List of Tennessee Titans head coaches

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This is a list of head coaches in the Tennesse Titans, previously known as the Houston Oilers.[1] The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the then-Houston, Texas, team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League.The Oilers won two AFL championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL Merger.[1]The team relocated to the state of Tennessee in 1997, first playing in Memphis for one season before moving to Nashville. For two seasons, the team was known as the Tennessee Oilers before changing its name to Titans in 1999.[1]

There have been 15 head coaches in the Titans. Sid Gillman, who coached the Oilers from 1973 to 1974 was the only Hall of Fame football coach.[2] Bill Peterson is the worst coach statistically, with a winning percentage of 0.053. The best coach statistically was Lou Rymkus, the first coach who coached the team from 1960 to 1961. Rymkus, along with Wally Lemm and Gillman have all won the UPI NFL Coach of the Year award.[3]

[edit] Key

      Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
      Spent entire professional head coaching career with Titans

# Number of coaches[4]
GC Games Coached
W Wins
L Loses
T Ties
W – L % Win – Loss percentage
– Returning from previous year(s) of coaching

[edit] Coaches

# Name Term Regular Season Playoffs Awards
GC W L T W – L % GC W L
Houston Oilers
1 Lou Rymkus 1960–1961 19 11 7 1 0.611 1 1 0 UPI NFL Coach of the Year
2 Pop Ivy 1962–1963 28 17 11 0 0.607 1 0 1
3 Sammy Baugh 1964 14 4 10 0 0.286 – – –
4 Hugh Taylor 1965 14 4 10 0 0.286 – – –
5 Wally Lemm 1966–1970 79 37 38 4 0.493 3 1 2 UPI NFL Coach of the Year
6 Ed Hughes 1971 14 4 9 1 0.308 – – –
7 Bill Peterson 1972–1973 19 1 18 0 0.053 – – –
8 Sid Gillman 1973–1974 23 8 15 0 0.348 – – – UPI NFL Coach of the Year
9 Bum Phillips 1975–1980 90 55 35 0 0.611 7 4 3
10 Ed Biles 1981–1983 31 8 23 0 0.258 – – –
11 Chuck Studley 1983 10 2 8 0 0.200 – – –
12 Hugh Campbell 1984–1985 30 8 22 0 0.267 – – –
13 Jerry Glanville 1985–1989 65 33 32 0 0.508 5 2 3
14 Jack Pardee 1990–1994 74 43 31 0 0.581 5 1 4
15 Jeff Fisher 1994–1996 38 16 22 0 0.368 – – –
Tennessee Oilers[5]/Tennessee Titans
15 Jeff Fisher 1994–present 176 99 77 0 0.537 10 5 5

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c History. Tennesse Titans. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
  2. ^ Legendary Coach Sid Gillman Dies at 91. Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
  3. ^ NFL Coach of the Year Award. Hickoksports.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
  4. ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Bears. Thus any coach who has two separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  5. ^ The Titans were known as the "Tennessee Oilers" from 1997 to 1998, before being renamed to the Tennessee Titans
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Tennessee Titans
The Franchise
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Culture
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Head Coaches
Rymkus • Lemm • Ivy • Baugh • Taylor • Lemm • Hughes • Peterson • Gillman • Phillips • Biles • Studley • Campbell • Glanville • Pardee • Fisher
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1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2002
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