List of Tennessee Titans head coaches

The Tennessee Titans, previously known as the Houston Oilers, are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are a member of the South division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Tennessee Titans have had 18 head coaches in its franchise history. As the Houston Oilers based in Houston, Texas, the team began playing in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The Oilers won two AFL championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger. The team relocated to Tennessee in 1997 and played in Memphis for one season before moving to Nashville. For two seasons, the team was known as the Tennessee Oilers before changing its name to the Titans in 1999.[1]

The Titans have played in Nissan Stadium(formerly LP Field) since 1999.
Head coach Mike Vrabel (2018-present)

The Titans are currently searching for the next head coach after parting ways with Mike Mularkey, who was originally hired as tight ends coach in 2014, promoted to assistant head coach in 2015, and replaced Ken Whisenhunt on an interim basis after a 1-6 start in 2015. He was named full-time to the position in January 2016. In addition to Mularkey and Whisenhunt, The Titans have also been coached by Mike Munchak and Jeff Fisher, who led the Titans to their only Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXIV following the 1999 season.

Key
# Number of coaches[a]
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
Win% Winning percentage
00† Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
00‡ Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player
00* Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Oilers/Titans

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2018 NFL season.

# Name Term [b] Regular season Playoffs Achievements Reference
GC W L T Win% GC W L Win%
Houston Oilers
1 Lou Rymkus* 1960–1961* 19 11 7 1 .605 1 1 0 1.000 UPI AFL Coach of the Year (1960)
AFL Championship (1960)		 [1][2]
2 Wally Lemm[c] 1961 9 9 0 0 1.000 1 1 0 1.000 UPI AFL Coach of the Year (1961)
AFL Championship (1961)		 [1][3]
3 Pop Ivy 1962–1963 28 17 11 0 .607 1 0 1 .000 [4]
4 Sammy Baugh ‡ 1964 14 4 10 0 .286 0 0 0 – [5]
5 Hugh Taylor* 1965* 14 4 9 1 .321 0 0 0 – [6]
— Wally Lemm[c] 1966–1970 70 28 38 4 .429 2 0 2 .000 [1][3]
6 Ed Hughes* 1971* 14 4 9 1 .321 0 0 0 – [7]
7 Bill Peterson* 1972–1973* 19 1 18 0 .053 0 0 0 – [8]
8 Sid Gillman † 1973–1974 23 8 15 0 .348 0 0 0 – UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1974) [9][10]
9 Bum Phillips 1975–1980 90 55 35 0 .611 7 4 3 .571 [11]
10 Ed Biles* 1981–1983* 31 8 23 0 .258 0 0 0 – [12]
11 Chuck Studley* 1983* 10 2 8 0 .200 0 0 0 – [13]
12 Hugh Campbell* 1984–1985* 30 8 22 0 .267 0 0 0 – [14]
13 Jerry Glanville 1985–1989 65 33 32 0 .508 5 2 3 .400 [15]
14 Jack Pardee 1990–1994 74 43 31 0 .581 5 1 4 .200 [16]
15 Jeff Fisher[d] 1994–1996 38 16 22 0 .421 0 0 0 – [17]
Tennessee Oilers
— Jeff Fisher[d] 1997–1998 32 16 16 0 .500 0 0 0 – [17]
Tennessee Titans
— Jeff Fisher[d] 1999–2010 192 110 82 0 .573 11 5 6 .455 [17]
16 Mike Munchak ‡* 2011–2013* 48 22 26 0 .458 0 0 0 – [18]
17 Ken Whisenhunt 2014–2015 23 3 20 0 .130 0 0 0 – [19]
18 Mike Mularkey 2015–2017 41 20 21 0 .488 1 1 1 .500 [20]
18 Mike Vrabel* 2018–present 32 18 14 0 .563 3 2 1 .667

Notes
  • a A running total of the number of Oilers/Titans head coaches. Thus, any head coach who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
  • b Each year is linked to an article about that particular Oilers/Titans season.
  • c Wally Lemm's full coaching record with the Oilers is 79 regular season games coached with a record of 37-38-4 and a W–L percentage of .494, and 3 playoff games coached with a record of 1-2 and a W–L percentage of .333.
  • d Jeff Fisher's full coaching record with the Oilers/Titans is 262 regular season games coached with a record of 142-120-0 and a W–L percentage of .542, and 11 playoff games coached with a record of 5-6 and a W–L percentage of .455.

References
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  12. "Ed Biles Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  13. "Chuck Studley Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  14. "Hugh Campbell Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  15. "Jerry Glanville Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  16. "Jack Pardee Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  17. "Jeff Fisher Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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  20. "Mike Mularkey Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2016.

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