List of Washington Commanders head coaches
This is a complete list of head coaches for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). There have been 30 head coaches for the team, including their time as the Boston Braves (1932), Boston Redskins (1933–1936), Washington Redskins (1937–2019), Washington Football Team (2020–2021), and Washington Commanders (2022–present).[1]
Joe Gibbs is the only coach to have more than one tenure.[2] Two different coaches have won NFL championships with the team: Ray Flaherty in 1937 and 1942, and Joe Gibbs in 1982, 1987 and 1991.[3] Gibbs is the all-time leader in games coached and wins, and Dudley DeGroot leads all coaches in winning percentage with .737.[4] Of all the coaches, seven have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Ray Flaherty, Turk Edwards, Curly Lambeau, Otto Graham, Vince Lombardi, George Allen, and Gibbs.[5]
Coaches
# | Number of coaches[lower-alpha 1] |
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Loses |
T | Ties |
Win % | Winning percentage |
† | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach |
‡ | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player |
* | Spent their entire NFL head coaching career with Washington |
# | Image | Name | Years | Regular season | Playoffs | Awards | Ref. | |||||||||||
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GC | W | L | T | Win% | GC | W | L | |||||||||||
Boston Braves | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Lud Wray | 1932 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | – | [6] | |||||||||
Boston Redskins | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | 60px | Lone Star Dietz*[lower-alpha 2] | 1933–1934* | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .500 | – | [7] | ||||||||
3 | Eddie Casey* | 1935* | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .200 | – | [8] | |||||||||
Washington Redskins | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | 60px | Ray Flaherty † | 1936–1942 | 78 | 54 | 21 | 3 | .720 | 4 | 2 | 2 | [9] | ||||||
5 | 60px | Dutch Bergman* | 1943* | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 2 | 1 | 1 | [10] | ||||||
6 | 60px | Dudley DeGroot*[lower-alpha 3] | 1944–1945* | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .737 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [4] | ||||||
7 | Turk Edwards* ‡ | 1946–1948* | 35 | 16 | 18 | 1 | .471 | – | [11] | |||||||||
8 | John Whelchel*[lower-alpha 4] | 1949* | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .500 | – | [12] | |||||||||
9 | Herman Ball*[lower-alpha 5] | 1949–1951* | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | .200 | – | [13] | |||||||||
10 | Dick Todd* | 1951* | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | – | [14] | |||||||||
11 | Curly Lambeau † | 1952–1953 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | .435 | – | [15] | |||||||||
12 | Joe Kuharich | 1954–1958 | 60 | 26 | 32 | 2 | .448 | – | Sporting News Coach of the Year (1955) UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1955)[16] |
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13 | Mike Nixon | 1959–1960 | 24 | 4 | 18 | 2 | .182 | – | [18] | |||||||||
14 | 60px | Bill McPeak* | 1961–1965* | 70 | 21 | 46 | 3 | .313 | – | [19] | ||||||||
15 | Otto Graham* ‡ | 1966–1968* | 42 | 17 | 22 | 3 | .436 | – | [20] | |||||||||
16 | 60px | Vince Lombardi †[lower-alpha 6] | 1969 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .583 | – | [21] | ||||||||
17 | 60px | Bill Austin | 1970 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | – | [22] | ||||||||
18 | George Allen † | 1971–1977 | 98 | 67 | 30 | 1 | .691 | 7 | 2 | 5 | AP Coach of the Year (1971) Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1971) Sporting News Coach of the Year (1971) UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1971)[16] |
[23] | ||||||
19 | Jack Pardee | 1978–1980 | 48 | 24 | 24 | 0 | .500 | – | AP Coach of the Year (1979) UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1979) |
[24] | ||||||||
20 | Joe Gibbs*[lower-alpha 7] | 1981–1992* | 184 | 124 | 60 | 0 | .674 | 21 | 16 | 5 | AP Coach of the Year (1982, 1983) Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1982, 1983) Sporting News Coach of the Year (1982, 1983, 1991) UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1982)[16] |
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21 | Richie Petitbon* | 1993* | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | – | [25] | |||||||||
22 | 60px | Norv Turner | 1994–2000 | 109 | 49 | 59 | 1 | .454 | 2 | 1 | 1 | [26] | ||||||
23 | Terry Robiskie[lower-alpha 8] | 2000 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | – | [27] | |||||||||
24 | Marty Schottenheimer | 2001 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | – | [28] | |||||||||
25 | 60px | Steve Spurrier* | 2002–2003* | 32 | 12 | 20 | 0 | .375 | – | [29] | ||||||||
– | Joe Gibbs*[lower-alpha 7] | 2004–2007* | 64 | 30 | 34 | 0 | .469 | 3 | 1 | 2 | [2] | |||||||
26 | Jim Zorn* | 2008–2009* | 32 | 12 | 20 | 0 | .375 | – | [30] | |||||||||
27 | 60px | Mike Shanahan | 2010–2013 | 64 | 24 | 40 | 0 | .375 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [31] | ||||||
28 | 60px | Jay Gruden*[lower-alpha 9] | 2014–2019 | 85 | 35 | 49 | 1 | .418 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [32] | ||||||
29 | Bill Callahan | 2019 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [33] | |||||||
Washington Football Team / Commanders | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | 60px | Ron Rivera | 2020–2023 | 67 | 26 | 40 | 1 | .396 | 1 | 0 | 1 | George Halas Award (2022) | [34] | |||||
30 | 60px | Dan Quinn | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | [35] |
Footnotes
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