There have been 18head coaches for the Falcons franchise, 13 serving full-time. Among full-time head coaches,Mike Smith is the Falcons' winningest and longest tenured head coach, with a 66–46 regular season record. Under Smith's leadership, the team attained consecutive winning seasons (11–5 in 2008 and 9–7 in 2009), consecutive playoff appearances (2010 and 2011), and consecutive seasons with 10 wins or more (also in 2010 and 2011) for the first time in franchise history. Also, Smith is the only Falcons coach to win 2 divisional titles (NFC South, 2010 and 2012).
^A running total of the number of coaches of the Falcons. Thus, any coach who has two or more terms as head coach is only counted once.
^Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.
^abWhen Atlanta began the1968 NFL season by dropping their first three games, Hecker was fired on October 1 and replaced by former Viking head coachNorm Van Brocklin.
^abAfter winning just two of his first eight games in 1974, Van Brocklin was fired. He was replaced by defensive coordinator Campbell on an interim basis.
^abMarion Campbell's full coaching record with the Falcons is 68 regular season games coached with a record of 17–51 (.250)
^abAfter a 1-4 start to the season, head coach Marion Campbell was fired by general manager Pat Peppler, who himself would close out the season as the interim head coach and finish the season with a 3-6 record.
^abMarion Campbell retired after the twelfth game of the season and replaced by offensive line coach, Jim Hanifan, on an interim basis.
^abAfter losing seven straight games, Dan Reeves was let go by Falcons management, and Wade Phillps took over for the rest of the season.
^Petrino resigned just 13 games into the season to coachArkansas. He was replaced by defensive backs coach Thomas on an interim basis.
^abQuinn was fired after starting the season 0–5. He was replaced by defensive coordinator Morris on an interim basis.