What NFL Coach Has the Most Wins of All Time?

With the NFL regular season winding down, we thought it would be a good time to take a look at which coach has the most wins of all time. Unsurprisingly, it’s a close race between two of the greatest coaches in NFL history.

George Halas

George Halas was an American professional football player, coach, and team owner. He was one of the co-founders of the National Football League (NFL). Halas was also the first coach and owner of the Chicago Bears, a franchise that he and his partner, Dutch Sternaman, purchased in 1920. He retired from coaching in 1967 but remained the Bears’ principal owner until his death in 1983.

Coached the Chicago Bears for 40 seasons

George Stanley Halas Sr. (/ˈheɪləs/ HAY-ləs;[1][2] February 2, 1895 – October 31, 1983), nicknamed “Papa Bear” and “Mr. Everything”, was an American professional football player, coach, and team owner. He was one of the co-founders and head coach of the National Football League’s Chicago Bears. Halas was also significant as the principal founder of the NFL Films (now NFL Media), the first major motion picture of professional American football, made in 1964 and released in 1965,[3] as one of the printers of the NFL’s official game program (1933–70).[4][5]

Born in Chicago, Illinois,[6] into a family of Czech-Bohemian immigrants,[7][8] Halas grew up in Pilsen[9] on the city’s West Side.[10] As a young child he played baseball with neighbors and later served as batboy for a local semiprofessional team called Bohemians—his first exposure to organized sports.[11][12] Through his father Joseph’s experience as a sportswriter he became interested in sports at an early age.[13][14][15] When he was eleven years old his father died suddenly from heart disease; his mother then moved with her children to Chicago Heights, Illinois.[16][17]”

Won six NFL championships

No other coach in NFL history has won as many championships as George Halas. He was the head coach of the Chicago Bears for 40 seasons, winning six NFL championships along the way. His teams also won nine divisional titles and made the playoffs 20 times. In all, he compiled a record of 318-148-31 (.682), which is the fourth best winning percentage in NFL history.

Tom Landry

Tom Landry was an American football coach. He is ranked as the greatest coach in National Football League (NFL) history by many sportswriters and fans. Landry won two Super Bowls, five NFC titles, 13 Divisional titles, and compiled a 270–178–6 record, the third-most wins by an NFL coach.

Coached the Dallas Cowboys for 29 seasons

In his 29 seasons as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Tom Landry won 270 games, more than any other NFL coach at the time of his retirement in 1988. He led the Cowboys to five NFC Championship games and two Super Bowl titles, and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Won two Super Bowls

In 1970 and 1971, Landry’s Cowboys won back-to-back Super Bowls, making him the only coach to do so at the time.

Curly Lambeau

NFL coach Curly Lambeau has the most wins of all time. He coached the Green Bay Packers for 29 seasons, winning six NFL Championships and three Super Bowls. Lambeau is also a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Coached the Green Bay Packers for 31 seasons

In addition to being one of the most winning coaches in NFL history, Curly Lambeau was also one of the most innovative. He is credited with inventing the screen pass, using zone defenses, and creating the modern T-formation offense. He also popularized the use of cheerleaders to entertain the crowd at football games.

Won six NFL championships

Curly Lambeau was a dominant figure in the early history of professional football, not just because he was the Green Bay Packers head coach for more than two decades, but because he helped found the National Football League in 1920 and then went on to win six NFL championships, more than any other coach in history.

Lambeau was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1898 and played football at Notre Dame before returning to his hometown to play professionally for the Packers, who were then a semi-professional team. He became the team’s head coach in 1919, at the age of 21, and held that position for 29 years.

During that time, Lambeau led the Packers to six NFL championships (1929-31, 1936, 1939-40), more than any other coach in league history. He also helped found the NFL Players Association and served as its president from 1957-59.

Lambeau retired from coaching in 1949 but remained with the Packers as general manager until 1952. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.

Don Shula

Don Shula is an American football coach who has the most NFL wins of all time. He coached the Miami Dolphins for 33 seasons, winning two Super Bowls. Shula was born in Grand River, Ohio and played football for John Carroll University. He became a head coach in the NFL in 1963.

Coached the Miami Dolphins for 26 seasons

Don Shula was born January 4, 1930, in Grand River, Ohio. He played football at John Carroll University in Cleveland and then was drafted in the ninth round of the 1951 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns. Shula played defensive back for seven seasons with the Browns (1951-1957), helping them to win an NFL championship in 1954. He retired as a player in 1957 and became an assistant coach with the Detroit Lions the following year.

Shula was hired as head coach of the Miami Dolphins in 1970. He would go on to lead the team for 26 seasons, winning two Super Bowls (1972, 1973), five AFC championships, and making 14 playoff appearances. In his 33 years as an NFL head coach, Shula compiled a regular season record of 347-173-6, a .665 winning percentage that is the best in league history. He retired from coaching after the 1995 season and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997.

Won two Super Bowls

Don Shula was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins for 26 seasons, from 1970 to 1995. He is the NFL’s all-time leader in wins, with 347. He led the Dolphins to five Super Bowl appearances, winning two of them.