From NFL Head Coaching Rankings: Which Team’s Coach Reigns Supreme?
Ross Tucker
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1. Andy Reid, Kansas City Chiefs
Seasons With Team: 10 | Head Coaching Record: 247-138-1
Analysis: Reid has sustained success for more than 20 years with two different franchises and an assortment of quarterbacks. Plus, he’s been to three of the last four Super Bowls and won two of them. There’s nobody better right now than Big Red.
2. Bill Belichick, New England Patriots
Seasons With Team: 23 | Head Coaching Record: 298-152
Analysis: Belichick was the best schematic head coach of the nine I played for in the NFL. However, one playoff victory in 10 seasons without Tom Brady as his starting quarterback is beginning to take some of the shine off those six Super Bowl rings they won together. It feels like Belichick the general manager isn’t giving Belichick the coach enough to work with.
3. Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers
Seasons With Team: 16 | Head Coaching Record: 163-93-2
Analysis: Yes, Pittsburgh Steelers fans want more recent postseason success but 16 seasons without a losing record is crazy impressive, especially when you consider the manner in which they’ve done it the last few years.
4. Sean Payton, Denver Broncos
Seasons With Team: 0 | Head Coaching Record: 152-89
Analysis: I give coaches that have success with multiple organizations and/or multiple quarterbacks a huge boost over those that haven’t, so Payton’s tenure with the Denver Broncos will prove significant for his coaching legacy.
5. Nick Sirianni, Philadelphia Eagles
Seasons With Team: 2 | Head Coaching Record: 23-11
Analysis: Finding a way to make the playoffs in his first “transition” year in 2021 might’ve been more impressive than getting to the Super Bowl with a loaded roster in 2022. Losing both coordinators will show us just how good Sirianni is this year.
6. Kyle Shanahan, San Francisco 49ers
Seasons With Team: 6 | Head Coaching Record: 98-52
Analysis: Shanahan went to a Super Bowl and almost got to another one with Jimmy Garoppolo. Plus, Shanahan was on the doorstep again last year with Mr. Irrelevant (Brock Purdy) at quarterback. His three seasons of six or fewer wins is not a good look, but the 49ers look poised to make another run in 2023.
7. Sean McVay, Los Angeles Rams
Seasons With Team: 6 | Head Coaching Record: 98-60
Analysis: I’m curious to see how McVay bounces back from a down year with a team that appears to be in transition, but his first five years are as impressive as any coach in modern NFL history.
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