Top 10 Worst NFL Head Coaches of the 2010s
Coaching in the NFL is no joke. You're in charge of 53 players, plus an entire coaching staff, for 17 grueling weeks. Every game is a high-stakes chess match where one bad decision can cost you everything. The pressure is relentless, and not everyone is built for it. Some guys are great coordinators, masterminds when it comes to calling plays or running a defense, but when they step into that head coaching role, things completely fall apart. Others get the job based on hype or past success in college, only to get exposed at the professional level.Some coaches on this list had promising starts but quickly lost control. Others never even got off the ground. A few somehow managed to hold onto their jobs longer than they should have, despite seasons filled with terrible records, blown leads, and baffling decisions. Fans know all too well what it's like to suffer through bad coaching. When a team is stuck with a guy who clearly has no answers, the frustration builds week after week. Poor game management, stubborn play-calling, and lack of player development all add up, and before you know it, the team is stuck in an endless cycle of losing.
This guy was an absolute failure not just this decade but maybe all time. I'm shocked he lasted 32 games. When you go 1-31 over a two-season span, that is beyond awful. Just wow. He's just unbelievably bad in every way. He was not fit for coaching.
I don't know how he lasted more than two seasons. He literally won 1 game in his first two seasons.
Talk about a guy who was just awful all around. This guy legit has only 19 wins and 46 losses combined with Cleveland, Philly for a game, and New York. He has been a decent assistant coach but is just not meant to be a head coach. He never won more than 5 games in a season.
Fun fact: After Chip Kelly was fired, he was an interim head coach for one game with the Eagles and a lead candidate for the coaching job before being passed up by Doug Pederson. Safe to say that Philly dodged a bullet there.
The Jaguars were forgettable at best during Bradley's tenure. He never won more than 5 games and had a pathetic 14-48 record in four seasons. On top of that, his .226 win percentage is the lowest of any coach with at least 60 games on his record. After 2016, he was relieved of his duties as coach of the Jaguars.
Bowles coached the Jets for four seasons and was an interim head coach in Miami for three games. He was hired shortly after Rex Ryan was fired. His first season wasn't bad. They were 10-6 and barely missed the playoffs. So why's he ranked in the top five in my opinion? Well, that season was a fluke. He wouldn't win over 5 games for the rest of his tenure.
On December 29, 2017, the Jets announced he'd return in 2018 and they would extend him until 2020. But after a 4-12 season, he was fired almost a year later to the day.
He has worked with a few different teams, including the Browns, Chargers, Panthers, and Colts. This guy was the Browns coach in 2013 and went 4-12. He was fired after the season and was with the Colts last in 2017. When you're one and done, it makes you question why he was hired to begin with.
Matt Patricia was associated with the Patriots organization for many years before being hired by Detroit in 2018. He's infamous for making the Lions practice outside in the cold for toughness when the Lions play in a dome. He was brought in to try and make the Lions more Patriots-like.
So far, things have been pretty miserable for Lions fans. Having a 9-22-1 record through two seasons is unacceptable considering the talent this team has. He hasn't done any better than 4th in the division, and the only highlight to speak of is the win over New England that one time.
He has worked for a number of franchises, including the Niners, Texans, Bengals, and Dolphins. He is currently with the Cardinals, but his coaching tenure with the Denver Broncos earns him a spot on the list. In two years, he went 5-11 and 6-10, giving back-to-back losing seasons for the first time since 1971-72 in Denver.
The thing is, the Broncos had some talent and were better than 6-10 and 5-11. Yet, they were never better than 3rd in the division. He was fired on December 31, 2018.
In 2018, after firing Hue Jackson, the Browns had a winning record under Gregg Williams. After the season, they promoted Kitchens to head coach after he got credit for the Browns' improved offense. He would go 6-10 and was fired shortly after their final game, a loss to the Bengals.
6-10 isn't bad for the Browns, but with all the talent on this team, it was a massive disappointment. Let's just say that the team was very undisciplined. Everything about this season was a disappointment. From the first game, they could never truly get going. Considering how weak the AFC was, they should have made the playoffs.
Wilks was hired by the Arizona Cardinals as the successor to Arians retiring. He would go 3-13 and was fired after the season concluded. When someone is fired after one season, you know something went horribly wrong. Why did they hire a guy who last coached 20 years ago at Savannah State?
He has had some success in the NFL, including stretches with the Eagles and Giants during Super Bowl XLII. Because the Giants won, his name was circulating around the NFL as a head coaching candidate. He became the Rams coach in 2009, and right off the bat, he went 1-15. (This season doesn't count for this list.) After that, he went 7-9 and 2-14 and was fired in 2012. He had a 10-38 record overall and a 9-23 record this decade.
He has since returned to being a defensive coordinator for several teams, including the Saints, Giants, and currently the Chiefs.
The Newcomers
He traded away LeSean McCoy and Jeremy Maclin when he was on the Eagles. Then he went 2-14 on the 49ers and was fired after one season. Now, he's doing terrible with UCLA.