List of Las Vegas Raiders head coaches

John Madden (right) was head coach of the Oakland Raiders for ten seasons, from 1969 to 1978.

There have been 20 head coaches for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). The Raiders franchise was founded in Oakland, California in 1959 and became the eighth member of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960 as a replacement for the Minnesota Vikings, who had moved to the NFL. The Raiders joined the NFL in 1970, after the AFL–NFL merger. They played in Los Angeles between 1982 and 1995, before returning to Oakland. As of the end of the 2015 season, the Raiders have played 852 games in a total of 56 seasons in the AFL and NFL. In those games, two coaches have won the Super Bowl with the team: John Madden in 1976 and Tom Flores in 1980 and 1983. One coach, John Rauch in 1966, won the AFL Championship. Three other coaches, Art Shell, Jon Gruden and Bill Callahan, have also taken the Raiders to the playoffs. Callahan led the Raiders to the Super Bowl. He did this in his first year as head coach of the team.

Shell is the only coach to have more than one tenure with the team, and Flores and Shell are the only coaches to have coached the team in both Oakland and Los Angeles. The worst coach statistically in Raiders history is Red Conkright, with a winning percentage of .111, while Rauch is statistically the best, with a winning percentage of .805. However, the all-time leader in both games coached and wins is Madden, with 142 and 103 respectively. Of the 20 Raiders coaches, Al Davis and Madden are the only Raider coaches to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame for their contributions as coaches. Davis, who was also the Managing General partner and an AFL Commissioner, was in the Hall of Fame class of 1992. Madden was in the 2006 class. Two coaches, Flores and Shell, are also former players for the Raiders. Shell was also inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1989, but as a player. The current coach is Jack Del Rio.

Key

#	Number of coaches
GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
T	Ties
Win%	Winning percentage
00†	Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
00‡	Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player
00*	Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Raiders

Coaches

Note: Statistics are accurate through the 2016 NFL season.

#	Name	Term	Regular season					Playoffs				Awards	Reference
			GC	W	L	T	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%
Oakland Raiders
1	Eddie Erdelatz*	1960–1961*	16	6	10	0	.375	–	–	–	–
2	Marty Feldman*	1961–1962*	17	2	15	0	.118	–	–	–	–
3	Red Conkright*[a]	1962*	9	1	8	0	.111	–	–	–	–
4	Al Davis †*	1963–1965*	42	23	16	3	.583	–	–	–	–
5	John Rauch	1966–1968	42	33	8	1	.798	4	2	2	.500
6	John Madden *	1969–1978*	142	103	32	7	.750	16	9	7	.563	Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1969)
7	Tom Flores	1979–1981	48	27	21	0	.563	4	4	0	1.000
Los Angeles Raiders
—	Tom Flores	1982–1987	88	56	32	0	.636	7	4	3	.571
8	Mike Shanahan	1988–1989	20	8	12	0	.400	–	–	–	–
9	Art Shell ‡*[b][c][d]	1989–1994*	92	54	38	0	.587	5	2	3	.400	Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1990)
Oakland Raiders
10	Mike White*	1995–1996*	32	15	17	0	.469	–	–	–	–
11	Joe Bugel	1997	16	4	12	0	.250	–	–	–	–
12	Jon Gruden	1998–2001	64	38	26	0	.594	4	2	2	.500
13	Bill Callahan*	2002–2003*	32	15	17	0	.469	3	2	1	.667
14	Norv Turner	2004–2005	32	9	23	0	.281	–	–	–	–
—	Art Shell ‡*[d]	2006*	16	2	14	0	.125	–	–	–	–
15	Lane Kiffin*	2007–2008*	20	5	15	0	.250	–	–	–	–
16	Tom Cable*[e]	2008–2010*	44	17	27	0	.386	–	–	–	–
17	Hue Jackson	2011	16	8	8	0	.500	–	–	–	–
18	Dennis Allen*	2012–2014*	36	8	28	0	.222	–	–	–	–
19	Tony Sparano[f]	2014	12	3	9	0	.250	–	–	–	–
20	Jack Del Rio	2015–present	32	19	13	0	.594	1	0	1	.000

List of offensive coordinators

The following is a list of the Raiders' offensive coordinators since 1987:

• Tom Walsh, 1988-1989 (under Shanahan and Shell)
• Terry Robiskie, 1990-1992 (under Shell)
• Tom Walsh, 1992-1994 (under Shanahan and Shell)
• Joe Bugel*, 1995-1996 (under White)
• Ray Perkins, 1997 (under Bugel)
• Bill Callahan*, 1998–2001 (under Gruden)
• Marc Trestman, 2002–2003 (under Callahan)
• Jimmy Raye, 2004–2005 (under Turner)
• Tom Walsh, 2006 (under Shell)
• John Shoop, 2006 (under Shell)
• Greg Knapp, 2007–2008 (under Kiffin and Cable)
• Ted Tollner**, 2009 (under Cable)
• Hue Jackson*, 2010 (under Cable)
• Al Saunders, 2011 (under Jackson)
• Greg Knapp, 2012 (under Allen)
• Greg Olson, 2013–2014 (under Allen and Sparano)
• Bill Musgrave, 2015–2016 (under Del Rio)
• Todd Downing, 2017–present (under Del Rio)

*Later became Raiders' head coach

**Held title of "Passing Game Coordinator," jointly performing OC duties with Cable

List of defensive coordinators

The following is a list of the Raiders' defensive coordinators since 1986:

• Charlie Sumner, 1986–1989 (under Flores and Shanahan)
• Dave Adolph, 1989–1991 (under Shanahan and Shell)
• Gunther Cunningham, 1992–1993 (under Shell)
• John Fox, 1994–1995 (under Shell)
• Fred Whittingham, 1995–1997 (under White and Bugel)
• Willie Shaw, 1998–1999 (under Gruden)
• Chuck Bresnahan, 2000–2003 (under Gruden and Callahan)
• Rob Ryan, 2004–2008 (under Turner, Shell, Kiffin and Cable)
• John Marshall, 2009–2010 (under Cable)
• Chuck Bresnahan, 2011 (under Jackson)
• Jason Tarver, 2012–2014 (under Allen and Sparano)
• Ken Norton Jr., 2015–present (under Del Rio)

Footnotes

• ^a Feldman was fired five games into the 1962 season. Conkright served as interim head coach for the remaining nine games.
• ^b Shanahan was fired four games into the 1989 season. Shell served as interim head coach for the remaining 12 games and was subsequently hired as the permanent head coach.
• ^c Shell was inducted into the Hall of fame as a player in 1989.
• ^d Shell had two tenures as the team's head coach.
• ^e Kiffin was fired four games into the 2008 season. Cable served as interim head coach for the remaining 12 games and was subsequently hired as the permanent head coach.
• ^f Allen was fired four games into the 2014 season. Sparano served as interim head coach for the remaining 12 games.

References

General

• "Oakland Raiders History". CBS Sportsline. Retrieved April 15, 2008.
• "Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame Official website. Archived from the original on March 4, 2008. Retrieved March 25, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• "Oakland Raiders Coaching Records and History". DatabaseFootball.com. Retrieved April 15, 2008.
• "Coaching Roster – Oakland Raiders". Hickoksports.com. Retrieved April 15, 2008.

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