Detroit Lions Coaches
The table below lists historical records for all head coaches in Detroit Lions franchise history, sorted by most regular-season wins.
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| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | From | To | W | L | T | W-L% | G | W |
| Wayne Fontes | 1988 | 1996 | 66 | 67 | 0 | 0.496 | 5 | 1 |
| Potsy Clark | 1931 | 1940 | 53 | 25 | 7 | 0.679 | 1 | 1 |
| George Wilson | 1957 | 1964 | 53 | 45 | 6 | 0.541 | 2 | 2 |
| Buddy Parker | 1951 | 1956 | 47 | 23 | 2 | 0.671 | 4 | 3 |
| Joe Schmidt | 1967 | 1972 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 0.558 | 1 | 0 |
| Monte Clark | 1978 | 1984 | 43 | 61 | 1 | 0.414 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Caldwell | 2014 | 2017 | 36 | 28 | 0 | 0.563 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Schwartz | 2009 | 2013 | 29 | 51 | 0 | 0.363 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Ross | 1997 | 2000 | 27 | 30 | 0 | 0.474 | 2 | 0 |
| Dan Campbell | 2021 | 2023 | 24 | 26 | 1 | 0.48 | 3 | 2 |
| Gus Dorais | 1943 | 1947 | 20 | 31 | 2 | 0.392 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Rogers | 1985 | 1988 | 18 | 40 | 0 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Forzano | 1974 | 1976 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0.469 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Mariucci | 2003 | 2005 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 0.349 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Clark | 1937 | 1938 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0.636 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Patricia | 2018 | 2020 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 0.314 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo McMillin | 1948 | 1950 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Hudspeth | 1976 | 1977 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0.458 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 1965 | 1966 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0.385 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Marinelli | 2006 | 2008 | 10 | 38 | 0 | 0.208 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Henderson | 1939 | 1939 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.545 | 0 | 0 |
| Don McCafferty | 1973 | 1973 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0.464 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Griffen | 1930 | 1930 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0.455 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Mornhinweg | 2001 | 2002 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0.156 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Moeller | 2000 | 2000 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edwards | 1941 | 1942 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0.308 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Bevell | 2020 | 2020 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Jauron | 2005 | 2005 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bull Karcis | 1942 | 1942 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[Source: Pro Football Reference]
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