Coaches
Note: Statistics are accurate through the 2012 NFL season.
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
T | Ties |
Win% | Win – Loss percentage |
* | Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
† | Spent entire professional head coaching career with the Lions |
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GC | W | L | T | Win% | GC | W | L | ||||||||||
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1 | Hal Griffin† | 1930 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | .455 | – | – | – | |||||||
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2 | George "Potsy" Clark | 1931–1936 | 74 | 48 | 20 | 6 | .703 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
3 | Earl "Dutch" Clark* | 1937–1938 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | .636 | – | – | – | |||||||
4 | Gus Henderson† | 1939 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | – | – | – | |||||||
— | George "Potsy" Clark* | 1940 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .500 | – | – | – | |||||||
5 | Bill Edwards† | 1941–1942 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .308 | – | – | – | |||||||
6 | John Karcis† | 1942 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | |||||||
7 | Gus Dorais† | 1943–1947 | 53 | 20 | 31 | 2 | .392 | – | – | – | |||||||
8 | Bo McMillin | 1948–1950 | 36 | 12 | 24 | 0 | .333 | – | – | – | |||||||
9 | Buddy Parker | 1951–1956 | 72 | 47 | 23 | 2 | .671 | 4 | 3 | 1 | UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1956) | ||||||
10 | George Wilson | 1957–1964 | 104 | 53 | 45 | 6 | .541 | 2 | 2 | 0 | AP Coach of the Year (1957) | ||||||
11 | Harry Gilmer† | 1965–1966 | 28 | 10 | 16 | 2 | .385 | – | – | – | |||||||
12 | Joe Schmidt* | 1967–1972 | 84 | 43 | 34 | 7 | .558 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
13 | Don McCafferty | 1973 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .462 | – | – | – | |||||||
14 | Rick Forzano† | 1974–1976 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 0 | .469 | – | – | – | |||||||
15 | Tommy Hudspeth† | 1976–1977 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | .458 | – | – | – | |||||||
16 | Monte Clark | 1978–1984 | 105 | 43 | 61 | 1 | .413 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
17 | Darryl Rogers† | 1985–1988 | 58 | 18 | 40 | 0 | .310 | – | – | – | |||||||
18 | Wayne Fontes† | 1988–1996 | 133 | 66 | 67 | 0 | .496 | 5 | 1 | 4 | AP Coach of the Year (1991) Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1991) UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1991) |
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19 | Bobby Ross | 1997–2000 | 57 | 27 | 30 | 0 | .474 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
20 | Gary Moeller† | 2000 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | – | – | – | |||||||
21 | Marty Mornhinweg† | 2001–2002 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 0 | .156 | – | – | – | |||||||
22 | Steve Mariucci | 2003–2005 | 43 | 15 | 28 | 0 | .349 | – | – | – | |||||||
23 | Dick Jauron | 2005 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | – | – | – | |||||||
24 | Rod Marinelli† | 2006–2008 | 48 | 10 | 38 | 0 | .208 | – | – | – | |||||||
25 | Jim Schwartz† | 2009– | 64 | 22 | 42 | 0 | .344 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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