This is a complete list of head coaches for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). There have been 30 head coaches for the team, including their time as the Boston Braves (1932), Boston Redskins (1933–1936), Washington Redskins (1937–2019), Washington Football Team (2020–2021), and Washington Commanders (2022–present).^[1]

Joe Gibbs is the only coach to have more than one tenure.^[2] Two different coaches have won NFL championships with the team: Ray Flaherty in 1937 and 1942, and Joe Gibbs in 1982, 1987 and 1991.^[3] Gibbs is the all-time leader in games coached and wins, and Dudley DeGroot leads all coaches in winning percentage with .737.^[4] Of all the coaches, seven have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Ray Flaherty, Turk Edwards, Curly Lambeau, Otto Graham, Vince Lombardi, George Allen, and Gibbs.^[5]

Coaches

#	Image	Name	Years	Regular season					Playoffs			Awards	Ref.
				GC	W	L	T	Win%	GC	W	L
Boston Braves
1		Lud Wray	1932	10	4	4	2	.500	–				[6]
Boston Redskins
2		Lone Star Dietz*[b]	1933–1934*	24	11	11	2	.500	–				[7]
3		Eddie Casey*	1935*	11	2	8	1	.200	–				[8]
Washington Redskins
4		Ray Flaherty †	1936–1942	78	54	21	3	.720	4	2	2		[9]
5		Dutch Bergman*	1943*	10	6	3	1	.667	2	1	1		[10]
6		Dudley DeGroot*[c]	1944–1945*	20	14	5	1	.737	1	0	1		[4]
7		Turk Edwards* ‡	1946–1948*	35	16	18	1	.471	–				[11]
8		John Whelchel*[d]	1949*	7	3	3	1	.500	–				[12]
9		Herman Ball*[e]	1949–1951*	20	4	16	0	.200	–				[13]
10		Dick Todd*	1951*	9	5	4	0	.556	–				[14]
11		Curly Lambeau †	1952–1953	24	10	13	1	.435	–				[15]
12		Joe Kuharich	1954–1958	60	26	32	2	.448	–			Sporting News Coach of the Year (1955) UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1955)[16]	[17]
13		Mike Nixon	1959–1960	24	4	18	2	.182	–				[18]
14		Bill McPeak*	1961–1965*	70	21	46	3	.313	–				[19]
15		Otto Graham* ‡	1966–1968*	42	17	22	3	.436	–				[20]
16		Vince Lombardi †[f]	1969	14	7	5	2	.583	–				[21]
17		Bill Austin	1970	14	6	8	0	.429	–				[22]
18		George Allen †	1971–1977	98	67	30	1	.691	7	2	5	AP Coach of the Year (1971) Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1971) Sporting News Coach of the Year (1971) UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1971)[16]	[23]
19		Jack Pardee	1978–1980	48	24	24	0	.500	–			AP Coach of the Year (1979) UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1979)	[24]
20		Joe Gibbs*[g]	1981–1992*	184	124	60	0	.674	21	16	5	AP Coach of the Year (1982, 1983) Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1982, 1983) Sporting News Coach of the Year (1982, 1983, 1991) UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1982)[16]	[2]
21		Richie Petitbon*	1993*	16	4	12	0	.250	–				[25]
22		Norv Turner	1994–2000	109	49	59	1	.454	2	1	1		[26]
23		Terry Robiskie[h]	2000	3	1	2	0	.333	–				[27]
24		Marty Schottenheimer	2001	16	8	8	0	.500	–				[28]
25		Steve Spurrier*	2002–2003*	32	12	20	0	.375	–				[29]
–		Joe Gibbs*[g]	2004–2007*	64	30	34	0	.469	3	1	2		[2]
26		Jim Zorn*	2008–2009*	32	12	20	0	.375	–				[30]
27		Mike Shanahan	2010–2013	64	24	40	0	.375	1	0	1		[31]
28		Jay Gruden*[i]	2014–2019	85	35	49	1	.418	1	0	1		[32]
29		Bill Callahan	2019	11	3	8	0	.273	0	0	0		[33]
Washington Football Team / Commanders
30		Ron Rivera	2020–2023	67	26	40	1	.396	1	0	1	George Halas Award (2022)	[34]
Washington Commanders
31		Dan Quinn	2024–present	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0		[35]