List of minority NFL head coaches
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Key:
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
Interim head coach only | |
Active head coach | |
Hall of Fame Coach |
Note: List is correct through August 2021.
Head coach | Teams | Years | Regular season | Playoffs | Best results | |||||
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W | L | T | Win % | W | L | Win % | ||||
Fritz Pollard | Akron Pros, Hammond Pros | 1921, 1925 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Flores | Oakland/LA Raiders, Seattle Seahawks | 1979–1987, 1992–1994 | 97 | 87 | 0 | .527 | 8 | 3 | .727 | Won Super Bowl XV and Super Bowl XVIII |
Wayne Fontes | Detroit Lions | 1988–1996 | 66 | 67 | 0 | .496 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 1991 NFC Championship Game |
Art Shell | Los Angeles Raiders | 1989–1994, 2006 | 56 | 52 | 0 | .518 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1990–1991 AFC Championship Game |
Dennis Green | Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals | 1992–2001, 2004–2006 | 113 | 94 | 0 | .546 | 4 | 8 | .333 | 1998 and 2000 NFC Championship Game |
Ray Rhodes | Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers | 1995–1998, 1999 | 37 | 42 | 1 | .468 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1995 NFC Divisional Game |
Tony Dungy | Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts | 1996–2001, 2002–2008 | 139 | 69 | 0 | .668 | 9 | 10 | .474 | Won Super Bowl XLI |
Herman Edwards | New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs | 2001–2005, 2006–2008 | 56 | 78 | 0 | .422 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2002, 2004 AFC Divisional Game |
Rooney Rule Instituted, 2003 | ||||||||||
Marvin Lewis | Cincinnati Bengals | 2003–2018 | 131 | 122 | 3 | .518 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 1st in AFC North, Lost all AFC Wild-Card games played |
Lovie Smith | Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Houston Texans | 2004–2012, 2014–2015, 2022-Present | 89 | 87 | 0 | .506 | 3 | 3 | .500 | Won 2006 NFC Championship, Lost Super Bowl XLI |
Terry Robiskie | Washington Redskins*, Cleveland Browns* | 2000, 2004 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | 3rd AFC North (with Cleveland) |
Romeo Crennel | Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Texans* | 2005–2008, 2011–2012, 2020 | 30 | 62 | 0 | .326 | — | — | — | 2nd AFC North (with Cleveland) |
Mike Tomlin | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2007– | 154 | 85 | 2 | .643 | 8 | 8 | .500 | Won Super Bowl XLIII |
Emmitt Thomas | Atlanta Falcons* | 2007 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .259 | — | — | — | 4th NFC South |
Mike Singletary | San Francisco 49ers | 2008–2010 | 18 | 22 | 0 | .462 | — | — | — | 2nd NFC West |
Jim Caldwell | Indianapolis Colts and Detroit Lions | 2009–2011, 2014–2017 | 62 | 50 | 0 | .554 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2009 AFC Champion, Lost Super Bowl XLIV |
Raheem Morris | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2009–2011 | 17 | 31 | 0 | .354 | — | — | — | 3rd NFC South |
Perry Fewell | Buffalo Bills*, Carolina Panthers* | 2009, 2019 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | — | — | — | 4th AFC East |
Leslie Frazier | Minnesota Vikings | 2010–2013 | 21 | 32 | 1 | .382 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2nd NFC North |
Eric Studesville | Denver Broncos* | 2010 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | 4th AFC West |
Mel Tucker | Jacksonville Jaguars* | 2011 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | — | — | — | 3rd AFC South |
Ron Rivera | Carolina Panthers and Washington Football Team | 2011–2019, 2019– | 89 | 82 | 1 | .520 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2015 NFC Champion, Lost Super Bowl 50 |
Todd Bowles | New York Jets | 2015–2018 | 26 | 41 | 0 | .388 | — | — | — | 2nd AFC East in 2015 |
Hue Jackson | Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns | 2011, 2016–2018 | 11 | 44 | 1 | .205 | — | — | — | 3rd AFC West |
Anthony Lynn | Buffalo Bills*, Los Angeles Chargers | 2016, 2017–2020 | 26 | 23 | 0 | .531 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2018 Divisional Round (2nd AFC West) |
Vance Joseph | Denver Broncos | 2017–2018 | 11 | 21 | 0 | .344 | — | — | — | 3rd AFC West |
Steve Wilks | Arizona Cardinals | 2018 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | — | — | — | 4th NFC West |
Brian Flores | Miami Dolphins | 2019–2021 | 24 | 25 | 0 | .490 | — | — | — | 2nd AFC East |
David Culley | Houston Texans | 2021 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .235 | — | — | — | 3rd AFC South |
Robert Saleh | New York Jets | 2021– | 4 | 13 | 0 | .235 | — | — | — | 4th AFC East |
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