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List of St. Louis Rams head coaches

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The St. Louis Rams are a professional football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).[1] The Rams played their first season in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio. During World War II, the Rams did not play during the 1943 season because of wartime restrictions and shortages.[2] The team became known as the Los Angeles Rams after it moved to Los Angeles, California in 1946. After the 1979 season, the Rams moved south to the suburbs in nearby Orange County, playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim for fifteen seasons (1980–1994) but kept their Los Angeles name. The club moved east to St. Louis, Missouri before the 1995 season.[2]

The NFL considers the franchise to be a second incarnation of the previous Cleveland Rams team that was a charter member of the second American Football League. Although the NFL granted membership to the same owner, the NFL considers it a separate entity because only four of the players (William "Bud" Cooper, Harry "The Horse" Mattos, Stan Pincura, and Mike Sebastian) and none of the team's management joined the new NFL team.[3][4]

There have been 25 head coaches for the Rams franchise. Damon Wetzel became the first head coach of the Rams in 1936, when it was called the Cleveland Rams. He served for one season before he was replaced by Hugo Bezdek. George Allen was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach. Dick Vermeil is the only coach to win a Super Bowl championship for the St. Louis Rams.

Rich Brooks was the first coach for the team in St. Louis. After struggling to win, Brooks was fired and replaced by former Philadelphia Eagles head coach, Dick Vermeil. Vermeil went on to win the Super Bowl XXXIV in 1999. His offensive coordinator, Mike Martz, took over after Vermeil retired for the second time. Mike Martz has the best winning percentages in St. Louis Rams history. Since Martz's firing the Rams have had Joe Vitt coach interim, Scott Linehan was his successor and replaced by Jim Haslett once he, himself, was terminated in the early part of the 2008 season. The current head coach is former New York Giants defensive coordinator, Steve Spagnuolo.

Key[]

# Number of coaches[N 1]
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
Win% Winning percentage
* Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
† Spent entire professional head coaching career with Rams

Coaches[]

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2010 NFL season.

# Name Term[N 2] Regular Season Playoffs Achievements Reference
GC W L T Win% GC W L Win%
Cleveland Rams
1 Damon Wetzel[N 3] 1936 9 5 2 2 .714 — — — — [2]
2 Hugo Bezdek†[N 4] 1937–1938 14 1 13 0 .071 — — — — [5]
3 Art Lewis† 1938 8 4 4 0 .500 — — — — [6]
4 Dutch Clark 1939–1942 44 16 26 2 .386 — — — — [7]
—[N 5] 1943
5 Buff Donelli 1944 10 4 6 0 .400 — — — — [8]
6 Adam Walsh† 1945–1946 22 16 5 1 .772 1 1 0 1.000 1945 Pro NFL Coach of the Year[9] [10]
Los Angeles Rams
7 Bob Snyder† 1947 12 6 6 0 .500 — — — — [11]
8 Clark Shaughnessy† 1948–1949 12 6 6 0 .500 1 0 1 .000 [12]
9 Joe Stydahar[N 6] 1950–1952 28 19 9 0 .678 3 2 1 .667 [13]
10 Hamp Pool† 1952–1954 36 23 11 2 .666 1 0 1 .000 1952 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year[14] [15]
11 Sid Gillman 1955–1959 61 28 32 1 .467 1 0 1 .000 [16]
12 Bob Waterfield†[N 7] 1960–1962 34 9 24 1 .288 — — — — [18]
13 Harland Svare 1962–1965 48 14 31 3 .322 — — — — [19]
14 George Allen* 1966–1970 72 49 19 4 .708 2 0 2 .000 [22]
15 Tommy Prothro 1971–1972 28 14 12 2 .535 — — — — [23]
16 Chuck Knox 1973–1977 78 57 20 1 .737 8 3 5 .375 [26]
17 Ray Malavasi 1978–1982 79 43 36 0 .544 6 3 3 .500 [27]
18 John Robinson† 1983–1991 153 79 74 0 .516 10 4 6 .400 [28]
— Chuck Knox 1992–1994 48 15 33 0 .312 — — — — [26]
St. Louis Rams
19 Rich Brooks† 1995–1996 32 13 19 0 .406 — — — — [29]
20 Dick Vermeil 1997–1999 51 25 26 0 .490 3 3 0 1.000 [31]
21 Mike Martz†[N 8] 2000–2005 92 56 36 0 .608 7 3 4 .429 [32]
22 Joe Vitt† 2005 11 4 7 0 .364 — — — — [33]
23 Scott Linehan† 2006–2008 36 11 25 0 .344 — — — — [34]
24 Jim Haslett 2008 12 2 10 0 .166 — — — — [35]
25 Steve Spagnuolo† 2009–present 32 8 24 0 .250 — — — [36]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ A running total of the number of Rams head coaches. Thus, any head coach who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
  2. ↑ Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.
  3. ↑ Damon Wetzel was a player-coach for the Rams in 1936.[2]
  4. ↑ Hugo Bezdek was released after three games in 1938.[2]
  5. ↑ The Rams suspended operation during the 1943 season because of wartime restrictions and shortages.[2]
  6. ↑ Joe Stydahar resigned after one game in 1952.[2]
  7. ↑ Bob Waterfield resigned after eight games in 1962.[17]
  8. ↑ Mike Martz took medical leave after five games in 2005.[2]

References[]

  1. ↑ "St. Louis Rams". NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/teams/st.louisrams/profile?team=STL. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "St. Louis Rams History: Chronology". Official Website of the St. Louis Rams. http://www.stlouisrams.com/History/Chronology/. Retrieved 2008-12-05.[dead link]
  3. ↑ Braunwart, Bob. "All Those A.F.L.'S: N.F.L Competitors, 1935-41". Professional Football Researchers Association. Archived from the original on 2007-10-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20071018075556/http://footballresearch.com/articles/frpage.cfm?topic=afl35-41. Retrieved 2006-11-13. "In 1937 the N.F.L. admitted the Cleveland Rams. Four of the players (according to Treat) were the same."
  4. ↑ "An interactive history of The Rams". http://www.stlouisrams.com/History/. Retrieved 2008-12-11.[dead link]
  5. ↑ "Hugo Bezdek". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/BezdHu0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  6. ↑ "Art Lewis". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/LewiAr0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  7. ↑ "Dutch Clark". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ClarDu0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  8. ↑ "Aldo Donelli". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/DoneAl0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  9. ↑ "Player Bio: Adam Walsh". University of Notre Dame. http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/walsh_adam00.html. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  10. ↑ "Adam Walsh". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/WalsAd0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  11. ↑ "Bob Snyder". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SnydBo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  12. ↑ "Clark Shaughnessy". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ShauCl0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  13. ↑ "Joe Stydahar". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/StydJo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "NFL Coach of the Year". Sporting News. http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/nfl/coachofyear.html. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  15. ↑ "Hampton Pool". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/PoolHa0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  16. ↑ "Sid Gillman". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/GillSi0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  17. ↑ Arkush, Dan (2008-09-19). "New owner may be losing patience". Pro Football Weekly. http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFL/NFC/NFC+West/St.+Louis/WWHI/2008/wwhi091908.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  18. ↑ "Bob Waterfield". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/WateBo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  19. ↑ "Harland Svare". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SvarHa0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "AP NFL Coach of the Year Winners". The Washington Post. 2005-01-08. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58979-2005Jan8_3.html. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  21. ↑ "George Allen". Pro Football Hall of Fame. http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.jsp?release_id=507. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  22. ↑ "George Allen". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/AlleGe0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  23. ↑ "Tommy Prothro". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ProtTo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Sohn, Matt (2008-01-15). "In wake of ‘Spygate,’ Belichick steamrolled the competition". Pro Football Weekly. http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/Features/NFL+Features/2007/awardscoach.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  25. ↑ "Knox Voted Top Coach Wins UPI Award for Second Straight Year". Philadelphia Inquirer. 1987-12-26.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Chuck Knox". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/KnoxCh0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  27. ↑ "Ray Malavasi". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/MalaRa0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  28. ↑ "John Robinson". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/RobiJo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  29. ↑ "Rich Brooks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/BrooRi0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  30. ↑ "Maxwell Football Club - Professional Coach of the Year". Maxwell Football Club. http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/neale/2003/bio_vermeil.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  31. ↑ "Dick Vermeil". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/VermDi0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  32. ↑ "Mike Martz". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/MartMi0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  33. ↑ "Joe Vitt Records, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/VittJo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  34. ↑ "Scott Linehan". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/LineSc0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  35. ↑ "Jim Haslett". Chicago Tribune. 2008-09-29. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/chi-jim-haslett-080929-ht,0,6804446.story. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  36. ↑ "Steve Spagnuolo Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SpagSt0.htm. Retrieved January 3, 2011.

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