List of Carolina Panthers head coaches

The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Panthers franchise began play in the 1995 season, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, as an expansion team. The team has played their home games at Bank of America Stadium since 1996.[1] They have played in one Super Bowl, Super Bowl XXXVIII, but did not win.[2]

There have been three head coaches for the Carolina Panthers. John Fox is the all-time leader in games coached (144), wins (73), and winning percentage (.507). He has been the team's current coach since January 26, 2002.[3] George Seifert has the worst winning percentage (.333) of all Panthers coaches.

Contents

Key

# Number of coaches[N 1]
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
Win% Winning percentage
* Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Panthers
† Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2011 NFL season.

# Name Term[N 2] Regular Season Playoffs Achievements Reference
GC W L T Win% GC W L Win%
1 Dom Capers 1995–1998 64 30 34 0 .469 2 1 1 .500 AP Coach of the Year (1996)[4]
Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1995, 1996)[4]
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1996)[4]
UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1996)[4]		 [5]
2 George Seifert 1999–2001 48 16 32 0 .333 — — — — [6]
3 John Fox 2002–2010 144 73 71 0 .507 8 5 3 .625 [7]
4 Ron Rivera 2011– 16 6 10 0 .375 [8]

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "Stadium". Carolina Panthers. http://www.panthers.com/stadium/index.html. Retrieved 2008-12-07. 
  2. ^ Pucin, Diane (2004-02-02). "Super Bowl XXXVIII New England Patriots 32, Carolina Panthers 29". Los Angeles Times. 
  3. ^ "Panthers opt for Fox". BBC News. 2002-01-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/us_sport/1783857.stm. Retrieved 2008-03-18. 
  4. ^ a b c d "NFL Coach of the Year Award". Hickok Sports. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/nflcoy.shtml. Retrieved 2008-03-22. 
  5. ^ "Dom Capers". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CapeDo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-08. 
  6. ^ "George Seifert". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SeifGe0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-08. 
  7. ^ "John Fox". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/FoxxJo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-08. 
  8. ^ "Ron Rivera". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/RiveRo0.htm. Retrieved January 2, 2012. 

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Founded in 1995 • Based in Charlotte, North Carolina
The Franchise
Stadiums
Culture and Lore
Rivalries
Hall of Honor
Head Coaches
Capers • Seifert • Fox • Rivera
Playoff Appearances (4)
1996 • 2003 • 2005 • 2008
Division Championships (3)
1996 • 2003 • 2008
Conference Championships (1)
Super Bowl Appearances (1)
Seasons
1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011
Current League Affiliations
American Football Conference
AFC East

Chan Gailey (Buffalo Bills)
Todd Bowles (Miami Dolphins)
Bill Belichick (New England Patriots)
Rex Ryan (New York Jets)

 AFC North

John Harbaugh (Baltimore Ravens)
Marvin Lewis (Cincinnati Bengals)
Pat Shurmur (Cleveland Browns)
Mike Tomlin (Pittsburgh Steelers)

 AFC South

Gary Kubiak (Houston Texans)
Jim Caldwell (Indianapolis Colts)
Mel Tucker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
Mike Munchak (Tennessee Titans)

 AFC West

John Fox (Denver Broncos)
Romeo Crennel (Kansas City Chiefs)
Hue Jackson (Oakland Raiders)
Norv Turner (San Diego Chargers)
National Football Conference
NFC East

Jason Garrett (Dallas Cowboys)
Tom Coughlin (New York Giants)
Andy Reid (Philadelphia Eagles)
Mike Shanahan (Washington Redskins)

 NFC North

Lovie Smith (Chicago Bears)
Jim Schwartz (Detroit Lions)
Mike McCarthy (Green Bay Packers)
Leslie Frazier (Minnesota Vikings)

 NFC South

Mike Smith (Atlanta Falcons)
Ron Rivera (Carolina Panthers)
Sean Payton (New Orleans Saints)
Vacant (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

 NFC West

Ken Whisenhunt (Arizona Cardinals)
Vacant (St. Louis Rams)
Jim Harbaugh (San Francisco 49ers)
Pete Carroll (Seattle Seahawks)
Italics = head coach officially designated with the interim tag