List of New Orleans Saints head coaches

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Mike Ditka, the 12th coach of the Saints

The

merger of the NFL with the American Football League (AFL) in June of that year. In January 1967, the team was given the current "New Orleans Saints" name, and began playing in their first season
in September of that year.

Since the franchise's creation, it has been based in New Orleans. The team's home games were originally played at

Mercedes-Benz Superdome (formerly Louisiana Superdome from 1975 to 2011).[1]

The New Orleans Saints have had 16 head coaches in their franchise history—ten full-time coaches and six interim coaches. Sean Payton, who was the head coach of the Saints from 2006 to 2021, has the most wins as coach. Payton served as the assistant head coach/passing game coordinator and assistant head coach/quarterbacks for the Dallas Cowboys for three seasons before he joined the Saints in 2006.[2]

In the

NFL Championship.[3] Tom Fears, the franchise's first head coach serving from 1967 to 1970, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1970,[4]
and is the only coach to be inducted into the Hall of Fame while spending his entire coaching career with the Saints.

playoffs. Mora, Haslett, and Payton have won the AP Coach of the Year Award and the Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year.[1]

Key

# Number of coaches[N 1]
Years Years coached
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Loses
T Ties
Win% Win–loss percentage
Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player
* Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Saints

Coaches

Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
# Image Name Years[N 2] Regular season Playoffs Achievements[1] Ref
GC W L T Win% GC W L Win%
1 Tom Fears* 19671970* 49 13 34 2 .286 [7]
2 J. D. Roberts* 19701972* 35 7 25 3 .243 [8]
3 John North* 19731975* 34 11 23 0 .324 [9]
4 Ernie Hefferle* 1975* 8 1 7 0 .125 [10]
5 Hank Stram 19761977 28 7 21 0 .250 [11]
6 Dick Nolan 19781980 44 15 29 0 .341 [12]
7 Dick Stanfel* 1980* 4 1 3 0 .250 [13]
8 Bum Phillips 19811985 69 27 42 0 .391 [14]
9 Wade Phillips 1985 4 1 3 0 .250 [15]
10 Jim E. Mora 19861996 167 93 74 0 .557 4 0 4 .000 AP NFL Coach of the Year (1987)
UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1987)
NFC West division champion (1991)
[16]
11 Rick Venturi 1996 8 1 7 0 .125 [17]
12 Mike Ditka 19971999 48 15 33 0 .313 [18]
13 Jim Haslett 20002005 96 45 51 0 .469 2 1 1 .500 AP NFL Coach of the Year (2000)
NFC West division champion (2000)
[19]
14 Sean Payton*[N 3] 20062011
2013–2021
241 152 89 0 .631 17 9 8 .533 AP NFL Coach of the Year (2006)
NFC South division champion (2006, 2009, 2011, 2017–2020)
NFC conference champion (2009)
Super Bowl XLIV champion (2009)
[20]
15 Aaron Kromer*[N 4] 2012 6 2 4 0 .333 [21]
16 Joe Vitt[N 5] 2012 10 5 5 0 .500 [22]
17 Dennis Allen 2022–present 34 16 18 0 .471 [23]

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Saints. 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.
  3. ^ Payton was suspended for the 2012 NFL season. Assistant coach Joe Vitt served as interim head coach for the 2012 season. During Vitt's own six-game suspension, the position was filled by fellow assistant Aaron Kromer.
  4. ^ Assistant coach Aaron Kromer served as interim head coach for the first 6 games of the 2012 season.
  5. ^ Assistant coach Joe Vitt served as interim head coach for the last 10 games of the 2012 season.


References

  1. ^ a b c "New Orleans Saints Key Moments". New Orleans Saints. Archived from the original on November 7, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  2. ^ "Sean Payton Profile". National Football League. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
  3. ^ "Sean Payton Profile". New Orleans Saints. Archived from the original on November 7, 2008. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
  4. ^ "Tom Fears Hall of Fame Profile". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
  5. ^ "Hank Stram Hall of Fame Profile". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
  6. ^ "Mike Ditka Hall of Fame Profile". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
  7. ^ "Tom Fears Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  8. ^ "J.D. Roberts Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  9. ^ "John North Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  10. ^ "Ernie Hefferle Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  11. ^ "Hank Stram Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  12. ^ "Dick Nolan Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  13. ^ "Dick Stanfel Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  14. ^ "Wade Phillips Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  15. ^ "Wade Phillips Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  16. ^ "Jim Mora Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  17. ^ "Rick Venturi Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  18. ^ "Mike Ditka Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  19. ^ "Jim Haslett Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  20. ^ "Sean Payton Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  21. ^ "Aaron Kromer Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  22. ^ "Joe Vitt Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  23. ^ "Dennis Allen Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 8, 2024.