List of Denver Broncos head coaches
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver, Colorado. They are members of the West Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team began playing in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger. The team has played their home games at Empower Field at Mile High since 2001.[1]
There have been 20 head coaches for the Broncos franchise as of 2023. The franchise's first head coach was Frank Filchock, who coached until 1961.[2] Mike Shanahan is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (208), the most regular season game wins (130), and the most playoff game wins (8).[3] Shanahan and Dan Reeves, are tied for the most playoff games coached (13).[3][4] Shanahan was the first Broncos head coach to win a Super Bowl following the 1997 season, and repeated the feat following the 1998 season. The Broncos next Super Bowl victory was for Super Bowl 50 following the 2015 season under the leadership of coach Gary Kubiak who had previously played for Denver and served as an assistant coach. Jack Faulkner, John Ralston, Red Miller, and Reeves have been named the United Press International (UPI) NFL Coach of the Year, at least once with the Broncos.[5] Filchock, Faulkner, Mac Speedie, Jerry Smith, Ralston, and Miller spent their entire coaching careers with the Broncos.[2][6][7][8][9][10] Speedie, Ray Malavasi, Miller, Shanahan, and Kubiak had been assistant coaches with the Broncos before they became head coaches with the Broncos.[11] The most recent head coach of the Broncos was Sean Payton, who was hired on January 31, 2023.
Key
[edit]# | Number of coaches[N 1] |
Yrs | Years coached |
First | First season coached |
Last | Last season coached |
GC | Games Coached |
W | Wins |
L | Loses |
T | Ties |
Win% | Win – Loss percentage |
* | Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Broncos |
Head coaches
[edit]- Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- General
- "All-Time Coaches Roster" (PDF). Denver Broncos. NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2008. [dead link ]
- "Denver Broncos Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
- Specific
- ^ "Event History". Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Frank Filchock Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 9, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Mike Shanahan Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
- ^ a b "Dan Reeves Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g "NFL Coach of the Year Award". AllRaiders.com. The Lost Web Weavings. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
- ^ a b "Jack Faulkner Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ a b "Mac Speedie Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ a b "Jerry Smith Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ a b "John Ralston Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ a b "Red Miller Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ "All-Time Coaches Roster" (PDF). Denver Broncos. NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2008. [dead link ]
- ^ "Ray Malavasi Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ "Lou Saban Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Denver Broncos Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2008.
- ^ "TSN Award Winners – NFL Coach of the Year". SportingNews.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
- ^ a b "PFW/PFWA awards: All-time winners". ProFootballWeekly.com. Pro Football Weekly LLC. Archived from the original on July 3, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
- ^ "Wade Phillips Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
- ^ "Josh McDaniels Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ "Eric Studesville Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on March 2, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ "John Fox Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 24, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ "Gary Kubiak Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ "Vance Joseph Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
- ^ "Vic Fangio Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ "Nathaniel Hackett Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ "Report: Jerry Rosburg is Broncos interim head coach". NBC Sports. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on December 26, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ "Sean Payton new head coach". NFL. NFL. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.