Ian Allan
The Rams are hiring Jeff Fisher to be their coach. That’s unusual – a guy who’s been a coach forever at one franchise, then taking over another. It doesn’t happen often, and when it does the results are almost always disappointing.
In this case, Fisher went 142-120 at Tennessee. For much of that time, he was kind of stuck behind Peyton Manning and the Colts, but the record is the record. He made the playoffs in only 6 of 17 seasons. They had the one run to the Super Bowl loss against the Rams (the team he’ll now coach), otherwise he was 2-5 in playoff games.
So his resume comes in a notch behind almost all of the guys you’ll see listed below.
Below you’ll find the “next team” numbers of other guys who have coached for 10-plus years at one spot. It shows how they did at their next job.
We’re talking about a combined 39 seasons for these coaches (most of whom are legendary). Only 13 winning seasons, and a 4-11 record in the postseason. Dan Reeves is the only dusted off coach who took his new team to a Super Bowl (where he lost to his original franchise). Joe Gibbs is the only other retread who won a playoff game.
Every case and situation is different, of course. The current-day Rams at least have a franchise-type quarterback in place and hold the second pick of the draft. But the historical numbers don’t look good for Fisher.
DUSTED OFF COACHES
How coaches with 10-plus years with one team fared with their new teams:
PAUL BROWN (17 seasons with Browns)
W L T Year
3 11 0 1968 Bengals
4 9 1 1969 Bengals
8 6 0 1970 Bengals (0-1 playoffs)
4 10 0 1971 Bengals
8 6 0 1972 Bengals
10 4 0 1973 Bengals (0-1 playoffs)
7 7 0 1974 Bengals
11 3 0 1975 Bengals (0-1 playoffs)
HANK STRAM (15 seasons with Kansas City)
W L T Year
4 10 0 1976 Saints
3 11 0 1977 Saints
MIKE SHANAHAN (14 seasons with Denver)
W L T Year
6 10 0 2010 Washington
5 11 0 2011 Washington
DAN REEVES (12 seasons with Denver)
W L T Year
7 9 0 1997 Falcons
14 2 0 1998 Falcons (2-1 playoffs)
5 11 0 1999 Falcons
4 12 0 2000 Falcons
7 9 0 2001 Falcons
9 6 1 2002 Falcons (1-1 playoffs)
3 10 0 2003 Falcons
JIM MORA (11 seasons with New Orleans)
W L T Year
3 13 0 1998 Colts
13 3 0 1999 Colts (0-1 playoffs)
10 6 0 2000 Colts (0-1 playoffs)
6 10 0 2001 Colts
SID GILLMAN (10 seasons with San Diego)
W L T Year
4 6 0 1971 Chargers
1 8 0 1973 Oilers
7 7 0 1974 Oilers
MARTY SCHOTTENHEIMER (10 seasons with Kansas City)
W L T Year
8 8 0 2001 Washington
8 8 0 2002 Chargers
4 12 0 2003 Chargers
12 4 0 2004 Chargers (0-1 playoffs)
9 7 0 2005 Chargers
14 2 0 2006 Chargers (0-1 playoffs)
JOE GIBBS (10 seasons with Washington)
W L T Year
6 10 0 2004 Washington
10 6 0 2005 Washington (0-1 playoffs)
5 11 0 2006 Washington
9 7 0 2007 Washington (1-1 playoffs)
DENNIS GREEN (10 seasons with Minnesota)
W L T Year
6 10 0 2004 Cardinals
5 11 0 2005 Cardinals
5 11 0 2006 Cardinals
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