Worst NFL coach in history was...

[Jeff W]

I think it's silly to put so much blame on coaches for W-L records. Tom Landry went 0-11-1 in his first season. If he'd been fired we'd be talking about him as the worst of all time. Talent is a much more important variable than coaching.

[anisotropy]

Kotite was my immediate thought when reading the title of the thread. I'm glad I wasn't disappointed with the answers.

[blackjack777]

Ron Rust is a good nomination. I forgot his name completely.

The Pats went 5-11 the year before Rust under Raymond Berry, 1-15 during Rust's year, then 6-10 the next year after he left under Dick McPherson.

He sucked pretty bad.

[MyTurn2Raise]

Art Shell

[MEbenhoe]

Just a note: I screwed up attempting to edit an unwanted part of this thread out and it resulted in some posts getting deleted that shouldn't have been. My apologies for the mess up.

[zer0]

pete carroll may get the opportunity to be the first coach to completely tank 3 different jobs

[Borgland]

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Just a note: I screwed up attempting to edit an unwanted part of this thread out and it resulted in some posts getting deleted that shouldn't have been. My apologies for the mess up.

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I repost my case for Marion "Swamp Fox" Campbell

+--------------+----------+
| Reg. Season | Playoffs |
+----------+--------------+----------+
| Year TM | W L T | W L |
+----------+--------------+----------+
| 1974 atl | 1 5 0 | 0 0 |
| 1975 atl | 4 10 0 | 0 0 |
| 1976 atl | 1 4 0 | 0 0 |
| 1983 phi | 5 11 0 | 0 0 |
| 1984 phi | 6 9 1 | 0 0 |
| 1985 phi | 6 9 0 | 0 0 |
| 1987 atl | 3 12 0 | 0 0 |
| 1988 atl | 5 11 0 | 0 0 |
| 1989 atl | 3 9 0 | 0 0 |
+----------+--------------+----------+
| TOTALS | 34 80 1 | 0 0 |
+----------+--------------+----------+

.295 winning percentage through 115(!) games.

[Knight Vision]

I think Barry Switzer deserves some consideration here (winning a SB despite himself) for taking what might have been the best team ever assembled and turning it into mockery.

[Victor]

mike shula

[NicksDad1970]

Buddy Ryan was an awesome DC but he sucked as the head coach in Az.