List of Philadelphia Eagles head coaches

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This is a list of head coaches for the Philadelphia Eagles. The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Eagles joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion team in 1933. Currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC), the team has won four NFL titles and made four Super Bowl appearances (1980, 2004, 2017, and 2022), with their first Super Bowl victory coming in Super Bowl LII under Doug Pederson.

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Three coaches have won NFL championships with the team: Earl "Greasy" Neale in 1948 and 1949, Buck Shaw in 1960, and Pederson in Super Bowl LII. [1] Andy Reid is the all-time leader in games coached and wins, [2] while Sirianni has the highest winning percentage with .676 (with at least one full season coached). Bert Bell is statistically the worst coach the Eagles have had in terms of winning percentage, with .185 win/loss percentage. [3]

Of the 24 Eagles coaches, four have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. [4] Bert Bell was a charter member of the Hall of Fame. Bell was inducted for his work as the NFL Commissioner from 1946 to 1959. Wayne Millner, who coached the team in 1951, was enshrined as a player in 1968. Greasy Neale was in the class of 1969 for his work as the Eagles coach in the 1940s. Mike McCormack made the 1984 class for his Offensive Tackle play. Several former NFL players have been head coaches for the Eagles, including Jerry Williams, Ed Khayat, and Marion Campbell. Andy Reid [5] spent 14 seasons in charge before he was fired on December 31, 2012, after a 4–12 season – Reid's worst season in charge – which left the Eagles bottom of the NFC. [6] [7] He was replaced by former University of Oregon head coach Chip Kelly, who led the Eagles to a 10–6 record and the playoffs. Kelly was fired on December 29, 2015, after going 6–9 through that season's first 15 games. He was replaced by offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur for Week 17. Doug Pederson served five seasons with the Eagles as their head coach before being fired on January 11, 2021, after leading the team to a 4–11–1 record in his final year as head coach. Nick Sirianni has been head coach since January 24, 2021. [8]

Key

#Number of coaches [N 1]
GCGames Coached
WWins
LLoses
TTies
Win% Winning percentage
†Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
‡Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player
^Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the NFL Commissioner
*Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Eagles

Coaches

Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2022 NFL season.
#ImageNameTermRegular seasonPlayoffsAwardsReference
GCWLTWin%GCWL
1 Lud Wray 1921.jpg Lud Wray 1933–1935 319211.306––– [9]
2 Bert Bell... - NARA - 200160.jpg Bert Bell ^ 1936–1940 5610442.196––– [10]
3 Earl Neale (circa 1919).jpg Greasy Neale †* 1941–1950*11163435.590431
NFL Championship (1948)

NFL Championship (1949)

StarIconBronze.png Sporting News Coach of the Year (1948) [11]
[12]
4 Bo McMillin (c. 1920).jpg Bo McMillin 1951 [N 2] 22001.000––– [13]
[14]
5 Wayne Millner ‡* 1951* [N 3] 10280.200––– [15]
[16]
6 Jim Trimble* 1952–1955*4825203.552––– [17]
7 Hugh Devore 1956–1957 247161.313––– [18]
8
Buck Shaw 1945.jpg
Buck Shaw 1958–1960 3619161.542110
NFL Championship (1960) StarIconBronze.png AP Coach of the Year (1960)
StarIconBronze.png UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1960) [11]
[19]
9 Nick Skorich 1961–1963 4215243.393––– [20]
10 Joe Kuharich 1964–1968 7028411.407––– [21]
11 Jerry Williams 1960.jpg Jerry Williams* 1969–1971*317222.258––– [22]
12 Ed Khayat* 1971–1972*258152.360––– [23]
13 Mike McCormack 1973.JPG Mike McCormack ‡ 1973–1975 4216251.393––– [24]
14 Dickvermeil.jpg Dick Vermeil † 1976–1982 10154470.535734 StarIconBronze.png Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1979)
StarIconBronze.png Sporting News Coach of the Year (1979)
StarIconBronze.png UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1978) [11] 		[25]
15 Marion Campbell - 1955 Bowman.jpg Marion Campbell 1983–1985 4717291.372––– [26]
16 Fred Bruney.jpg Fred Bruney* 1985* [N 4] 11001.000––– [27]
17 Buddy Ryan in 2011.jpg Buddy Ryan 1986–1990 7943351.551303 [28]
18 Rich Kotite 1991–1994 6436280.563211 [29]
19 Ray Rhodes 1995–1998 6429341.461312 StarIconBronze.png AP Coach of the Year (1995)
StarIconBronze.png Sporting News Coach of the Year (1995)
StarIconBronze.png UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1995) [11] 		[30]
20 Andy Reid at Eagles training camp 2010-08-03.jpg Andy Reid 1999–2012 224130931.58319109 StarIconBronze.png AP Coach of the Year (2002)
StarIconBronze.png Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (2002)
StarIconBronze.png Sporting News Coach of the Year (2000, 2002) [11] 		[31]
21 Chip Kelly, Sam Bradford (21766577058) (cropped).jpg Chip Kelly 2013–2015 4726210.553101 [32]
22 Head Coach Pat Shurmur at Browns training camp.jpg Pat Shurmur 2015 [N 5] 11001.000––– [33]
23 Doug Pederson (Eagles).jpg Doug Pederson 2016–2020 8042371.531642 NFL Super Bowl LII Championship (2018) [34]
24 Nick Sirianni 2022 (cropped).jpg Nick Sirianni* 2021–present3423110.676321 [35]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ A running total of the number of coaches of the Eagles. Thus, any coach who has two terms is only counted once.
  2. ↑ After two games, McMillin underwent surgery for what was believed to be ulcer troubles. It turned out to be stomach cancer, which ended his coaching career.
  3. ↑ Millner spent just one year as Head Coach before resigning prior to the start of the 1952, citing health problems. However, just 17 days after his decision, he accepted an assistant coaching position with the Redskins.
  4. ↑ Bruney was appointed the interim head coach of the Eagles for the last game of the 1985 season after former coach Marion Campbell was let go with one game remaining in the season.
  5. ↑ Shurmur was appointed the interim head coach of the Eagles for the last game of the 2015 season after former coach Chip Kelly was let go with one game remaining in the season.

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