List of Oakland Raiders head coaches

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John Madden (right) was head coach of the Oakland Raiders for ten seasons.
John Madden (right) was head coach of the Oakland Raiders for ten seasons.

There have been 15 head coaches for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). The Raiders franchise was founded in Oakland, California in 1959 and became the eighth member of the AFL in 1960 as a replacement for the Minnesota Vikings, who had moved to the NFL. They joined the NFL after the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. They moved to Los Angeles in 1982, and returned to Oakland in 1995.[1] As of 2008 the Raiders have played over 750 games in a total of 48 seasons[2] in the AFL and NFL. In those games, two coaches have won the Super Bowl with the team: John Madden in 1976 and Tom Flores in 1980 and 1983. One coach, John Rauch in 1966, has won the AFL Championship.[3] Three other coaches, Art Shell, Jon Gruden and Bill Callahan, have also taken the Raiders to the playoffs.[4] Callahan is the only one of these three to lead the Raiders to the Super Bowl. He did this in his first year as head coach of the team.[5]

Shell is the only coach to have more than one tenure with the team, and Flores and Shell are the only coaches to coach the team in both Oakland and Los Angeles. The worst coach statistically in Raiders history is Red Conkright, with a winning percentage of .111,[6] and Rauch is statistically the best, with a winning percentage of .805. However, the all-time leader in both games coached and wins is Madden, with 142 and 103 respectively.[2] Of the 15 Raiders coaches, Madden is also the only Raiders coach to be a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 2005. Two coaches, Flores and Shell, are also former players for the Raiders. Shell was also inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1989, but as a player.[4][7] The current head coach of the Raiders is Lane Kiffin, who was hired on January 22, 2007.[8]

Contents

[edit] Key

# Number of coaches
GC Games Coached
W Wins
L Loses
T Ties
W–L % Win–Loss percentage
* Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
† Spent entire professional head coaching career with Raiders

[edit] Coaches

Statistics correct as of December 30, 2007, after the end of the 2007 NFL season.

# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards Reference
GC W L T W–L % GC W L
Oakland Raiders
1 Eddie Erdelatz† 1960–1961 16 6 10 0 .375 – – – [9]
2 Marty Feldman† 1961–1962 17 2 15 6 .118 – – – [10]
3 Red Conkright† 1962 9 1 8 0 .111 – – – [11]
4 Al Davis† 1963–1965 42 23 16 3 .590 – – – [12]
5 John Rauch 1966–1968 42 33 8 1 .805 4 2 2 [3]
6 John Madden†* 1969–1978 142 103 32 7 .763 16 9 7 Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1969)[13] [14]
7 Tom Flores 1979–1981 48 27 21 0 .563 4 4 0 [15]
Los Angeles Raiders
Tom Flores[a] 1982–1987 88 76 32 0 .864 7 4 3
8 Mike Shanahan 1988–1989 20 8 12 0 .400 – – – [16]
9 Art Shell†[b][c] 1989–1994 92 54 38 0 .587 5 2 3 Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1990)[13] [17]
Oakland Raiders
10 Mike White† 1995–1996 32 15 17 0 .469 – – – [18]
11 Joe Bugel 1997 16 4 12 0 .250 – – – [19]
12 Jon Gruden 1998–2001 64 38 26 0 .594 4 2 2 [20]
13 Bill Callahan† 2002–2003 32 15 17 0 .469 3 2 1 [5]
14 Norv Turner 2004–2005 32 9 23 0 .281 – – – [21]
Art Shell†[b][c] 2006 16 2 14 0 .125 – – –
15 Lane Kiffin† 2007–present 16 4 12 0 .250 – – – [22]

[edit] Footnotes

  • a The franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1982 with Flores as the head coach.
  • b Shell was inducted into the Hall of fame as a player in 1989.[7]
  • c Had two spells as the team's head coach.[17]

[edit] References

General
Specific
  1. ^ Oakland Raiders. Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  2. ^ a b Oakland Raiders Franchise Encyclopedia. Pro Football Reference. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  3. ^ a b John Rauch. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  4. ^ a b Oakland Raiders Coaching History. NFLTeamHistory.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  5. ^ a b Bill Callahan. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  6. ^ Bill Conkright Coaching Record. Pro Football Reference. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  7. ^ a b Pro Football Hall of Fame - Art Shell. Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved on June 3, 2008.
  8. ^ Head Coach: Lane Kiffin. NFL.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  9. ^ Eddie Erdelatz. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  10. ^ Marty Feldman. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  11. ^ Bill Conkright. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  12. ^ Al Davis. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  13. ^ a b NFL Coach of the Year Award. Hickoksports. Retrieved on March 20, 2008.
  14. ^ John Madden. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  15. ^ Tom Flores. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  16. ^ Mike Shanahan. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  17. ^ a b Art Shell. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  18. ^ Mike White. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  19. ^ Joe Bugel. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  20. ^ Jon Gruden. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  21. ^ Norv Turner. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  22. ^ Lane Kiffin. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.


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Oakland Raiders
The Franchise
Stadiums
Culture
Lore
Head Coaches
Erdelatz • Feldman • Conkright • Davis • Rauch • Madden • Flores • Shanahan • Shell • White • Bugel • Gruden • Callahan • Turner • Kiffin
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II • XI • XV • XVIII • XXXVII
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