List of Minority NFL Head Coaches
Key
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| Interim head coach only | |
| Active head coach |
Note: List is correct through December 22, 2012.
| Head coach | Teams | Years | Regular Season | Playoffs | Best Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | Win% | W | L | Win% | ||||
| Pollard, FritzFritz Pollard | Akron Pros, Hammond Pros | 1921, 1925 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flores, TomTom Flores | Oakland/LA Raiders, Seattle Seahawks | 1979–1987, 1992–1994 | 97 | 87 | .527 | 8 | 3 | .727 | Won Super Bowl XV and Super Bowl XVIII | |
| Shell, ArtArt Shell | Los Angeles Raiders | 1989–1994, 2006 | 56 | 52 | .518 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1990–1991 AFC Championship Game | |
| Green, DennisDennis Green | Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals | 1992–2001, 2004–2006 | 113 | 94 | .546 | 4 | 8 | .333 | 1998 and 2000 NFC Championship Game | |
| Rhodes, RayRay Rhodes | Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers | 1995–1998, 1999 | 37 | 42 | .468 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1995 NFC Divisional Game | |
| Dungy, TonyTony Dungy | Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts | 1996–2001, 2002–2008 | 139 | 69 | .668 | 9 | 10 | .474 | Super Bowl XLI Champion | |
| Edwards, HermanHerman Edwards | New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs | 2001–2005, 2006–2008 | 54 | 74 | .422 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2002, 2004 AFC Divisional Game | |
| Rooney Rule Instituted, 2003 | ||||||||||
| Lewis, MarvinMarvin Lewis | Cincinnati Bengals | 2003— | 79 | 80 | 1 | .496 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 1st in AFC North, Lost all AFC Wild-Card games played |
| Smith, LovieLovie Smith | Chicago Bears | 2004–2012 | 81 | 63 | 0 | .563 | 3 | 3 | .500 | Won 2006 NFC Championship, Lost Super Bowl XLI |
| Robiskie, TerryTerry Robiskie | Washington Redskins*, Cleveland Browns* | 2000, 2004 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | — | — | — | 3rd AFC North (with Cleveland) |
| Crennel, RomeoRomeo Crennel | Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs | 2005–2008, 2011–2012 | 28 | 55 | 0 | .337 | — | — | — | 2nd AFC North (with Cleveland) |
| Tomlin, MikeMike Tomlin | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2007– | 63 | 33 | 0 | .656 | 5 | 3 | .667 | Won Super Bowl XLIII |
| Thomas, EmmittEmmitt Thomas | Atlanta Falcons* | 2007 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | — | — | — | 4th NFC South |
| Singletary, MikeMike Singletary | San Francisco 49ers | 2008–2010 | 18 | 22 | 0 | .462 | — | — | — | 2nd NFC West |
| Caldwell, JimJim Caldwell | Indianapolis Colts | 2009–2011 | 26 | 22 | 0 | .542 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2009 AFC Champion, Lost Super Bowl XLIV |
| Morris, RaheemRaheem Morris | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2009–2011 | 17 | 31 | 0 | .354 | — | — | — | 3rd NFC South |
| Fewell, PerryPerry Fewell | Buffalo Bills* | 2009 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | — | — | — | 4th AFC East |
| Frazier, LeslieLeslie Frazier | Minnesota Vikings | 2010– | 16 | 22 | 0 | .421 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2nd NFC North |
| Studesville, EricEric Studesville | Denver Broncos* | 2010 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | 4th AFC West |
| Rivera, RonRon Rivera | Carolina Panthers | 2011– | 13 | 19 | 0 | .406 | — | — | — | 2nd NFC South |
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