Want to be an NFL Coach? You’d Better be a Winner!!!

Think head coaching in the NFL is a tough, results oriented job? You may not have given consideration to how tough it actually is. Of the 31 currently filled spots (the 49ers position currently being vacant), 24 have lifetime records with at least as many wins as losses, including the three who have yet to coach a game. Thus, only seven current head coaches have lifetime losing records. If you aren’t a winner, you’re out of a job mighty quick. Even more astounding, only three current coaches have lifetime records that are more than two games below .500: the Redskins’ Jay Gruden (21–26–1 overall and 8–7–1 in 2016), the Titans’ Mike Mularkey (27–46 overall and 9–7 in 2016) and the Browns’ Hue Jackson (9–23 overall and 1–15 in 2016). Each of the three better have strong, or at least improving, seasons in 2017 or they are unlikely to remain in their current positions for long.

As an aside, do you want your son, or daughter, to grow up to be an NFL head coach? Consider naming them Mike (McCarthy, Tomlin, Zimmer, Mularkey) or Sean (Payton, McDermott, McVay).