List of Atlanta Falcons head coaches

List of Atlanta Falcons head coaches

The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are currently members of the Southern division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Falcons joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1966 and have compiled an all-time record of 262–386–6 with division championships in 1980, 1998 and 2004, along with an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIII in Miami, Florida. [cite web |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/team.jsp?franchise_id=2 |title=Atlanta Falcons |accessdate=2008-05-03 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work=Pro Football Hall of Fame |publisher=]
Wade Phillips currently holds the best coaching record for the Atlanta Falcons with a win percentage of 0.666, winning two out of the three games he coached. [cite web |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/coaches/coachpage.htm?coachid=PHILLWAD01 |title=Wade Phillips |accessdate=2008-04-30 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work=databaseSports.com |publisher=] Statistically, Jim Hanifan, who has won no games, holds the poorest coaching record. However, Norb Hecker, who has coached thirty games, won only four. The Falcons last appearance in the playoffs was in 2004 while under Jim L. Mora. After Mora left the team in 2006, the Falcons hired Bobby Petrino who coached for only one year, during which the Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation was under way which ultimately resulted in a prison term for former quarterback Michael Vick, and to Petrino's resignation. The Falcons would then sign coach Mike Smith at the end of the 2007 season. [cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3211259 |title=Falcons make Jags assistant Smith new head coach |accessdate=2008-05-10 |last=Pasquarelli |first=Len |coauthors= |date= |work=ESPN |publisher=]

Only four coaches have led the Falcons into the playoffs: Leeman Bennett, Jerry Glanville, Dan Reeves and Jim L. Mora. Since the team's debut in 1966, the Falcons have not won a Super Bowl.

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