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List of Kansas City Chiefs head coaches

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List of Kansas City Chiefs head coaches

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. 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. 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. Marty Schottenheimer was hired in 1989 and led Kansas City to seven playoff appearances in his ten seasons as head coach. Of the thirteen Chiefs coaches, Hank Stram, Marv Levy, and Dick Vermeil have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Seven head coaches have led the Chiefs to the playoffs, of those seven, only three won a game in the playoffs. Romeo Crennel, who coached the team for three games in 2011 and the entire 2012 season, is the team's shortest tenured head coach. He was fired following what was statistically the worst season in franchise history in 2012. Andy Reid has been the head coach since 2013. Following the Chiefs' Super Bowl championship in the 2019 season, Reid became the franchise leader in playoff wins.

Tables

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Yrs
#
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Number of coaches
Years coached
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First
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First
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First season coached
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Last
#
Last
Number of coaches
Last season coached
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GC
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GC
Number of coaches
Games Coached
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W
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W
Number of coaches
Wins
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L
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L
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Loses
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T
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T
Number of coaches
Ties
Win%
Win%
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Win%
Number of coaches
Win – Loss percentage
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Number of coaches
Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
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Number of coaches
Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Texans/Chiefs
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Number of coaches
Yrs
Years coached
First
First season coached
Last
Last season coached
GC
Games Coached
W
Wins
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Loses
T
Ties
Win%
Win – Loss percentage
00†
Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
00*
Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Texans/Chiefs
· Coaches
Last
Last
#
Yrs
Name
Last
Term
GC
Term
W
Term
L
Regular season
T
Regular season
Win%
Regular season
GC
Regular season
W
Regular season
L
Hank Stram†
Hank Stram†
#
1
Name
Hank Stram†
Term
3
Term
1960
Term
1962
Regular season
44
Regular season
27
Regular season
17
Regular season
0
Regular season
614
Playoffs
1
Playoffs
1
Playoffs
0
Accomplishments
Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2003)1 AFL Championship (1962) 1 AFL Western Championship (1962) 1 AFL Playoff Berth
Hank Stram†
Hank Stram†
#
Name
Hank Stram†
Term
12
Term
1963
Term
1974
Regular season
166
Regular season
97
Regular season
59
Regular season
10
Regular season
614
Playoffs
7
Playoffs
4
Playoffs
3
Accomplishments
1 Super Bowl Championship (IV) 2 AFL Championship (1966, 1969) 1 AFL Western Championship (1966) 1 AFL Playoff Berth 1 UPI AFL Coach of the Year Award (1968)1 Pro Football Weekly AFL Coach of the Year Award (1968)
Paul Wiggin*
Paul Wiggin*
#
2
Name
Paul Wiggin*
Term
3
Term
1975
Term
1977
Regular season
35
Regular season
11
Regular season
24
Regular season
0
Regular season
314
Playoffs
Tom Bettis*
Tom Bettis*
#
3
Name
Tom Bettis*
Term
1
Term
1977
Term
7
Regular season
1
Regular season
6
Regular season
0
Regular season
143
Regular season
Marv Levy†
Marv Levy†
#
4
Name
Marv Levy†
Term
5
Term
1978
Term
1982
Regular season
73
Regular season
31
Regular season
42
Regular season
0
Regular season
425
Playoffs
Playoffs
Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2001)
John Mackovic*
John Mackovic*
#
5
Name
John Mackovic*
Term
4
Term
1983
Term
1986
Regular season
64
Regular season
30
Regular season
34
Regular season
0
Regular season
469
Playoffs
1
Playoffs
0
Playoffs
1
Accomplishments
1 Playoff Berth
Frank Gansz*
Frank Gansz*
#
6
Name
Frank Gansz*
Term
2
Term
1987
Term
1988
Regular season
31
Regular season
8
Regular season
22
Regular season
1
Regular season
274
Playoffs
Marty Schottenheimer
Marty Schottenheimer
#
7
Name
Marty Schottenheimer
Term
10
Term
1989
Term
1998
Regular season
160
Regular season
101
Regular season
58
Regular season
1
Regular season
634
Playoffs
10
Playoffs
3
Playoffs
7
Accomplishments
3 AFC West Championships (1993, 1995, 1997)7 Playoff Berths 1 UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1995)
Gunther Cunningham*
Gunther Cunningham*
#
8
Name
Gunther Cunningham*
Term
2
Term
1999
Term
2000
Regular season
32
Regular season
16
Regular season
16
Regular season
0
Regular season
500
Playoffs
Dick Vermeil†
Dick Vermeil†
#
9
Name
Dick Vermeil†
Term
5
Term
2001
Term
2005
Regular season
80
Regular season
44
Regular season
36
Regular season
0
Regular season
550
Playoffs
1
Playoffs
0
Playoffs
1
Accomplishments
Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2022)1 AFC West Championship (2003)1 Playoff Berth 1 Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of the Year (2003)
Herm Edwards
Herm Edwards
#
10
Name
Herm Edwards
Term
3
Term
2006
Term
2008
Regular season
48
Regular season
15
Regular season
33
Regular season
0
Regular season
313
Playoffs
1
Playoffs
0
Playoffs
1
Accomplishments
1 Playoff Berth
Todd Haley*
Todd Haley*
#
11
Name
Todd Haley*
Term
3
Term
2009
Term
2011
Regular season
45
Regular season
19
Regular season
26
Regular season
0
Regular season
422
Playoffs
1
Playoffs
0
Playoffs
1
Accomplishments
1 AFC West Championship (2010)1 Playoff Berth
Romeo Crennel
Romeo Crennel
#
12
Name
Romeo Crennel
Term
2
Term
2011
Term
2012
Regular season
19
Regular season
4
Regular season
15
Regular season
0
Regular season
211
Playoffs
Andy Reid
Andy Reid
#
13
Name
Andy Reid
Term
12
Term
2013
Term
present
Regular season
196
Regular season
143
Regular season
53
Regular season
0
Regular season
730
Playoffs
26
Playoffs
18
Playoffs
8
Accomplishments
3 Super Bowl Championships (LIV, LVII, LVIII)5 AFC Championships (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)9 AFC West Championships (2016–2024) 11 Playoff Berths
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Image
Name
Term
Regular season
Playoffs
Accomplishments
Ref.
Yrs
First
Last
GC
W
L
T
Win%
GC
W
L
Dallas Texans
1
Hank Stram†
3
1960
1962
44
27
17
0
614
1
1
0
Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2003)1 AFL Championship (1962) 1 AFL Western Championship (1962) 1 AFL Playoff Berth
Kansas City Chiefs
Hank Stram†
12
1963
1974
166
97
59
10
614
7
4
3
1 Super Bowl Championship (IV) 2 AFL Championship (1966, 1969) 1 AFL Western Championship (1966) 1 AFL Playoff Berth 1 UPI AFL Coach of the Year Award (1968)1 Pro Football Weekly AFL Coach of the Year Award (1968)
2
Paul Wiggin*
3
1975
1977
35
11
24
0
314
3
Tom Bettis*
1
1977
7
1
6
0
143
4
Marv Levy†
5
1978
1982
73
31
42
0
425
Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2001)
5
John Mackovic*
4
1983
1986
64
30
34
0
469
1
0
1
1 Playoff Berth
6
Frank Gansz*
2
1987
1988
31
8
22
1
274
7
Marty Schottenheimer
10
1989
1998
160
101
58
1
634
10
3
7
3 AFC West Championships (1993, 1995, 1997)7 Playoff Berths 1 UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1995)
8
Gunther Cunningham*
2
1999
2000
32
16
16
0
500
9
Dick Vermeil†
5
2001
2005
80
44
36
0
550
1
0
1
Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2022)1 AFC West Championship (2003)1 Playoff Berth 1 Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of the Year (2003)
10
Herm Edwards
3
2006
2008
48
15
33
0
313
1
0
1
1 Playoff Berth
11
Todd Haley*
3
2009
2011
45
19
26
0
422
1
0
1
1 AFC West Championship (2010)1 Playoff Berth
12
Romeo Crennel
2
2011
2012
19
4
15
0
211
13
Andy Reid
12
2013
present
196
143
53
0
730
26
18
8
3 Super Bowl Championships (LIV, LVII, LVIII)5 AFC Championships (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)9 AFC West Championships (2016–2024) 11 Playoff Berths

References

  1. A running total of the number of coaches of the Texans/Chiefs. Thus, any coach who has two or more terms as head coach i
  2. Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.
  3. Hank Stram was head coach of the franchise when it was known as the Dallas Texans from 1960 to 1962, and remained with t
  4. Paul Wiggin was fired after seven games in the 1977 season and was replaced by Tom Bettis for the remainder of the seaso
  5. After 13 games of the 2011 season, with the Chiefs at 5–8, Haley was fired as head coach and replaced by defensive coord
  6. Kansas City Chiefs official website
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080609053609/http://www.kcchiefs.com/history/60s/
  7. Kansas City Chiefs official website
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080609052751/http://www.kcchiefs.com/history/70s/
  8. Kansas City Chiefs official website
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080501122552/http://www.kcchiefs.com/history/80s/
  9. Kansas City Chiefs official website
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080610154419/http://www.kcchiefs.com/history/90s/
  10. Pro Football Hall of Fame Official website
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080707032032/http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/teams.html
  11. "Hank Stram's coaching record"
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/StraHa0.htm
  12. About.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090519145910/http://football.about.com/od/nflhistory/l/bl_awardscoach.htm
  13. "Paul Wiggin's coaching record"
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/WiggPa0.htm
  14. "Tom Bettis' coaching record"
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/BettTo0.htm
  15. "Marv Levy's coaching record"
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/LevyMa0.htm
  16. "John Mackovic's coaching record"
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/MackJo0.htm
  17. "Frank Gansz' coaching record"
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/GanzFr0.htm
  18. "Marty Schottenheimer's coaching record"
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SchoMa0.htm
  19. "Gunther Cunningham's coaching record"
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CunnGu0.htm
  20. "Dick Vermeil's coaching record"
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/VermDi0.htm
  21. "Herman Edwards' coaching record"
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/EdwaHe0.htm
  22. NFL.com
    https://www.nfl.com/news/chiefs-fire-coach-haley-after-two-plus-seasons-19-27-record-09000d5d824fad5d
  23. KCChiefs.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120112032621/http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article-2/CHIEFS-TO-NAME-ROMEO-CRENNEL-HEAD-COACH/558b2838-b238-4eee-adac-a982eceaf5a0
  24. "Todd Haley's coaching record"
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/HaleTo0.htm
  25. Pro Football Reference
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CrenRo0.htm
  26. Pro Football Reference
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ReidAn0.htm
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