of the 2019 season in professional football, only eleven coaches have won 200 career regular season victories.[1][2]
Key
† | Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
†† | Inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame |
††† | Inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame |
†††† | Coached in both the Grey Cup and Super Bowl |
Coaches with 200 regular season wins
Rank | Name | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Teams |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Don Shula† | 33 | 328 | 156 | 6 | .676 | Baltimore Colts (1963–1969), Miami Dolphins (1970–1995) |
2 | George Halas† | 40 | 318 | 148 | 31 | .671 | Decatur Staleys (1920), Chicago Staleys (1921), Chicago Bears (1922–1929, 1933–1942, 1946–1955, 1958–1967) |
3 | Wally Buono†† | 24 | 282 | 165 | 3 | .646 | Calgary Stampeders (1990–2002), British Columbia Lions (2003–2011, 2016–2018) |
4 | Bill Belichick | 25 | 280 | 136 | 0 | .673 | Cleveland Browns (1991–1995), New England Patriots (2000–present) |
5 | Bud Grant†††, †††† | 28 | 260 | 153 | 7 | .627 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1957–1966), Minnesota Vikings (1967–1983, 1985) |
6 | Tom Landry† | 29 | 250 | 162 | 6 | .605 | Dallas Cowboys (1960–1988) |
7 | Curly Lambeau† | 35[3][4] | 245 | 134 | 23 | .638 | Green Bay Packers (1919–1949), Chicago Cardinals (1950–1951), Washington Redskins (1952–1953) |
8 | Don Matthews†† | 24 | 236 | 146 | 1 | .634 | British Columbia Lions (1983–1987), Toronto Argonauts (1990, 1996–1998, 2008), Orlando Thunder (1991), Saskatchewan Roughriders (1991–1993), Baltimore Stallions (1994–1995), Edmonton Eskimos (1999–2000), Montreal Alouettes (2000–2006) |
9 | Andy Reid | 21 | 221 | 130 | 1 | .629 | Philadelphia Eagles (1999–2012), Kansas City Chiefs (2013–present) |
10 | Paul Brown† | 25 | 213 | 104 | 9 | .667 | Cleveland Browns (1946–1962), Cincinnati Bengals (1968–1975) |
11 | Marty Schottenheimer | 22 | 203 | 127 | 1 | .615 | Cleveland Browns (1984–1988), Kansas City Chiefs (1989–1998), Washington Redskins (2001), San Diego Chargers (2002–2006), Virginia Destroyers (2011) |
Other Facts
Each coach has won at least one NFL Championship, Grey Cups, or Super Bowl, except Marty Schottenheimer, who had not won any. Despite not winning any championships in the NFL, Schottenheimer did win the 2011 UFL Championship, coaching the Virginia Destroyers; he also won an AFL Championship (pre-merger) in 1965 as a player with the Buffalo Bills.
Bud Grant and Marv Levy are the only coaches to lead teams to both the Grey Cup Finals and the Super Bowl.
Tim Marcum is the winningest and most successful coach in Arena Football League history. During the regular season Marcum resulted in a 184–87 (.679) record and 28–12 (.700) in the post-season, which totals to 212–99 (.682) overall. He coached the Denver Dynamite (1987), Detroit Drive (1988–1989, 1991–1993), and the Tampa Bay Storm (1995–2010). During his time as a head coach, Marcum coached in eleven ArenaBowls, winning seven of them. Other AFL coaches who came close to 200 wins were Darren Arbet with 188 overall wins (169 regular season wins) and Mike Hohensee with 170 overall wins (158 regular season wins).
See also
- List of National Football League head coaches with 50 wins
References
- "Alphabetically". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- "Canadian Football Hall of Fame - Builders". Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- Curly Lambeau
- 1919-1920 Green Bay Packers