don shula has the most wins as a head coach in the nfl.
who has the most wins as a head coach in the nfl?
don shula
harry peter "bud" grant jr. (born may 20, 1927) is a former head coach and player of american football, canadian football, and a former basketball player in the nba. grant served as the head coach of the minnesota vikings of the national football league (nfl) for eighteen seasons; he was the team's second (1967–83) and fourth (1985) head coach. before coaching the vikings, he was the head coach of the winnipeg blue bombers of the canadian football league (cfl) for ten seasons, winning the grey cup four times. grant is the most successful coach in vikings history, and the third most successful professional football coach overall (behind don shula and george halas), with a combined 290 wins in the nfl and cfl. grant was elected to the canadian football hall of fame in 1983 and to the pro football hall of fame in 1994. he was the first coach in the history of professional football to guide teams to the grey cup and the super bowl.
bud grant
there have been 17 non-interim head coaches for the browns franchise. their first head coach was paul brown, who coached for 17 complete seasons. brown is also the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (214), the most regular season game wins (158), the most playoffs games coached (14), and the most playoff game wins (9). brown is the only browns head coach to win an aafc championship with four, the nfl championship with three, the "sporting news" nfl coach of the year three times, the united press international (upi) nfl coach of the year once, and to have been elected into the pro football hall of fame as a coach. blanton collier, dick modzelewski, sam rutigliano, bud carson, jim shofner, chris palmer, butch davis, and rob chudzinski have spent their entire nfl head coaching careers with the browns. eric mangini had been the head coach of the browns since the firing of romeo crennel, but was himself fired on january 3, 2011. shurmur replaced mangini as head coach, but was fired after posting a 9–23 record over two seasons in charge. on january 11, 2013, the cleveland browns officially named rob chudzinski as the replacement for pat shurmur. chudzinski compiled a 4–12 record during the 2013 season, but he was fired on december 29. on january 23, 2014, the browns hired mike pettine as their head coach. pettine was fired on january 3, 2016, hours after the browns lost their 2015 season finale. on january 13, 2016, hue jackson was named the browns' new head coach. he was then fired on october 29, 2018 after only 3 wins in 40 games. he was replaced by defensive coordinator gregg williams on an interim basis. on january 9, 2019, freddie kitchens was promoted from interim offensive coordinator to head coach.
list of cleveland browns head coaches