List of Green Bay Packers head coaches
There have been 14 head coaches for the Green Bay Packers, a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). The franchise was founded in 1919 by Curly Lambeau and competed for two years against teams around Wisconsin and Michigan before entering into the American Professional Football Association, which is now known as the NFL.
Four different coaches have won NFL championships with the Packers: Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau in 1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, and 1944; Vince Lombardi in 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, and 1967; Mike Holmgren in 1996;[2] and Mike McCarthy in 2010. Lambeau is the franchise leader in career games (334) and career wins (209), while Lombardi has the best winning percentage (.754).[3] Ray (Scooter) McLean has the worst winning percentage (.077).[4] Four Packers coaches — Lambeau, Lombardi, Bart Starr and Forrest Gregg — have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, although Starr and Gregg are recognized as players.[5] Lombardi and Lindy Infante have both been named the league's coach of the year by major news organizations.
The current head coach of the Green Bay Packers is Mike McCarthy, who was hired on January 12, 2006.[6]
Key
# | Number of coaches[a] |
GC | Games Coached |
W | Wins |
L | Loses |
T | Ties |
Win% | Winning percentage |
* | Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame for coaching |
** | Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame for playing |
† | Entire professional head coaching career with Packers |
Coaches
Statistics current through the 2015 NFL season.
# | Name | Term | Regular Season | Playoffs | Awards | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GC | W | L | T | Win% | GC | W | L | ||||
1 | *Curly Lambeau | 1921–1949 | 334 | 209 | 104 | 21 | .668 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
2 | •Gene Ronzani[b] | 1950–1953 | 46 | 14 | 31 | 1 | .311 | – | – | – | |
Hugh Devore[b] | 1953 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | ||
•Ray (Scooter) McLean[b][c][4] | 1953 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | ||
3 | •Lisle Blackbourn | 1954–1957 | 48 | 17 | 31 | 0 | .354 | – | – | – | |
4 | •Ray (Scooter) McLean[c][4] | 1958 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .091 | – | – | – | |
5 | *Vince Lombardi | 1959–1967 | 122 | 89 | 29 | 4 | .753 | 10 | 9 | 1 | AP Coach of the Year (1959) Sporting News Coach of the Year (1961) UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1959)[9][10] |
6 | Phil Bengtson | 1968–1970 | 42 | 20 | 21 | 1 | .488 | – | – | – | |
7 | •Dan Devine | 1971–1974 | 56 | 25 | 27 | 4 | .481 | 1 | 0 | 1 | UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1972)[10] |
8 | **Bart Starr | •1975–1983 | 131 | 52 | 76 | 3 | .406 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
9 | **Forrest Gregg | 1984–1987 | 63 | 25 | 37 | 1 | .403 | – | – | – | |
10 | Lindy Infante | 1988–1991 | 64 | 24 | 40 | 0 | .375 | – | – | – | AP Coach of the Year (1989) Sporting News Coach of the Year (1989) UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1989)[10] |
11 | Mike Holmgren | 1992–1998 | 112 | 75 | 37 | 0 | .670 | 14 | 9 | 5 | |
12 | Ray Rhodes | 1999 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | – | – | – | |
13 | •Mike Sherman | 2000–2005 | 96 | 57 | 39 | 0 | .594 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
14 | •Mike McCarthy | 2006–present | 160 | 104 | 55 | 1 | .653 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
Footnotes
- a A running total of the number of coaches of the Packers. Thus any coach who has two separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- b Ronzani resigned with two games remaining in the 1953 season and was replaced on an interim basis by the tandem of Devore and McLean.
- c McLean's full coaching record with the Packers is 14 regular season games coached with a record of 1–12–1 and a W–L percentage of .077.
References
- General
- "Green Bay Packers History". CBS Sports. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
- "Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
- "Green Bay Packers (APFA) Coaching Records and History". DatabaseFootball.com. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
- "Green Bay Packers (NFL) Coaching Records and History". DatabaseFootball.com. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
- Specific
- ↑ "Mike McCarthy's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ↑ "Green Bay Packers Championship History". NFLTeamHistory.com. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ↑ "Vince Lombardi's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- 1 2 3 "Ray McLean's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ↑ "Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
- ↑ "Packers find 'best fit' in McCarthy". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 15, 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ↑ "Curly Lambeau's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ↑ "Mike Holmgren's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ↑ "Vince Lombardi Awards and Honors". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
- 1 2 3 "NFL Coach of the Year Award". Hickok Sports. Retrieved March 20, 2008.