Until I ran the numbers, I expected that John Madden had reasserted himself atop the All-Time coaches list, but Bill remains on top by a slim margin. There was one new name among the top ten, with Sean Payton at number nine and Mike Tomlin slipping down a few spots. Andy Reid solidified his place, moving up to number eight. A word is necessary about Blanton Collier, who is listed as the fourth best of All-Time. Throughout my CASH analysis I have tried to remain strictly objective based upon on-the-field performance. While Coach Collier was a superb coach, his situation is unique and dated. Questioning his lofty ranking would be justified.
The ten best of All- Time.
Rank | Coach | Team(s) | Games | Winning | PO | SB | Wins | CASH Score |
1 | Belichick, Bill * | NE, CLE | 416 | 67.3% | 69.2% | 9 | 6 | 2,630 |
2 | Madden, John | OAK | 142 | 72.5% | 80.0% | 1 | 1 | 2,615 |
3 | Dungy, Tony | TAM, IND | 208 | 66.8% | 84.6% | 1 | 1 | 2,552 |
4 | Collier, Blanton | CLE | 112 | 67.9% | 62.5% | 0 | 0 | 2,500 |
5 | Allen, George | LA RAM, WAS | 168 | 69.0% | 58.3% | 1 | 0 | 2,497 |
6 | Shula, Don | BAL,MIA | 490 | 66.9% | 57.6% | 6 | 2 | 2,485 |
7 | Seifert, George | SF, SEA | 176 | 64.8% | 63.6% | 2 | 2 | 2,467 |
8 | Reid, Andy * | PHL, KC | 352 | 62.8% | 68.2% | 3 | 1 | 2,443 |
9 | Payton, Sean * | NO | 224 | 63.8% | 64.3% | 1 | 1 | 2,429 |
10 | Gibbs, Joe | WAS | 248 | 62.1% | 62.5% | 4 | 3 | 2,410 |
* Denotes currently active |
The worst of All-Time, thankfully, change little from year-to-year. This situation is in part because owners are much quicker to pull the trigger on a woeful coach than decades ago. A bad coach simply won’t be around long enough to qualify for All-Time consideration. That said, Doug Marrone was able to muscle his way into this group with his 1-15 disaster in Jacksonville. Doug is now the 9th worst coach of All-Time
The ten worst of All-Time.
Rank | Coach | Team(s) | Games | Winning | PO | SB | WINS | CASH SCORE |
101 | Campbell, Marion | ATL,PHL | 115 | 29.6% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 417 |
100 | Henning, Dan | ATL, SD | 112 | 33.9% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 587 |
99 | McKay. John | TAM | 133 | 33.1% | 33.3% | 0 | 0 | 662 |
98 | Perkins, Ray | TAAM, NYG | 117 | 35.9% | 12.5% | 0 | 0 | 668 |
97 | Capers, Dom | CAR, HOU | 128 | 37.5% | 12.5% | 0 | 0 | 698 |
96 | Coslet, Bruce | NYJ, CIN | 124 | 37.9% | 11.1% | 0 | 0 | 711 |
95 | Infante, Lindy | GB. IND | 96 | 37.5% | 16.7% | 0 | 0 | 712 |
94 | Van Brocklin, Norm | MIN, ATL | 173 | 38.2% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 717 |
93 | Marrone, Doug * | BUF, JAC | 98 | 38.8% | 14.3% | 0 | 0 | 765 |
92 | Starr, Bart | GB | 131 | 39.7% | 11.1% | 0 | 0 | 831 |
* Denotes currently active |
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