List of Arizona Cardinals head coaches
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File:JFK-Bud Wilkinson.jpg John F. Kennedy, during a 1961 visit to the White House. Wilkinson was the 26th head coach of the Cardinals.]]
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The team began as the Morgan Athletic Club in 1898 in Chicago, Illinois. The team's second name was the Racine Normals, since it played at Normal Field on Racine Street. In 1901, they were renamed to the Racine Street Cardinals, a name that came from the University of Chicago jerseys that the team used, which were described as "Cardinal red". The team was established in Chicago in 1898 and was a charter member of the NFL in {{NFL Year|1920}}. The team has played their home games at the State Farm Stadium since 2006 and is the oldest franchise in the NFL.{{cite web|url=http://www.universityofphoenixstadium.com/index.php?page=stadium_facts§ion=history|title=Stadium History|publisher=Global Spectrum|work=UniversityofPhoenixStadium.com|access-date=December 16, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220194643/http://www.universityofphoenixstadium.com/index.php?page=stadium_facts§ion=history|archive-date=December 20, 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/team.jsp?franchise_id=1|title=Arizona Cardinals|publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame|access-date=July 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612154915/http://www.profootballhof.com/history/team.jsp?franchise_id=1|archive-date=June 12, 2008|url-status=live}}
The team has moved to numerous cities during its history. After staying in Chicago from 1920 to 1959, it moved to St. Louis, Missouri and remained there from 1960 to 1987. It played in Tempe, Arizona, from 1988 to 2005, before eventually settling in Glendale, Arizona in 2006, where it now resides. Since 1920, two Cardinals coaches have won the NFL Championship: Norman Barry in 1925 and Jimmy Conzelman in 1947. Six other coaches—Don Coryell, Jim Hanifan, Vince Tobin, Ken Whisenhunt, Bruce Arians, and Kliff Kingsbury—have led the Cardinals to the playoffs, and in 2009 they went to the Super Bowl.{{cite web|access-date=December 5, 2008|url=http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/teams/history/ARI|title=Arizona Cardinals|publisher=CBS Sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118115917/http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/teams/history/ARI|archive-date=November 18, 2008|url-status=live}}
There have been 43 head coaches for the Cardinals franchise since it became a professional team in 1920; fourteen of the team's coaches are former Cardinals players. Ernie Nevers and Jimmy Conzelman are the only coaches to have had more than one tenure with the team. Pop Ivy and Gene Stallings both coached the team during its move from one city to another. Cardinals coach Roy Andrews is tied for the lowest winning percentage among the team's coaches (.000), having lost the only game he coached in the 1931 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/AndrRo0.htm|title=Roy Andrews Coaching Record|work=Pro Football Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=April 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219180034/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/AndrRo0.htm|archive-date=February 19, 2008|url-status=live}} Co-coach Walt Kiesling lost all ten games he coached in 1943, when the team merged with the Steelers during World War II and was known as Card-Pitt. Co-coaches Ray Willsey, Ray Prochaska, and Chuck Drulis have the highest winning percentage among Cardinals coaches (1.000). The team's all-time leader in games coached is Ken Whisenhunt, who was hired on January 14, 2007,{{cite web | publisher=NFL.com | url=http://www.nfl.com/teams/arizonacardinals/coaches?coaType=head&team=ARI | title=Head Coach: Ken Whisenhunt | access-date=August 8, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919095054/http://www.nfl.com/teams/arizonacardinals/coaches?coaType=head&team=ARI | archive-date=September 19, 2008 | url-status=live }} with 96. Whisenhunt was fired on December 31, 2012, after the Cardinals recorded a 5–11 record in 2012.{{cite news|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/ken-whisenhunt-rod-graves-fired-by-arizona-cardinals-0ap1000000120412|title=Cardinals fire Ken Whisenhunt, GM Rod Graves|first=Ian|last=Rapoport|work=NFL.com|publisher=NFL Enterprises LLC|date=December 31, 2012|access-date=December 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022194504/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000120412/article/cardinals-fire-gm-rod-graves-coach-ken-whisenhunt|archive-date=October 22, 2013|url-status=live}} The all-time leader in wins is Bruce Arians with fifty, including one playoff victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/crd/|title=Arizona Cardinals Franchise Encyclopedia|work=Pro Football Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=July 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907232504/http://pro-football-reference.com/teams/crd/|archive-date=September 7, 2008|url-status=live}}
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|Number of coachesA running total of the number of Cardinals head coaches. Thus, any head coach who has two or more terms is only counted once. |
| GC
|Games coached |
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|Wins |
| L
|Losses |
| T
|Ties |
| Win% |
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|Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach |
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|Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player |
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|Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Cardinals |
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|1961 Season had 3 co-coaches for 2 games |
Coaches
: Note: The list begins in 1920, when the Cardinals became a professional team. Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2024 NFL season.
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! rowspan="2" | # ! rowspan="2" | Image ! rowspan="2" scope="col" width="130"| Name ! rowspan="2" scope="col" width="75"| TermEach year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season. ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! colspan="4" | Playoffs ! rowspan="2" | Awards ! rowspan="2" scope="col" width="25"| Ref. |
| GC
! W ! L ! T ! Win% ! GC ! W ! L ! Win% |
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| align="center" colspan="19" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Cardinals}};" | Chicago Cardinals |
| 1
|File:Paddy Driscoll circa 1926.jpg |style="background-color:#E4D00A"|Paddy Driscoll ‡ |29 |17 |8 |4 |.680 | — | | | | |
| 2
|File:Arnold Horween (1927).png | style="background:#dfd;"| Arnold Horween* |22 |13 |8 |1 |.619 | — | | | | |
| 3
| | style="background:#dfd;"| Norman Barry* |26 |16 |8 |2 |.667 | — | | | | |
| 4
|60px |style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| Guy Chamberlin † |1927 |11 |3 |7 |1 |.300 | — | | | | |
| 5
|60px | style="background:#dfd;"| Fred Gillies* |1928 |6 |1 |5 |0 |.167 | — | | | | |
| 6
| |1929 |13 |6 |6 |1 |.500 | — | | | | |
| 7
|60px |style="background-color:#E4D00A"|Ernie Nevers ‡ |21 |10 |9 |2 |.526 | — | | | | |
| 8
| |1931 |1 |0 |1 |0 |.000 | — | | | | |
| 9
| | style="background:#dfd;"| Jack Chevigny* |1932 |10 |2 |6 |2 |.250 | — | | | | |
| 10
|60px |22 |6 |15 |1 |.286 | — | | | | |
| 11
| | style="background:#dfd;"| Milan Creighton* |46 |16 |26 |4 |.381 | — | | | | |
| –
|60px |style="background-color:#E4D00A"|Ernie Nevers ‡ |1939 |11 |1 |10 |0 |.091 | — | | | | |
| 12
|60px |style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| Jimmy Conzelman † |33 |8 |22 |3 |.267 | — | | | | |
| 13
| | style="background:#dfd;"| Phil Handler* |1943 |10 |0 |10 |0 |.000 | — | | | | |
| align="center" colspan="19" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Card-Pitt}};" | Card-Pitt |
| –
| | style="background:#dfd;"| Phil Handler* |rowspan=2|co-coaches |rowspan=2|10 |rowspan=2|0 |rowspan=2|10 |rowspan=2|0 |rowspan=2|.000 |rowspan=2| — |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |
| 14
| |style="background-color:#E4D00A"| Walt Kiesling‡ |
| align="center" colspan="19" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Cardinals}};" | Chicago Cardinals |
| –
| | style="background:#dfd;"| Phil Handler* |1945 |10 |1 |9 |0 |.100 | — | | | | |
| –
|60px |style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| Jimmy Conzelman† |35 |26 |9 |0 |.743 |2 |1 |1 | .500 |1947 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/nfl/coachofyear.html |title=The Sporting News: Football Almanac |publisher=Sportingnews.com |access-date=December 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217041243/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/nfl/coachofyear.html |archive-date=February 17, 2009 }} |
| 15
|60px |1949 |12 |6 |5 |1 |.545 | — | | | | |
| 16
|60px |style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Curly Lambeau † |22 |7 |15 |0 |.318 | — | | | | |
| 17
| |1951 |2 |1 |1 |0 |.500 | — | | | | |
| 18
| |1952 |12 |4 |8 |0 |.333 | — | | | | |
| 19
|60px |24 |3 |20 |1 |.130 | — | | | | |
| 20
|60px | style="background:#dfd;"| Ray Richards* |36 |14 |21 |1 |.400 | — | | | | |
| align="center" colspan="19" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Cardinals}};" | Chicago Cardinals and St. Louis Cardinals |
| 21
|60px |48 |15 |31 |2 |.326 | — | | | | |
| align="center" colspan="19" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals}};" | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 22
|60px |style="background:#dfd;"| Ray Willsey* ^ | rowspan="3" style="background:#E49B0F" align="center"|3 | rowspan="3"| 2 | rowspan="3"| 2 | rowspan="3"| 0 | rowspan="3"| 0 | rowspan="3"| 1.000 | rowspan="3"| – | rowspan="3"| | rowspan="3"| | rowspan="3"| | rowspan="3"| |
| 23
|60px |style="background:#dfd;"| Ray Prochaska* ^ |
| 24
| |style="background:#dfd;"| Chuck Drulis* ^ |
| 25
|60px |56 |27 |26 |3 |.509 | — | | | | |
| 26
| |70 |35 |30 |5 |.538 | — | | | | |
| 27
| | style="background:#dfd;"| Bob Hollway* |28 |8 |18 |2 |.308 | — | | | | |
| 28
|60px | style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| Don Coryell † |70 |42 |27 |1 |.609 |2 |0 |2 | .000 |1974 Associated Press Coach of the Year{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58979-2005Jan8_3.html |title=AP NFL Coach of the Year Winners |work=The Washington Post |date=January 8, 2005 |access-date=December 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107023500/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58979-2005Jan8_3.html |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=live }} |
| 29
|60px | style="background:#dfd;"| Bud Wilkinson* |29 |9 |20 |0 |.310 | — | | | | |
| 30
| |style="background-color:#E4D00A"| Larry Wilson* ‡ |1979 |3 |2 |1 |0 |.667 | — | | | | |
| 31
|60px |89 |39 |49 |1 |.443 |1 |0 |1 | .000 | |
| align="center" colspan="19" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|St. Louis Cardinals}};" | St. Louis Cardinals and Phoenix Cardinals |
| 32
|60px | style="background:#dfd;"| Gene Stallings* |58 |23 |34 |1 |.404 | — | | | | |
| align="center" colspan="19" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Arizona Cardinals}};" | Phoenix Cardinals |
| 33
| | style="background:#dfd;"| Hank Kuhlmann* |1989 |5 |0 |5 |0 |.000 | — | | | | |
| 34
|60px |64 |20 |44 |0 |.313 | — | | | | |
| align="center" colspan="19" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Arizona Cardinals}};" | Arizona Cardinals |
| 35
|60px |32 |12 |20 |0 |.375 | — | | | | |
| 36
| | style="background:#dfd;"| Vince Tobin* |71 |28 |43 |0 |.394 |2 |1 |1 | .500 | |
| 37
|60px | style="background:#dfd;"| Dave McGinnis* |57 |17 |40 |0 |.298 | — | | | | |
| 38
| |48 |16 |32 |0 |.333 | — | | | | |
| 39
|60px |96 |45 |51 |0 |.469 |6 |4 |2 |.667 | |
| 40
|60px |80 |49 |30 |1 |.619 |3 |1 |2 |.333 | |
| 41
| | style="background:#dfd;"|Steve Wilks* |2018 |16 |3 |13 |0 |.188 | — | | | | |
| 42
|60px | style="background:#dfd;"|Kliff Kingsbury* |66 |28 |37 |1 |.432 |1 |0 |1 |.000 | |
| 43
| | align="left" style="background-color:#ddffdd"|{{sortname|Jonathan|Gannon}}* | 2023–present | 34 | 12 | 22 | 0 | .353 | colspan="4"| — | |
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