List of Detroit Lions head coaches

List of Detroit Lions head coaches

This is a complete list of Detroit Lions head coaches. There have been 24 head coaches for the Detroit Lions, a football team for the National Football League (NFL), including coaches for the Portsmouth Spartans (1930–1933). The Lions franchise was originally founded in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the Spartans. In 1934, the franchise moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Lions.

George "Potsy" Clark is the only coach to have more than one tenure. Three different coaches have won NFL championships with the team: Potsy Clark in 1935, Buddy Parker in 1952 and 1953, and George Wilson in 1957. [cite web | work=NFLTeamHistory.com | url=http://www.nflteamhistory.com/nfl_teams/detroit_lions/championship_history.html | title=Detroit Lions Championship History | accessdate=2008-03-19] Wayne Fontes is the all-time leader in games coached and wins, and Potsy Clark leads all coaches in winning percentage with .679 (with at least one full season coached). [cite web|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ClarPo0.htm|title=Potsy Clark's Coaching Record|publisher=Pro Football Reference|accessdate=2008-03-20] John Karcis is statistically the worst coach the Lions have had never winning a game, [cite web|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/MornMa0.htm|title=Marty Mornhinweg's Coaching Record|publisher=Pro Football Reference|accessdate=2008-03-20] followed by Marty Mornhinweg with a winning percentage of .156.

Of the 24 Lions coaches, two have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Dutch Clark and Joe Schmidt. [cite web | title=Hall of Famers by Franchise | work=Pro Football Hall of Fame Official website | url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/teams.html | accessdate=March 19 | accessyear=2008] Several former players have been head coach for the Lions, including Dutch Edwards, Buddy Parker, Harry Gilmer, Joe Schmidt, and Dick Jauron. The current coach is Rod Marinelli, who was hired on January 18, 2006. [cite web | work=ESPN | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2298111 | title=Marinelli brings 'show-me' football attitude to Lions | accessdate=2008-03-19]

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

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