List of Detroit Lions head coaches

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Dan Campbell is the current head coach of the Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are currently a member of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The franchise has had 30 head coaches in team history, which includes its existence as the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans (1930–1933). In the 1934 NFL season, 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 coaches have won NFL championships with the team: Potsy Clark in 1935, Buddy Parker in 1952 and 1953, and George Wilson in 1957.[1] Wayne Fontes is the all-time leader in games coached and wins, and Clark leads all coaches in winning percentage with .679 (with at least one full season coached). John Karcis is statistically the worst coach the Lions have had as he never won a game.[2] Karcis is followed by Marty Mornhinweg with a winning percentage of .156. Of the 30 Lions coaches, two have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Dutch Clark and Joe Schmidt.[3] Gus Dorais was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954. Several former players have been head coach for the Lions, including Dutch Edwards, Buddy Parker, Harry Gilmer, Joe Schmidt, Dick Jauron, and the current head coach Dan Campbell, who was hired on January 20, 2021.[4]

Coaches

Note: Statistics are accurate through Week 18 of the 2024 NFL season.

GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
Win% Win – Loss percentage
Div Division titles
* Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
† Spent entire professional head coaching career with the Lions
# Image Name Term Regular season Division
titles 		Playoffs Awards
GC W L T Win% GC W L Win%
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1 Hal Griffen† 1930 14 5 6 3 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
align="center" colspan="19" style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle;" | Portsmouth Spartans / Detroit Lions
2 File:George "Potsy" Clark.jpg George "Potsy" ClarkTemplate:Refn 1931–1936 74 48 20 6 Template:Winning percentage 1 1 1 0 Template:Winning percentage
3 Earl "Dutch" Clark* 1937–1938 22 14 8 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
4 File:Gus Henderson, 1922.jpg Gus Henderson† 1939 11 6 5 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
– File:George "Potsy" Clark.jpg George "Potsy" Clark*Template:Refn 1940 11 5 5 1 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
5 File:Bill Edwards 1943 (cropped).jpg Bill Edwards† 1941–1942 14 4 9 1 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
6 John Karcis† 1942 8 0 8 0 .000 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
7 Gus Dorais† 1943–1947 53 20 31 2 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
8 File:Bo McMillin (c. 1920).jpg Bo McMillin 1948–1950 36 12 24 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
9 File:Buddy Parker - 1952 Bowman Large.jpg Buddy Parker 1951–1956 72 47 23 2 Template:Winning percentage 3 4 3 1 Template:Winning percentage UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1956)[5]
10 File:George Wilson 1961.jpg George Wilson 1957–1964 104 53 45 6 Template:Winning percentage 1 2 2 0 Template:Winning percentage AP Coach of the Year (1957)[6]
11 File:Harry Gilmer - 1948 Bowman.jpg Harry Gilmer† 1965–1966 28 10 16 2 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
12 File:Joe Schmidt 1961.jpg Joe Schmidt* 1967–1972 84 43 34 7 Template:Winning percentage 0 1 0 1 Template:Winning percentage
13 Don McCafferty 1973 14 6 7 1 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
14 Rick Forzano† 1974–1976 32 15 17 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
15 File:Tommy Hudspeth 1964.jpeg Tommy Hudspeth† 1976–1977 24 11 13 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
16 Monte Clark 1978–1984 105 43 61 1 Template:Winning percentage 1 2 0 2 Template:Winning percentage
17 Darryl Rogers† 1985–1988 58 18 40 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
18 Wayne Fontes† 1988–1996 133 66 67 0 Template:Winning percentage 2 5 1 4 Template:Winning percentage AP Coach of the Year (1991)[7]
Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1991)[8]
UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1991)[9]
19 File:Bobby Ross.jpg Bobby Ross 1997–2000 57 27 30 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 2 0 2 Template:Winning percentage
20 File:Gary Moeller (15962822839) (1).jpg Gary Moeller† 2000 7 4 3 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
21 Marty Mornhinweg† 2001–2002 32 5 27 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
22 File:Steve Mariucci 2011 (cropped).jpg Steve Mariucci 2003–2005 43 15 28 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
23 Dick Jauron 2005 5 1 4 0 .200 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
24 Rod Marinelli† 2006–2008 48 10 38 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
25 File:Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz at the 2012 Detroit Lions training camp.jpg Jim Schwartz† 2009–2013 80 29 51 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 1 0 1 Template:Winning percentage
26 File:Jim Caldwell 2016.jpg Jim Caldwell 2014–2017 64 36 28 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 2 0 2 Template:Winning percentage
27 File:Matt Patricia 2021.png Matt Patricia† 2018–2020 43 13 29 1 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
28 File:Darrell Bevell Lions.png Darrell Bevell 2020 4 1 3 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
29 Robert Prince† 2020 1 0 1 0 Template:Winning percentage 0 – – – Template:Winning percentage
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