List of New York Jets head coaches

There have been 18 head coaches in the history of the New York Jets football franchise. The team began as the New York Titans in the American Football League in 1960, but was renamed the New York Jets three years later.^[1] The Jets remained in the American Football League until the merger with the National Football League prior to the 1970 season.

Sammy Baugh became the first head coach of the New York Titans in 1960, serving for two seasons before team owner Harry Wismer replaced him with Clyde "Bulldog" Turner.^[2] In terms of tenure, Weeb Ewbank has coached more games (158) and more complete seasons (11) than any other head coach in franchise history. He led the Jets to the AFL championship in 1968 and the AFL-NFL championship in Super Bowl III. Walt Michaels led the team to the AFC championship game in 1982; he was also honored as the Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year and UPI AFC Coach of the Year in 1978. Coaches Baugh, Turner, Ewbank are all members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame; Baugh and Turner were inducted as players, while Ewbank was inducted as a coach/administrator.

Twice in Jets history has there been an "interim" head coach. In 1975, Charley Winner was fired as head coach after leading the Jets to a 2–7 record.^[3] The team offensive coordinator Ken Shipp was named the interim coach for the remainder of the season, during which he won only one of five games. Shipp was succeeded by Lou Holtz for the 1976 season.^[4] Holtz resigned as Jets head coach with one game left in the 1976 season; Mike Holovak was named interim coach for the season finale against the Cincinnati Bengals.^[4]

Key

#	Number of coaches
GC	Games Coached
W	Wins
L	Loses
T	Ties
Win%	Win – Loss 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 Jets

Coaches

Pete Carroll was the head coach for the New York Jets in the 1994 season.

Lou Holtz coached the New York Jets in 1976.

Note: Statistics are accurate through the 2015 NFL season.

#	Name	Term	Regular season					Playoffs			Awards	Reference
			GC	W	L	T	Win%^[a]	GC	W	L
New York Titans
1	Sammy Baugh ‡	1960–1961	28	14	14	0	.500	—	—	—		[5]
2	Bulldog Turner ‡*	1962*	14	5	9	0	.357	—	—	—		[6]
New York Jets
3	Weeb Ewbank †	1963–1973	154	71	77	6	.481	3	2	1		[7]
4	Charley Winner	1974–1975	23	9	14	0	.391	—	—	—		[8]
5	Ken Shipp*	1975*^[b]	5	1	4	0	.200	—	—	—		[9]
6	Lou Holtz*	1976*^[c]	13	3	10	0	.214	—	—	—		[10]
7	Mike Holovak	1976^[d]	1	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—		[11]
8	Walt Michaels*	1977–1982*	87	39	47	1	.454	4	2	2	Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year (1978)[12] UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1978)	[13]
9	Joe Walton*	1983–1989*	111	53	57	1	.482	3	1	2		[14]
10	Bruce Coslet	1990–1993	64	26	38	0	.406	1	0	1		[15]
11	Pete Carroll	1994	16	6	10	0	.378	—	—	—		[16]
12	Rich Kotite	1995–1996	32	4	28	0	.125	—	—	—		[17]
13	Bill Parcells^†	1997–1999	48	29	19	0	.604	2	1	1		[18]
14	Al Groh*	2000*	16	9	7	0	.563	—	—	—		[19]
15	Herman Edwards	2001–2005	80	39	41	0	.488	5	2	3		[20]
16	Eric Mangini	2006–2008	48	23	25	0	.479	1	0	1		[21]
17	Rex Ryan	2009–2014	96	46	50	0	.479	6	4	2		[22]
18	Todd Bowles	2015–present	16	10	6	0	.625	—	—	—		[23]

Footnotes

• ^a The Win-Loss percentage is calculated using the formula: $\frac{Wins+\frac{1}{2}Ties}{Games}$
• ^b Ken Shipp was the interim head coach for five games in the 1975 season.^[24]
• ^c Holtz resigned as Jets head coach 13 games into the season; he was replaced by Mike Holovak for the last game of the season.^[4]
• ^d Holovak coached the last game of the 1976 season, after Lou Holtz had resigned as Jets head coach.^[4]

References

General

• "New York Jets History". New York Jets. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
• "New York Jets Team History". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
• "New York Jets Coaching Records and History". DatabaseFootball.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.

Specific

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6. "Bulldog Turner NFL Coaching Record". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
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8. "Charley Winner Coaching Record". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
9. "Ken Shipp Coaching Record". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
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11. "Mike Holovak Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
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14. "Joe Walton Coaching Record". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
15. "Bruce Coslet Coaching Record". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
16. "Pete Carroll Coaching Record". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
17. "Rich Kotite Coaching Record". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
18. "Bill Parcells Coaching Record". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
19. "Al Groh Coaching Record". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
20. "Herman Edwards Coaching Record". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
21. "Eric Mangini Coaching Record". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
22. "Rex Ryan Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
23. "Todd Bowles Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
24. "1975 New York Jets Statistics & Players". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 2008-05-26.