The following is a list of the top
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(NFL) head coaches in wins.
Don Shula holds the current records for regular season wins at 328 and combined regular and postseason wins at 347.
Bill Belichick
William Stephen Belichick (; born April 16, 1952) is an American professional football coach who is the head coach of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Additionally, he exercises extensive authority over the Patri ...
holds the record for postseason wins at 31 and is the active leader in regular season and combined wins at 297 and 328, respectively.
List
This sortable table shows the top 100 NFL head coaches in order of total regular season wins. The table also shows every team for which he was a head coach and his record with each team.
When sorting teams, coaches are listed in order of wins for that team.
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* The NFL did not officially count ties in the standings until . Therefore, ties occurring prior to 1972 do not count toward a coach's win percentage, while ties occurring 1972 or later count as half-win, half-loss.
* Does not include Paul Brown's four-year
AAFC record of 47–4–3.
* In 2012, Bruce Arians served as acting head coach of the
Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Since the 2008 ...
for 12 games as head coach Chuck Pagano was on medical leave. The Colts' 9–3 record in these games is credited to Pagano and is reflected in the totals on this chart.
* Does not include Ray Flaherty's four-year
AAFC record of 26–16–2.
* Does not include Buck Shaw's four-year
AAFC record of 38–14–2.
Postseason wins
See also
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List of current National Football League head coaches
The table shows the current coaches and their records for each National Football League (NFL) team. The longest tenured head coach on his current team is Bill Belichick, who has been with the New England Patriots since the 2000 NFL season. Belichi ...
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List of Super Bowl head coaches
This is a list of Super Bowl head coaches.https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ Pro Football Reference
Super Bowl head coaches
(Win number in parenthesis). oss number in brackets Click on heading arrows to sort table.
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NFL head coach playoff records
At the end of the 1932 NFL season, the Portsmouth Spartans and the Chicago Bears tied for first place (6–1); under the rules at the time, standings were based on winning percentage, with ties excluded from the calculation. The Spartans and Bea ...
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List of professional gridiron football coaches with 200 wins
Through the end of the 2021-2022 season in professional gridiron football, football, only thirteen coaches have won 200 career regular season victories. An additional four coaches achieved 200 total wins, but fell short of the milestone in the regu ...
References
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head coaches
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National Football League records and achievements