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Empower Field at Mile High (formerly Invesco Field at Mile High) has been the home of the Broncos since 2001.

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver, Colorado. They are members of the West Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team began playing in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger. The team has played their home games at Empower Field at Mile High since 2001.[1]

There have been 20 head coaches for the Broncos franchise as of 2023. The franchise's first head coach was Frank Filchock, who coached until 1961.[2] Mike Shanahan is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (208), the most regular season game wins (130), and the most playoff game wins (8).[3] Shanahan and Dan Reeves, are tied for the most playoff games coached (13).[3][4] Shanahan was the first Broncos head coach to win a Super Bowl following the 1997 season, and repeated the feat following the 1998 season. The Broncos next Super Bowl victory was for Super Bowl 50 following the 2015 season under the leadership of coach Gary Kubiak who had previously played for Denver and served as an assistant coach. Jack Faulkner, John Ralston, Red Miller, and Reeves have been named the United Press International (UPI) NFL Coach of the Year, at least once with the Broncos.[5] Filchock, Faulkner, Mac Speedie, Jerry Smith, Ralston, and Miller spent their entire coaching careers with the Broncos.[2][6][7][8][9][10] Speedie, Ray Malavasi, Miller, Shanahan, and Kubiak had been assistant coaches with the Broncos before they became head coaches with the Broncos.[11] The most recent head coach of the Broncos was Sean Payton, who was hired on January 31, 2023.

Key

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# Number of coaches[N 1]
Yrs Years coached
First First season coached
Last Last season coached
GC Games Coached
W Wins
L Loses
T Ties
Win% Win – Loss percentage
00* Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Broncos

Head coaches

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Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
# Image Name Term[N 2] Regular season Playoffs Accomplishments Ref.
First Last GC W L T Win% GC W L
1 Frank Filchock* 1960 1961 28 7 20 1 .268 — [2]
2 Jack Faulkner* 1962 1964 32 9 22 1 .297 — 1962 UPI AFL Coach of the Year[5] [6]
3 Mac Speedie* 1964 1966 26 6 19 1 .250 — [7]
4 Ray Malavasi 1966 12 4 8 0 .333 — [12]
5 Lou Saban 1967 1971 65 20 42 3 .325 — [13]
6 Jerry Smith* 1971 5 2 3 0 .400 — [8]
7 John Ralston* 1972 1976 70 34 33 3 .507 — 1973 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year[5] [9]
8 Red Miller* 1977 1980 62 40 22 0 .645 5 2 3 1 AFC championship (1977)[14]
1977 AP NFL Coach of the Year[5]
1977 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year[15]
1977 Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year[16]
1977 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year[5] 		[10]
9 Dan Reeves 1981 1992 184 110 73 1 .601 13 7 6 3 AFC championships (1986, 1987, 1989)[14]
1984 Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year[16]
1989 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year[5]
1991 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year[5] 		[4]
10 Wade Phillips 1993 1994 32 16 16 0 .500 1 0 1 [17]
11 Mike Shanahan 1995 2008 224 138 86 0 .616 13 8 5 2 Super Bowl championships (1997, 1998)[14] [3]
12 Josh McDaniels 2009 2010 28 11 17 0 .393 — [18]
13 Eric Studesville* 2010 4 1 3 0 .250 — [19]
14 John Fox 2011 2014 64 46 18 0 .719 7 3 4 1 AFC championship (2013)[14] [20]
15 Gary Kubiak 2015 2016 32 21 11 0 .656 3 3 0 1 AFC championship (2015)[14]
1 Super Bowl championship (2015) 		[21]
16 Vance Joseph* 2017 2018 32 11 21 0 .344 — [22]
17 Vic Fangio* 2019 2021 49 19 30 0 .388 — [23]
18 Nathaniel Hackett* 2022 15 4 11 0 .267 — [24]
19 Jerry Rosburg* 2022 2 1 1 0 .500 — [25]
20 Sean Payton 2023 - present 17 8 9 0 .471 — [26]

Notes

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  1. ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Broncos. Thus, any coach who has two or more terms as head coach is only counted once.
  2. ^ Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.

References

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General
  • "All-Time Coaches Roster" (PDF). Denver Broncos. NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2008. [dead link]
  • "Denver Broncos Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
Specific
  1. ^ "Event History". Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Frank Filchock Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 9, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "Mike Shanahan Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Dan Reeves Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "NFL Coach of the Year Award". AllRaiders.com. The Lost Web Weavings. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
  6. ^ a b "Jack Faulkner Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Mac Speedie Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  8. ^ a b "Jerry Smith Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  9. ^ a b "John Ralston Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  10. ^ a b "Red Miller Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  11. ^ "All-Time Coaches Roster" (PDF). Denver Broncos. NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2008. [dead link]
  12. ^ "Ray Malavasi Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  13. ^ "Lou Saban Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Denver Broncos Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2008.
  15. ^ "TSN Award Winners – NFL Coach of the Year". SportingNews.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
  16. ^ a b "PFW/PFWA awards: All-time winners". ProFootballWeekly.com. Pro Football Weekly LLC. Archived from the original on July 3, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
  17. ^ "Wade Phillips Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  18. ^ "Josh McDaniels Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  19. ^ "Eric Studesville Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on March 2, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  20. ^ "John Fox Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 24, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  21. ^ "Gary Kubiak Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  22. ^ "Vance Joseph Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  23. ^ "Vic Fangio Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  24. ^ "Nathaniel Hackett Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  25. ^ "Report: Jerry Rosburg is Broncos interim head coach". NBC Sports. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on December 26, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  26. ^ "Sean Payton new head coach". NFL. NFL. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.

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