Mike McCarthy was the head coach of the Packers from 2006 to 2018, and he led them to victory in Super Bowl XLV.
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There have been 15 head coaches for the Green Bay Packers, a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). The franchise was founded in 1919 by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun and competed for two years against teams around Wisconsin and Michigan before entering into the American Professional Football Association, which is now known as the NFL. During this time, Lambeau served as team captain, a position that more closely matched the modern head coach position. Willard Ryan and Joseph Merrill Hoeffel both served as the official head coach in the early 1920s, however based on the roles of head coach and team captain, the Packers recognize Lambeau as the first coach.[2]
Four coaches have won NFL championships with the Packers: Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau in 1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, and 1944; Vince Lombardi in 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, and 1967; Mike Holmgren in 1996;[3] and Mike McCarthy in 2010. Lambeau is the franchise leader in career games (334) and career wins (209), while Lombardi has the best winning percentage (.754).[4] Ray (Scooter) McLean has the worst winning percentage (.077).[5] Four Packers coaches—Lambeau, Lombardi, Bart Starr and Forrest Gregg—have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, although Starr and Gregg are recognized as players.[6] Lombardi and Lindy Infante have both been named the league's coach of the year by major news organizations.
The current head coach is Matt LaFleur, who was named to that position in January 2019 after Mike McCarthy was fired.[7]
Coaches
Note: Statistics correct through November 19, 2022.
#[a]
|
Name
|
Term
|
Regular Season
|
Playoffs
|
Accomplishments
|
Ref.
|
Yrs
|
First
|
Last
|
GC
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
Win%
|
GC
|
W
|
L
|
1
|
Curly Lambeau
|
29
|
1921
|
1949
|
334
|
209
|
104
|
21
|
.657
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (1970) 6 NFL Championships (1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, 1944) 5 Playoff Berths
|
[9]
|
2
|
Gene Ronzani[b]
|
4
|
1950
|
1953
|
46
|
14
|
31
|
1
|
.315
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
[10]
|
|
Hugh Devore[b]
|
1
|
1953
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
.000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
[11]
|
|
Ray McLean[b][c]
|
1
|
1953
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
.000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
[12]
|
3
|
Lisle Blackbourn
|
4
|
1954
|
1957
|
48
|
17
|
31
|
0
|
.354
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
[13]
|
4
|
Ray McLean[c]
|
1
|
1958
|
12
|
1
|
10
|
1
|
.125
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
[12]
|
5
|
Vince Lombardi
|
9
|
1959
|
1967
|
122
|
89
|
29
|
4
|
.746
|
10
|
9
|
1
|
Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (1971) 2 Super Bowl Championships (I, II) 5 NFL Championships (1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967) 5 NFL Western Championships (1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966) 1 NFL Central Championship (1967) 6 Playoff Berths 1 AP Coach of the Year Award (1959) 1 Sporting News Coach of the Year Award (1961) 1 UPI NFL Coach of the Year Award (1959)
|
[14]
|
6
|
Phil Bengtson
|
3
|
1968
|
1970
|
42
|
20
|
21
|
1
|
.488
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
[15]
|
7
|
Dan Devine
|
4
|
1971
|
1974
|
56
|
25
|
27
|
4
|
.482
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1 Playoff Berth 1 UPI NFL Coach of the Year Award (1972)
|
[16]
|
8
|
Bart Starr
|
9
|
1975
|
1983
|
131
|
52
|
76
|
3
|
.408
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1 Playoff Berth
|
[17]
|
9
|
Forrest Gregg
|
4
|
1984
|
1987
|
63
|
25
|
37
|
1
|
.405
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
[18]
|
10
|
Lindy Infante
|
4
|
1988
|
1991
|
64
|
24
|
40
|
0
|
.375
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1 AP Coach of the Year Award (1989) 1 Sporting News Coach of the Year Award (1989) 1 UPI NFL Coach of the Year Award (1989)
|
[19]
|
11
|
Mike Holmgren
|
7
|
1992
|
1998
|
112
|
75
|
37
|
0
|
.670
|
14
|
9
|
5
|
1 Super Bowl Championship (XXXI) 2 NFC Championships (1996, 1997) 3 NFC Central Championships (1995, 1996, 1997) 6 Playoff Berths
|
[20]
|
12
|
Ray Rhodes
|
1
|
1999
|
16
|
8
|
8
|
0
|
.500
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
[21]
|
13
|
Mike Sherman
|
6
|
2000
|
2005
|
96
|
57
|
39
|
0
|
.594
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
4 Playoff Berths
|
[22]
|
14
|
Mike McCarthy
|
13
|
2006
|
2018
|
204
|
125
|
77
|
2
|
.618
|
18
|
10
|
8
|
1 Super Bowl Championship (XLV) 1 NFC Championship (2010) 6 NFC North Championships (2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) 9 Playoff Berths 1 Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of the Year (2011)
|
[23]
|
|
Joe Philbin[d]
|
1
|
2018
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
.500
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
[24]
|
15
|
Matt LaFleur
|
4
|
2019
|
present
|
66
|
47
|
19
|
0
|
.712
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
3 Playoff Berths
|
[25]
|
- Notes
- ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Packers. Thus any coach who has two terms as head coach is only counted once.
- ^ a b Ronzani resigned with two games remaining in the 1953 season and was replaced on an interim basis by the tandem of Devore and McLean.
- ^ McLean's full coaching record with the Packers is 14 regular season games coached with a record of 1–12–1 and a W–L percentage of .077.
- ^ McCarthy was fired with four games remaining in the 2018 season and was replaced on an interim basis by Philbin.