This is alist of head coaches for the Philadelphia Eagles. ThePhiladelphia Eagles are a professionalAmerican football team based inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania. The Eagles joined theNational Football League (NFL) as anexpansion team in 1933. Currently members of theEastern Division of theNational Football Conference (NFC), the team has won fiveNFL titles and made fiveSuper Bowl appearances (1980,2004,2017,2022, and2024), with their first Super Bowl victory coming inSuper Bowl LII underDoug Pederson and their second coming inSuper Bowl LIX underNick Sirianni.
Four coaches have wonNFL championships with the team:Earl "Greasy" Neale in1948 and1949,Buck Shaw in1960, Doug Pederson in2017, and Nick Sirianni in2024.[1]Andy Reid is the all-time leader in games coached and wins,[2] while Sirianni has the highest winning percentage with .676 (with at least one full season coached).Bert Bell is statistically the worst coach the Eagles have had in terms of winning percentage, with a .185 win/loss percentage.[3]
Of the 24 Eagles coaches, five have been elected into thePro Football Hall of Fame.[4]Bert Bell was a charter member of the Hall of Fame. Bell was inducted for his work as the NFL Commissioner from 1946 to 1959.Wayne Millner, who coached the team in 1951, was enshrined as a player in 1968.Greasy Neale was in the class of 1969 for his work as the Eagles coach in the 1940s.Mike McCormack made the 1984 class for his Offensive Tackle play.Dick Vermeil entered thePro Football Hall of Fame in 2022 for his coaching career with the Eagles, Rams and Chiefs. Several former NFL players have been head coaches for the Eagles, includingJerry Williams,Ed Khayat, andMarion Campbell. Andy Reid[5] spent 14 seasons in charge before he was fired on December 31, 2012, after a 4–12 season – Reid's worst season in charge – which left the Eagles bottom of the NFC.[6][7] He was replaced by formerUniversity of Oregon head coachChip Kelly, who led the Eagles to a 10–6 record and the playoffs. Kelly was fired on December 29, 2015, after going 6–9 through that season's first 15 games. He was replaced by offensive coordinatorPat Shurmur for Week 17.Doug Pederson served five seasons with the Eagles as their head coach before being fired on January 11, 2021, after leading the team to a 4–11–1 record in his final year as head coach.Nick Sirianni has been head coach since January 24, 2021.[8]
| # | Number of coaches[N 1] |
| GC | Games Coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Loses |
| T | Ties |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
| † | Elected into thePro Football Hall of Fame as a coach |
| ‡ | Elected into thePro Football Hall of Fame as a player |
| ^ | Elected into thePro Football Hall of Fame as the NFL Commissioner |
| * | Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Eagles |
| # | Image | Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Awards | Reference | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | Win% | GC | W | L | ||||||
| 1 |  | Lud Wray | 1933–1935 | 31 | 9 | 21 | 1 | .306 | – | – | – | [9] | |
| 2 |  | Bert Bell ^ | 1936–1940 | 56 | 10 | 44 | 2 | .196 | – | – | – | [10] | |
| 3 | .jpg) | Greasy Neale †* | 1941–1950* | 111 | 63 | 43 | 5 | .590 | 4 | 3 | 1 | [12] | |
| 4 | .jpg) | Bo McMillin | 1951[N 2] | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | – | – | – | [13] [14] | |
| 5 | Wayne Millner ‡* | 1951*[N 3] | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | – | – | – | [15] [16] | ||
| 6 | Jim Trimble* | 1952–1955* | 48 | 25 | 20 | 3 | .552 | – | – | – | [17] | ||
| 7 | Hugh Devore | 1956–1957 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | .313 | – | – | – | [18] | ||
| 8 |  | Buck Shaw | 1958–1960 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 1 | .542 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [19] | |
| 9 | Nick Skorich | 1961–1963 | 42 | 15 | 24 | 3 | .393 | – | – | – | [20] | ||
| 10 | Joe Kuharich | 1964–1968 | 70 | 28 | 41 | 1 | .407 | – | – | – | [21] | ||
| 11 |  | Jerry Williams* | 1969–1971* | 31 | 7 | 22 | 2 | .258 | – | – | – | [22] | |
| 12 | Ed Khayat* | 1971–1972* | 25 | 8 | 15 | 2 | .360 | – | – | – | [23] | ||
| 13 |  | Mike McCormack ‡ | 1973–1975 | 42 | 16 | 25 | 1 | .393 | – | – | – | [24] | |
| 14 |  | Dick Vermeil † | 1976–1982 | 101 | 54 | 47 | 0 | .535 | 7 | 3 | 4 |  Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1979)Sporting News Coach of the Year (1979)UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1978)[11] | [25] |
| 15 |  | Marion Campbell | 1983–1985 | 47 | 17 | 29 | 1 | .372 | – | – | – | [26] | |
| 16 |  | Fred Bruney* | 1985*[N 4] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | – | – | – | [27] | |
| 17 |  | Buddy Ryan | 1986–1990 | 79 | 43 | 35 | 1 | .551 | 3 | 0 | 3 | [28] | |
| 18 | Rich Kotite | 1991–1994 | 64 | 36 | 28 | 0 | .563 | 2 | 1 | 1 | [29] | ||
| 19 | Ray Rhodes | 1995–1998 | 64 | 29 | 34 | 1 | .461 | 3 | 1 | 2 | AP Coach of the Year (1995)Sporting News Coach of the Year (1995)UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1995)[11] | [30] | |
| 20 |  | Andy Reid | 1999–2012 | 224 | 130 | 93 | 1 | .583 | 19 | 10 | 9 | AP Coach of the Year (2002)Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (2002)Sporting News Coach of the Year (2000, 2002)[11] | [31] |
| 21 | _(cropped).jpg) | Chip Kelly | 2013–2015 | 47 | 26 | 21 | 0 | .553 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [32] | |
| 22 |  | Pat Shurmur | 2015[N 5] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | – | – | – | [33] | |
| 23 | .jpg) | Doug Pederson | 2016–2020 | 80 | 42 | 37 | 1 | .531 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Super Bowl LII Championship (2017)Greasy Neale Award (2017) | [34] |
| 24 | _(cropped).jpg) | Nick Sirianni* | 2021–present | 85 | 59 | 26 | 0 | .694 | 10 | 6 | 4 | Super Bowl LIX Championship (2024)Greasy Neale Award (2022) | [35] |