List of Tennessee Titans head coaches

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

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]

Head coach Jeff Fisher led the Titans to their only Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXIV following the 1999 season. He continued his success with playoff appearances in 2000, 2002, and 2003. His coaching career began to decline and, from 2004-2010, his only playoff appearances included 2007 and 2008. In January 2011, it was announced that Fisher and the Titans had mutually parted ways. Fisher's tenure at head coach from 1994-2010 included six playoff appearances, one AFC Championship appearance, and one Super Bowl appearance. Following Fisher, the Titans promoted former player and longtime offensive line coach Mike Munchak to head coach. He missed the playoffs from 2011-2013 before being fired in January 2014. Ken Whisenhunt became head coach shortly after, and tied a franchise worst 2-14 record in 2014. Mike Mularkey, who was originally hired as tight ends coach in 2014 and promoted to assistant head coach in 2015, replaced Whisenhunt on an interim basis after a 1-6 start in 2015. Mularkey was retained as head coach and led the Titans to two 9-7 seasons, including a playoff appearance in 2017. Mularkey and the Titans agreed to part ways in January 2018. Former NFL player and coach, Mike Vrabel, was hired as head coach soon after and has had four straight winning seasons. He led the Titans to an AFC Championship appearance in 2019, back-to-back AFC South division titles in 2020 and 2021, and is currently the #1 seed for the AFC in the 2021-22 NFL playoffs.

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 2021 NFL regular 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 2 1 1 .500 [20]
19 Mike Vrabel* 2018–present 65 41 24 0 .631 4 2 2 .500 [21]

Notes[]

  • a A running total of the number of Oilers/Titans head coaches. Thus, any head coach who has two or more 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[]

  1. ^ a b c d "History". Tennessee Titans. Archived from the original on 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  2. ^ "Lou Rymkus Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  3. ^ a b "Wally Lemm Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  4. ^ "Pop Ivy Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  5. ^ "Sammy Baugh Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  6. ^ "Hugh Taylor Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  7. ^ "Ed Hughes Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  8. ^ "Bill Peterson Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  9. ^ "Legendary Coach Sid Gillman Dies at 91". Pro Football Hall of Fame. 2003-01-03. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  10. ^ "Sid Gillman Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  11. ^ "Bum Phillips Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  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. ^ a b c "Jeff Fisher Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  18. ^ "Titans hire Mike Munchak as coach". ESPN.com. February 7, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
  19. ^ "Ken Whisenhunt Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  20. ^ "Mike Mularkey Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  21. ^ "Mike Vrabel Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

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