List of Denver Broncos head coaches

Invesco Field at Mile High has been the home of the Broncos since 2001.

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver, Colorado. They are members of the West Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team began playing in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger. The team has played their home games at the Invesco Field at Mile High since 2001.^[1] The Broncos are currently owned by Pat Bowlen.^[2]

There have been 13 head coaches for the Broncos franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Frank Filchock, who coached until 1961.^[3] Mike Shanahan is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (208), the most regular season game wins (130), and the most playoff game wins (8).^[4] Shanahan and Dan Reeves, are tied for the most playoffs games coached (13).^[4][5] Shanahan is also the only Broncos head coach to win a Super Bowl, with two.^[4] Jack Faulkner, John Ralston, Red Miller, and Reeves have been named the United Press International (UPI) NFL Coach of the Year, at least once with the Broncos.^[6] Filchock, Faulkner, Mac Speedie, Jerry Smith, Ralston, and Miller spent their entire coaching careers with the Broncos.^{[3][7][8][9][10][11]} Speedie, Ray Malavasi, Miller, and Shanahan have been assistant coaches with the Broncos before they became head coaches with the Broncos.^[12] Josh McDaniels was the Broncos head coach in 2009 and most of 2010 before being relieved of his duties by Broncos owner Pat Bowlen. Eric Studesville replaced McDaniels as interim coach for the rest of 2010.

Key

#	Number of coaches[a]
GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
Win%	Winning percentage
*	Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Broncos
*	Served as an interim head coach
*	Served as an interim head coach and spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Broncos

Head Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2010 NFL season.

#	Name	Term[b]	Regular season					Playoffs			Achievements	Reference
			GC	W	L	T	Win%	GC	W	L
1	Frank Filchock*	1960–1961	28	7	20	1	.259	—	—	—		[3]
2	Jack Faulkner*	1962–1964	32	9	22	1	.290	—	—	—	1962 UPI AFL Coach of the Year[6]	[7]
3	Mac Speedie*	1964–1966	26	6	19	1	.240	—	—	—		[8]
4	Ray Malavasi	1966	12	4	8	0	.333	—	—	—		[13]
5	Lou Saban	1967–1971	65	20	42	3	.323	—	—	—		[14]
6	Jerry Smith*	1971	5	2	3	0	.400	—	—	—		[9]
7	John Ralston*	1972–1976	70	34	33	3	.507	—	—	—	1973 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year[6]	[10]
8	Red Miller*	1977–1980	62	40	22	0	.645	5	2	3	1 AFC championship (1977)[15] 1977 AP NFL Coach of the Year[6] 1977 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year[16] 1977 Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year[17] 1977 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year[6]	[11]
9	Dan Reeves	1981–1992	184	110	73	1	.601	13	7	6	3 AFC championships (1986, 1987, 1989)[15] 1984 Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year[17] 1989 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year[6] 1991 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year[6]	[5]
10	Wade Phillips	1993–1994	32	16	16	0	.500	1	0	1		[18]
11	Mike Shanahan	1995–2008	224	138	86	0	.616	13	8	5	2 Super Bowl championships (1998, 1999)[15]	[4]
12	Josh McDaniels*	2009–2010	28	11	17	0	.393	—	—	—		[19]
13	Eric Studesville*	2010	4	1	3	0	.250	—	—	—		[20]
14	John Fox	2011-	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—		[21]

Notes

• ^a A running total of the number of coaches of the Broncos. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
• ^b Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.

References

General

• "All-Time Coaches Roster" (PDF). Denver Broncos. NFL Enterprises LLC. http://www.denverbroncos.com/resources/custom/PDF/RecordBook/2008/AllTimeCoaches.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-11. ^{[dead link]}
• "Denver Broncos Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/den/. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 

Specific

1. ^ "Stadium - Overview". Denver Broncos. NFL Enterprises LLC.. http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=93. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
2. ^ "Moments in History". Denver Broncos. NFL Enterprises LLC. http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=352. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Frank Filchock Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC.. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/FilcFr0.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d} "Mike Shanahan Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ShanMi0.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Dan Reeves Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ReevDa0.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "NFL Coach of the Year Award". AllRaiders.com. The Lost Web Weavings. http://www.allraiders.com/history/nfl/coachoftheyear.php. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Jack Faulkner Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/FaulJa0.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
8. ^ ^{a b} "Mac Speedie Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SpeeMa0.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
9. ^ ^{a b} "Jerry Smith Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SmitJe0.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
10. ^ ^{a b} "John Ralston Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/RalsJo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
11. ^ ^{a b} "Red Miller Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/MillRe0.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
12. ^ "All-Time Coaches Roster" (PDF). Denver Broncos. NFL Enterprises LLC. http://www.denverbroncos.com/resources/custom/PDF/RecordBook/2008/AllTimeCoaches.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-11. ^{[dead link]}
13. ^ "Ray Malavasi Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/MalaRa0.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
14. ^ "Lou Saban Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SabaLo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
15. ^ ^{a b c} "Denver Broncos Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/den/#playoffs. Retrieved 2008-11-12. 
16. ^ "TSN Award Winners - NFL Coach of the Year". SportingNews.com. http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/nfl/coachofyear.html. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
17. ^ ^{a b} "PFW/PFWA awards: All-time winners". ProFootballWeekly.com. Pro Football Weekly LLC. http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/Features/NFL+Features/2006/pfwawinners.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
18. ^ "Wade Phillips Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/PhilWa0.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
19. ^ "Josh McDaniels Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/McDaJo0.htm. Retrieved January 3, 2011. 
20. ^ "Eric Studesville Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/StudEr0.htm. Retrieved January 3, 2011. 
21. ^ "John Fox Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/FoxxJo0.htm. Retrieved January 13, 2011.