Question

Joe Bugel passed away on Sunday at age 80. He was a legendary offensive line coach with Washington in the ‘80s, overseeing the unit that helped the team beat Miami and Denver in Super Bowls (with runners going over 165 yards in those games). It was Bugel who came up with the nickname “The Hogs”. As a head coach, Bugel was far less successful, going only 24-56 in five seasons. Who is the only other coach in league history with at least 80 career games who also won only 30 percent of his games? Said coach died in 2016; he coached in Atlanta and Philadelphia in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Answer

Marion Campbell. Campbell went 34-80-1 as a head coach from 1974-1989. (He was with Atlanta, then Philadelphia, then back with the Falcons). According to Pro Football Reference, 136 coaches have coached at least 80 games at the NFL level. Bugel and Campbell are sitting at the bottom of that group at career winning percentage (both at exactly .300).