List of Tennessee Titans head coaches

The Titans have played in Nissan Stadium (formerly LP Field) since 1999.

The Tennessee Titans, previously known as the Houston Oilers and Tennessee Oilers, are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are a member of the South division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Tennessee Titans have had 18 head coaches in its franchise history. As the Houston Oilers based in Houston, Texas, the team began playing in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The Oilers won two AFL championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger. The team relocated to Tennessee in 1997 and played in Memphis for one season before moving to Nashville. For two seasons, the team was known as the Tennessee Oilers before changing its name to the Titans in 1999.[1]

Head coach Jeff Fisher led the Titans to their only Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXIV following the 1999 season. He continued his success with playoff appearances in 2000, 2002, and 2003. His coaching career began to decline and, from 2004 to 2010, his only playoff appearances included 2007 and 2008. In January 2011, it was announced that Fisher and the Titans had mutually parted ways. Fisher's tenure at head coach from 1994 to 2010 included six playoff appearances, one AFC Championship appearance, and one Super Bowl appearance.

Following Fisher, the Titans promoted former player and longtime offensive line coach Mike Munchak to head coach. He missed the playoffs from 2011 to 2013 before being fired in January 2014. Ken Whisenhunt became head coach shortly after, and tied a franchise worst 2–14 record in 2014. Mike Mularkey, who was originally hired as tight ends coach in 2014 and promoted to assistant head coach in 2015, replaced Whisenhunt on an interim basis after a 1–6 start in 2015. Mularkey was retained as head coach and led the Titans to two 9–7 seasons, including a playoff appearance in 2017.

Mularkey and the Titans agreed to part ways in January 2018. Former NFL player and coach, Mike Vrabel, was hired as head coach soon after. In his first four seasons, Vrabel led the Titans to an AFC Championship appearance in 2019, back-to-back AFC South division titles in 2020 and 2021, and earned the #1 seed for the AFC in the 2021–22 NFL playoffs. For his team's performance in 2021, Vrabel was named that season's NFL Coach of the Year. After back-to-back losing seasons in 2022 and 2023, Vrabel was fired by the Titans in January 2024. Shortly afterwards, former Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan was hired as the franchise's 20th head coach.

## Key

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# | Number of coaches[a]

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GC | Games coached
W | Wins
L | Losses
T | Ties
Win% | Winning percentage
12†  | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
12‡  | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player
12*  | Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Oilers/Titans

## Coaches

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Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2023 NFL regular season.

#  | Image  | Name  | Term [b] | Regular season  | Playoffs  | Achievements  | Reference

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GC  | W  | L  | T  | Win%  | GC  | W  | L  | Win%
Houston Oilers
1  |  | Lou Rymkus*  | 1960–1961*  | 19  | 11  | 7  | 1  | .605  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1.000  | UPI AFL Coach of the Year (1960)
AFL Championship (1960) | [1][2]
2  |  | Wally Lemm[c] | 1961 | 9  | 9  | 0  | 0  | 1.000  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1.000  | UPI AFL Coach of the Year (1961)
AFL Championship (1961) | [1][3]
3  |  | Pop Ivy | 1962–1963 | 28  | 17  | 11  | 0  | .607  | 1  | 0  | 1  | .000  |  | [4]
4  |  | Sammy Baugh ‡  | 1964 | 14  | 4  | 10  | 0  | .286  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  |  | [5]
5  |  | Hugh Taylor*  | 1965*  | 14  | 4  | 9  | 1  | .321  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  |  | [6]
–  |  | Wally Lemm[c] | 1966–1970 | 70  | 28  | 38  | 4  | .429  | 2  | 0  | 2  | .000  |  | [1][3]
6  |  | Ed Hughes*  | 1971*  | 14  | 4  | 9  | 1  | .321  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  |  | [7]
7  |  | Bill Peterson*  | 1972–1973*  | 19  | 1  | 18  | 0  | .053  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  |  | [8]
8  |  | Sid Gillman †  | 1973–1974 | 23  | 8  | 15  | 0  | .348  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  | UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1974) | [9][10]
9  |  | Bum Phillips | 1975–1980 | 90  | 55  | 35  | 0  | .611  | 7  | 4  | 3  | .571  |  | [11]
10  |  | Ed Biles*  | 1981–1983*  | 31  | 8  | 23  | 0  | .258  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  |  | [12]
11  |  | Chuck Studley*  | 1983*  | 10  | 2  | 8  | 0  | .200  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  |  | [13]
12  |  | Hugh Campbell*  | 1984–1985*  | 30  | 8  | 22  | 0  | .267  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  |  | [14]
13  |  | Jerry Glanville | 1985–1989 | 65  | 33  | 32  | 0  | .508  | 5  | 2  | 3  | .400  |  | [15]
14  |  | Jack Pardee | 1990–1994 | 74  | 43  | 31  | 0  | .581  | 5  | 1  | 4  | .200  |  | [16]
15  |  | Jeff Fisher[d] | 1994–1996 | 38  | 16  | 22  | 0  | .421  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  |  | [17]
Tennessee Oilers
–  |  | Jeff Fisher[d] | 1997–1998 | 32  | 16  | 16  | 0  | .500  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  |  | [17]
Tennessee Titans
–  |  | Jeff Fisher[d] | 1999–2010 | 192  | 110  | 82  | 0  | .573  | 11  | 5  | 6  | .455  |  | [17]
16  |  | Mike Munchak ‡*  | 2011–2013*  | 48  | 22  | 26  | 0  | .458  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  |  | [18]
17  |  | Ken Whisenhunt | 2014–2015 | 23  | 3  | 20  | 0  | .130  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  |  | [19]
18  |  | Mike Mularkey | 2015–2017 | 41  | 20  | 21  | 0  | .488  | 2  | 1  | 1  | .500  |  | [20]
19  |  | Mike Vrabel*  | 2018–2023 | 99  | 54  | 45  | 0  | .545  | 5  | 2  | 3  | .400  | AP Coach of the Year (2021) | [21]
20  |  | Brian Callahan*  | 2024–present  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  |  | [22]

## Notes

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* a A running total of the number of Oilers/Titans head coaches. Thus, any head coach who has two or more terms is only counted once.
* b Each year is linked to an article about that particular Oilers/Titans season.
* c Wally Lemm's full coaching record with the Oilers is 79 regular season games coached with a record of 37–38–4 and a W–L percentage of .494, and 3 playoff games coached with a record of 1–2 and a W–L percentage of .333.
* d Jeff Fisher's full coaching record with the Oilers/Titans is 262 regular season games coached with a record of 142–120–0 and a W–L percentage of .542, and 11 playoff games coached with a record of 5–6 and a W–L percentage of .455.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "History". Tennessee Titans. Archived from the original on January 11, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
2. ^ "Lou Rymkus Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
3. ^ a b "Wally Lemm Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
4. ^ "Pop Ivy Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
5. ^ "Sammy Baugh Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
6. ^ "Hugh Taylor Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
7. ^ "Ed Hughes Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
8. ^ "Bill Peterson Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
9. ^ "Legendary Coach Sid Gillman Dies at 91". Pro Football Hall of Fame. January 3, 2003. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
10. ^ "Sid Gillman Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
11. ^ "Bum Phillips Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
12. ^ "Ed Biles Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
13. ^ "Chuck Studley Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
14. ^ "Hugh Campbell Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
15. ^ "Jerry Glanville Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
16. ^ "Jack Pardee Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
17. ^ a b c "Jeff Fisher Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
18. ^ "Titans hire Mike Munchak as coach". ESPN.com. February 7, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
19. ^ "Ken Whisenhunt Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
20. ^ "Mike Mularkey Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
21. ^ "Mike Vrabel Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
22. ^ "Titans Hire Brian Callahan for Head Coaching Job". www.tennesseetitans.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

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* Founded in 1960
* Formerly the Houston Oilers (1960–1996) and the Tennessee Oilers (1997–1998)
* Based and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee

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Tennessee Titans head coaches

Formerly the Houston Oilers (1960–1996) and the Tennessee Oilers (1997–1998)

* Lou Rymkus (1960–1961)
* Wally Lemm (1961)
* Pop Ivy (1962–1963)
* Sammy Baugh (1964)
* Hugh Taylor (1965)
* Wally Lemm (1966–1970)
* Ed Hughes (1971)
* Bill Peterson (1972–1973)
* Sid Gillman (1973–1974)
* Bum Phillips (1975–1980)
* Ed Biles (1981–1983)
* Chuck Studley # (1983)
* Hugh Campbell (1984–1985)
* Jerry Glanville (1985–1989)
* Jack Pardee (1990–1994)
* Jeff Fisher (1994–2010)
* Mike Munchak (2011–2013)
* Ken Whisenhunt (2014–2015)
* Mike Mularkey (2015–2017)
* Mike Vrabel (2018–2023)
* Brian Callahan (2024–present)

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