List of Kansas City Chiefs head coaches

Current Chiefs head coach Andy Reid

The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL) have had 13 head coaches in their franchise history. The franchise was founded in 1960 by Lamar Hunt and were known as the Dallas Texans when the team was located in Dallas, Texas.[1] The team relocated to Kansas City, Missouri and were renamed the Chiefs in 1963. The franchise was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) before entering into the NFL following the AFL-NFL merger.[1][2]

Hank Stram, the team's first head coach, led the Chiefs to three AFL championship victories and two appearances in the Super Bowl. Stram was the team's longest-tenured head coach, holding the position from 1960 to 1974.[2] Marty Schottenheimer was hired in 1989 and led Kansas City to seven playoff appearances in his ten seasons as head coach.[3][4] Gunther Cunningham served as the team's head coach in between stints as the team's defensive coordinator.[5][6] Dick Vermeil coached the team to a franchise-best 9–0 start in the 2003 season.[7][8] Of the thirteen Chiefs coaches, Hank Stram and Marv Levy have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[9] Herman Edwards served as the team's head coach from 2006 to 2008, compiling a 15–33 record.[10][11][12][13] Todd Haley, served his first season with the team in 2009,[14][15] but was fired on December 12, 2011.[16] Defensive Coordinator Romeo Crennel was named the team's interim head coach for the remaining 3 games of the season.[17] Following the 2011 season Crennel was named permanent head coach.[18] Crennel was fired after the 2012 season, having posted a 4–15 record as head coach.[19] Before the 2013 season Andy Reid was hired after being let go by the Eagles after the 2012 season.

Key

# Number of coaches
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
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 entire NFL head coaching career with the Texans/Chiefs

Coaches

Note: Statistics correct through the 2015 NFL season.

# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Achievements Reference
GC W L T Win% GC W L
Dallas Texans
1 Hank Stram †[a] 1960–1962 42 27 17 0 .642 1 0 1 1962 AFL Championship [20]
Kansas City Chiefs
— Hank Stram †[a] 1963–1974 164 97 57 10 .607 7 4 2 1966 AFL Championship
1969 AFL Championship
Super Bowl IV Championship
UPI AFL Coach of the Year (1968)[21]
Pro Football Weekly AFL Coach of the Year (1968)[21]		 [20]
2 Paul Wiggin* 1975–1977 35 11 24 0 .314 — — — [22]
3 Tom Bettis* 1977[b] 7 1 6 0 .143 — — — [23]
4 Marv Levy † 1978–1982 73 31 42 0 .425 — — — [24]
5 John Mackovic* 1983–1986 64 30 34 0 .469 1 0 1 [25]
6 Frank Gansz* 1987–1988 31 8 22 1 .274 — — — [26]
7 Marty Schottenheimer 1989–1998 160 101 58 1 .634 10 3 7 UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1995)[21] [27]
8 Gunther Cunningham* 1999–2000 32 16 16 0 .500 — — — [28]
9 Dick Vermeil 2001–2005 80 44 36 0 .550 1 0 1 Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of the Year (2003)[21] [8]
10 Herman Edwards 2006–2008 48 15 33 0 .319 1 0 1 [29]
11 Todd Haley* 2009–2011[c] 45 19 26 0 .422 1 0 1 [30]
12 Romeo Crennel 2011–2012[c] 19 4 15 0 .211 — — — [31]
13 Andy Reid 2013–present 48 31 17 0 .646 3 1 2

Footnotes

References

General
Specific
  1. 1 2 "Kansas City Chiefs History–1960's". Kansas City Chiefs official website. Archived from the original on 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  2. 1 2 "Kansas City Chiefs History–1970's". Kansas City Chiefs official website. Archived from the original on 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  3. ↑ "Kansas City Chiefs History–1980's". Kansas City Chiefs official website. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  4. ↑ "Kansas City Chiefs History–1990's". Kansas City Chiefs official website. Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  5. ↑ "Kansas City Chiefs History–2000's". Kansas City Chiefs official website. Archived from the original on 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  6. ↑ Tucker, Doug (2004-01-20). "Chiefs name Gunther Cunningham defensive coordinator". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  7. ↑ "Vermeil and the Chiefs in perfect harmony as the curtain falls with a 37–3 win". Kansas City Chiefs official website. Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  8. 1 2 "Dick Vermeil's coaching record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  9. ↑ "Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame Official website. Archived from the original on 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  10. ↑ "Herm Edwards named the 10th head coach in Kansas City Chiefs history". Kansas City Chiefs official website. Archived from the original on January 11, 2009. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  11. ↑ "Chiefs given permission to talk to Herm Edwards". Kansas City Chiefs official website. Archived from the original on May 10, 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  12. ↑ "Chiefs fire Edwards; Shanahan next?". ESPN.com. 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  13. ↑ "Herm Edwards relieved of duties as Chiefs head coach". Kansas City Chiefs. 2009-01-23. Archived from the original on January 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  14. ↑ "Todd Haley named Kansas City Chiefs head coach". Kansas City Chiefs. 2009-02-06. Archived from the original on February 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  15. ↑ Associated Press (2009-02-06). "Chiefs hire Cardinals offensive coordinator Haley as coach". Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  16. 1 2 "Chiefs fire coach Haley after two-plus seasons, 19–27 record". NFL.com (National Football League). December 12, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  17. ↑ "Romeo Crennel will coach Chiefs for remainder of season". KCChiefs.com.
  18. 1 2 "CHIEFS TO NAME ROMEO CRENNEL HEAD COACH". KCChiefs.com.
  19. ↑ "Chiefs Part Ways with Romeo Crennel". Kansas City Chiefs (NFL Enterprises LLC). December 31, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  20. 1 2 "Hank Stram's coaching record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  21. 1 2 3 4 "NFL Coach of the Year Award". About.com. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  22. ↑ "Paul Wiggin's coaching record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  23. ↑ "Tom Bettis' coaching record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  24. ↑ "Marv Levy's coaching record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  25. ↑ "John Mackovic's coaching record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  26. ↑ "Frank Gansz' coaching record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  27. ↑ "Marty Schottenheimer's coaching record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  28. ↑ "Gunther Cunningham's coaching record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  29. ↑ "Herman Edwards' coaching record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  30. ↑ "Todd Haley's coaching record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  31. ↑ "Romeo Crennel's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 12, 2011.

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