List of St. Louis Rams head coaches

There have been 21 head coaches in the history of the St. Louis Rams American football franchise. The St. Louis Rams are a professional football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). [cite web|author=|title=St. Louis Rams|year=|publisher=NFL|accessdate=2008-10-03|url=http://www.nfl.com/teams/st.louisrams/profile?team=STL] Damon Wetzel became the first head coach of the Cleveland Rams in 1936, serving for only one season before he was replaced with Hugo Bezdek. The current coach is Jim Haslett, who replaced Scott Linehan before him.

The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio. The NFL considers the franchise as a second incarnation of the previous Cleveland Rams team that was a charter member of the second American Football League. Although the NFL granted membership to the same owner, the NFL considers it a separate entity since only four of the players (William "Bud" Cooper, Harry "The Horse" Mattos, Stan Pincura, and Mike Sebastian) and none of the team's management joined the new NFL team. [cite web
last = Braunwart
first = Bob
title = All Those A.F.L.'S: N.F.L Competitors, 1935-41
url = http://www.footballresearch.com/articles/frpage.cfm?topic=afl35-41
accessdate = 2006-11-13
publisher = Professional Football Researchers Association
quote = In 1937 the N.F.L. admitted the Cleveland Rams. Four of the players (according to Treat) were the same. ]

The team became known as the Los Angeles Rams after the they moved to Los Angeles, California in 1946. After the 1979 season, the Rams moved south to the suburbs in nearby Orange County, playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim for fifteen seasons (1980–94) while keeping the Los Angeles name. The club moved east to St. Louis prior to the 1995 season. [http://www.stlouisrams.com/History/Chronology/ St. Louis Rams History: Chronology] . "Official Website of the St. Louis Rams". Retrieved 13 September 2006] Georgia Frontiere died January 18, 2008 after a 28 year ownership commencing in 1979. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22735534/ "Former Rams owner Frontiere dies."] MSNBC Sports. Retrieved on 20 January 2008.]

Key

Coaches

Notes

:note label|Note1|a|a The Win–Loss percentage is calculated using the formula: $frac\{Wins+frac\{1\}\{2\}Ties\}\{Games\}$:note label|Note1|b|b Damon Wetzel was a player-coach for the Rams in 1936.:note label|Note1|c|c Hugo Bezdek was released after three games in 1938.:note label|Note1|d|d Joe Stydahar resigned after one game in 1952.:note label|Note1|e|e Bob Waterfield resigned after eight games in 1962.:note label|Note1|f|f Mike Martz took medical leave after five games in 2005.

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