List of Denver Broncos head coaches
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver, Colorado. They are members of the West Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team began playing in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger. The team has played their home games at Empower Field at Mile High since 2001.[1] The Broncos are currently owned by Pat Bowlen.[2]
There have been 15 head coaches for the Broncos franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Frank Filchock, who coached until 1961.[3] Mike Shanahan is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (208), the most regular season game wins (130), and the most playoff game wins (8).[4] Shanahan and Dan Reeves, are tied for the most playoffs games coached (13).[4][5] Shanahan was the first Broncos head coach to win a Super Bowl following the 1997 season, and repeated the feat following the 1998 season. The Broncos next Super Bowl victory was for Super Bowl 50 following the 2015 season under the leadership of coach Gary Kubiak who had previously played for Denver and served as an assistant coach. Jack Faulkner, John Ralston, Red Miller, and Reeves have been named the United Press International (UPI) NFL Coach of the Year, at least once with the Broncos.[6] Filchock, Faulkner, Mac Speedie, Jerry Smith, Ralston, and Miller spent their entire coaching careers with the Broncos.[3][7][8][9][10][11] Speedie, Ray Malavasi, Miller, Shanahan, and Kubiak have been assistant coaches with the Broncos before they became head coaches with the Broncos.[12]
Key
# | Number of coaches[N 1] |
Yrs | Years coached |
First | First season coached |
Last | Last season coached |
GC | Games Coached |
W | Wins |
L | Loses |
T | Ties |
Win% | Win – Loss percentage |
* | Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Broncos |
Head coaches
Note: Statistics are correct the end of the 2018 NFL season.
# | Name | Term[N 2] | Regular season | Playoffs | Accomplishments | Ref. | ||||||||
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Yrs | First | Last | GC | W | L | T | Win% | GC | W | L | ||||
1 | Frank Filchock* | 2 | 1960 | 1961 | 28 | 7 | 20 | 1 | .268 | — | [3] | |||
2 | Jack Faulkner* | 3 | 1962 | 1964 | 32 | 9 | 22 | 1 | .297 | — | 1962 UPI AFL Coach of the Year[6] | [7] | ||
3 | Mac Speedie* | 3 | 1964 | 1966 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1 | .250 | — | [8] | |||
4 | Ray Malavasi | 1 | 1966 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | — | [13] | ||||
5 | Lou Saban | 4 | 1967 | 1971 | 65 | 20 | 42 | 3 | .325 | — | [14] | |||
6 | Jerry Smith* | 1 | 1971 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | — | [9] | ||||
7 | John Ralston* | 5 | 1972 | 1976 | 70 | 34 | 33 | 3 | .507 | — | 1973 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year[6] | [10] | ||
8 | Red Miller* | 4 | 1977 | 1980 | 62 | 40 | 22 | 0 | .645 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 AFC championship (1977)[15] 1977 AP NFL Coach of the Year[6] 1977 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year[16] 1977 Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year[17] 1977 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year[6] |
[11] |
9 | Dan Reeves | 12 | 1981 | 1992 | 184 | 110 | 73 | 1 | .601 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 AFC championships (1986, 1987, 1989)[15] 1984 Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year[17] 1989 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year[6] 1991 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year[6] |
[5] |
10 | Wade Phillips | 2 | 1993 | 1994 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [18] | |
11 | Mike Shanahan | 14 | 1995 | 2008 | 224 | 138 | 86 | 0 | .616 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 Super Bowl championships (1997, 1998)[15] | [4] |
12 | Josh McDaniels* | 2 | 2009 | 2010 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 0 | .393 | — | [19] | |||
13 | Eric Studesville* | 1 | 2010 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | — | [20] | ||||
14 | John Fox | 4 | 2011 | 2014 | 64 | 46 | 18 | 0 | .719 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 AFC championship (2013)[15] | [21] |
15 | Gary Kubiak | 2 | 2015 | 2016 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 0 | .656 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 AFC championship (2015)[15] 1 Super Bowl championship (2015) |
[22] |
16 | Vance Joseph* | 2 | 2017 | 2018 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 0 | .344 | — | [23] | |||
17 | Vic Fangio* | 1 | 2019 | present | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | [24] | ||||
Notes
- A running total of the number of coaches of the Broncos. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.
References
- General
- "All-Time Coaches Roster" (PDF). Denver Broncos. NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "Denver Broncos Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- Specific
- "Event History". Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- "Staff Directory". Denver Broncos. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- "Frank Filchock Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "Mike Shanahan Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "Dan Reeves Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "NFL Coach of the Year Award". AllRaiders.com. The Lost Web Weavings. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "Jack Faulkner Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "Mac Speedie Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "Jerry Smith Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "John Ralston Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "Red Miller Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "All-Time Coaches Roster" (PDF). Denver Broncos. NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "Ray Malavasi Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "Lou Saban Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "Denver Broncos Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- "TSN Award Winners – NFL Coach of the Year". SportingNews.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "PFW/PFWA awards: All-time winners". ProFootballWeekly.com. Pro Football Weekly LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "Wade Phillips Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "Josh McDaniels Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
- "Eric Studesville Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
- "John Fox Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
- "Gary Kubiak Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- "Vance Joseph Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- "Vic Fangio Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2019-01-19.