List of professional gridiron football coaches with 200 wins

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Through the end of the 2020 season in professional football, only twelve 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
†* Inducted into the Indoor Football League Hall of Fame

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 Bill Belichick 27 290 143 0 .670 Cleveland Browns (1991–1995), New England Patriots (2000–present)
4 Wally Buono†† 24 282 165 3 .646 Calgary Stampeders (1990–2002), British Columbia Lions (2003–2011, 2016–2018)
5 Bud Grant†††, †††† 28 260 153 7 .627 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1957–1966), Minnesota Vikings (1967–1983, 1985)
6 Curly Lambeau† 35 252 134 24 .644 Green Bay Packers (1919–1949), Chicago Cardinals (1950–1951), Washington Redskins (1952–1953)
7 Tom Landry† 29 250 162 6 .605 Dallas Cowboys (1960–1988)
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 23 233 135 1 .633 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 †* 19 208[a] 46 0 .819 Sioux Falls Storm (2003–present)
12 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)
  1. ^ Had five wins officially forfeited for insurance violation in 2009

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 UFL Championship in 2011, coaching the Virginia Destroyers; he also won an AFL Championship (pre-merger) in 1965 as a player with the Buffalo Bills. Schottenheimer also remains the only non-active coach to not be inducted into any Hall of Fames. The only other exception is Kurtiss Riggs who has only coached indoor American football, but between the Indoor Football League, United Indoor Football (which merged with another league to form the IFL), and National Indoor Football League with the Sioux Falls Storm he has won eleven championships and appeared in fifteen. This includes a six season championship win streak and ten season appearance streak. The Storm achieved a 40 consecutive game wins streak with Riggs as the head coach, including four undefeated seasons. Riggs also had five wins officially fortified from the team's record due to insurance violations in 2009.[3][4][5] Since 2021, he has been inducted into the Indoor Football League Hall of Fame while still actively coaching.

There have been nine NFL coaches who have won 200 total games, this excludes Bud Grant and Paul Brown due to their total wins included from other professional leagues. The two coaches who have won 200 total games, but not 200 regular season games, are Chuck Noll and Dan Reeves. Noll only coached the Pittsburgh Steelers (1969–1991), winning four Super Bowls and having a prolific Hall of Fame career. He had 193 total wins in the regular season with 209 wins, 156 losses, and one tie overall (.572). Reeves coached the Denver Broncos (1981–1992), New York Giants (1993–1996), and Atlanta Falcons (1997–2003). In the regular season he had 190 wins; however, in total he had 201 wins, 174 losses, and two ties (.535). Despite not having 200 career regular season wins as a head coach, Reeves coached in four Super Bowls, losing all of them. He did, however, play and coach as an assistant for the Dallas Cowboys, winning two Super Bowls at each position. Along with Marty Schottenheimer, Reeves is the only other coach to have over 200 total wins and not be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Several other NFL coaches had a little less than 190 total wins, but the only coach with more than 189 wins and less than 200 wins is Chuck Knox. Knox had 186 regular season wins with 193 total wins. He coached the Los Angeles Rams (1973–1977), Buffalo Bills (1978–1982), Seattle Seahawks (1983–1991), and Los Angeles Rams (1992–1994) again, with no Super Bowl appearances or Hall of Fame nomination despite three AP NFL Coach of the Year Awards.

Bud Grant and Marv Levy are the only coaches to lead teams to both the Grey Cup Finals and the Super Bowl, both have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Canadian Football Hall of Fame.

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). Marcum has been inducted into the Arena Football Hall of Fame. 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), both are also in the AFL Hall of Fame.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Alphabetically". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "Canadian Football Hall of Fame - Builders". Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "IFL Levies Discipline on Sioux Falls Storm". IFL News. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  4. ^ "IFL Imposes Punishment on Storm". Storm Web site. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  5. ^ "Attention Storm Fans". Storm Web site. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
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