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List of Arizona Cardinals head coaches

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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 . The team has played their home games at the State Farm Stadium since 2006 and is the oldest franchise in the NFL.

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. Five other coaches—Don Coryell, Jim Hanifan, Vince Tobin, Bruce Arians, and Kliff Kingsbury—have led the Cardinals to the playoffs.

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. 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, with 96. Whisenhunt was fired on December 31, 2012, after the Cardinals recorded a 5–11 record in 2012. The all-time leader in wins is Bruce Arians with fifty, including one playoff victory.

Key

^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 2025 NFL season.

#ImageNameTermEach year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.Regular seasonPlayoffsAwardsRef.GCWLTWin%GCWLWin%
Chicago Cardinals}};"Chicago Cardinals
1[[File:Paddy Driscoll circa 1926.jpg50pxcenter]]Paddy Driscoll ‡1920–1922291784.680—
2[[File:Arnold Horween (1927).png50pxcenter]]Arnold Horween*1923–1924221381.619—
3Norman Barry*1925–1926261682.667—
4[[File:Guy Chamberlin.jpg60px]]Guy Chamberlin †192711371.300—
5[[File:Ronald McLeod painting of FMG.jpg60px]]Fred Gillies*19286150.167—
6Dewey Scanlon192913661.500—
7[[File:Ernie Nevers, 1930s.jpg60px]]Ernie Nevers ‡1930–1931211092.526—
8Roy Andrews19311010.000—
9Jack Chevigny*193210262.250—
10[[File:Paul Schissler.jpg60px]]Paul Schissler1933–1934226151.286—
11Milan Creighton*1935–19384616264.381—
–[[File:Ernie Nevers, 1930s.jpg60px]]Ernie Nevers ‡1939111100.091—
12[[File:Conzelman.jpg60px]]Jimmy Conzelman †1940–1942338223.267—
13Phil Handler*1943100100.000—
Card-Pitt}};"Card-Pitt
–Phil Handler*co-coaches
1944100100.000—
14Walt Kiesling‡
Chicago Cardinals}};"Chicago Cardinals
–Phil Handler*194510190.100—
–[[File:Conzelman.jpg60px]]Jimmy Conzelman†1946–1948352690.743211.5001947 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year
15[[File:Buddy Parker - 1952 Bowman Large.jpg60px]]Buddy Parker194912651.545—
16[[File:Lambeau 1940.jpg60px]]Curly Lambeau †1950–1951227150.318—
17Cecil Isbell19512110.500—
18Joe Kuharich195212480.333—
19[[File:Joe sydahar westvirginia.jpg60px]]Joe Stydahar1953–1954243201.130—
20[[File:Ray Richards 1942 (cropped).jpg60px]]Ray Richards*1955–19573614211.400—
Chicago Cardinals}};"Chicago Cardinals and St. Louis Cardinals
21[[File:Pop Ivy 1961.JPG60px]]Pop Ivy1958–19614815312.326—
St. Louis Cardinals}};"St. Louis Cardinals
22[[File:Ray Willsey 1965.jpg60px]]Ray Willsey* ^3
co-coaches
1961 ^22001.000–
23[[File:Ray Prochaska.jpg60px]]Ray Prochaska* ^
24Chuck Drulis* ^
25[[File:Wally Lemm.jpg60px]]Wally Lemm1962–19655627263.509—
26Charley Winner1966–19707035305.538—
27Bob Hollway*1971–1972288182.308—
28[[File:Don Coryell Chargers.jpg60px]]Don Coryell †1973–19777042271.609202.0001974 Associated Press Coach of the Year
1974 Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year
29[[File:Bud Wilkinson.jpg60px]]Bud Wilkinson*1978–1979299200.310—
30Larry Wilson* ‡19793210.667—
31[[File:Joe Hanifan.jpg60px]]Jim Hanifan1980–19858939491.443101.000
St. Louis Cardinals}};"St. Louis Cardinals and Phoenix Cardinals
32[[File:Gene Stallings 2009.jpg60px]]Gene Stallings*1986–19895823341.404—
Arizona Cardinals}};"Phoenix Cardinals
33Hank Kuhlmann*19895050.000—
34[[File:Joe Bugel (cropped).jpg60px]]Joe Bugel1990–19936420440.313—
Arizona Cardinals}};"Arizona Cardinals
35[[File:Buddy Ryan in 2011.jpg60px]]Buddy Ryan1994–19953212200.375—
36Vince Tobin*1996–20007128430.394211.500
37[[File:Dave McGinnis.jpg60px]]Dave McGinnis*2000–20035717400.298—
38[[File:GreenSonHoustonTX.jpg60px]]Dennis Green2004–20064816320.333—
39[[File:Ken Whisenhunt 2011.jpg60px]]Ken Whisenhunt2007–20129645510.469642.667
40[[File:Bruce Arians in 2014.jpg60px]]Bruce Arians2013–20178049301.619312.333
41[[File:2025 NYJ DC Steve Wilks (cropped).png60px]]Steve Wilks2018163130.188—
42[[File:Kliff Kingsbury Preseason Week 1 - Commanders at Jets (cropped).jpg60px]]Kliff Kingsbury*2019–20226628371.432101.000url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/KingKl0.htmtitle=Kliff Kingsbury Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Rankswork=Pro Football Referencepublisher=Sports Reference LLCaccess-date=January 5, 2021archive-date=February 14, 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214072826/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/KingKl0.htmurl-status=live}}
43*2023 – 20255115360.294—

Notes

References

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  9. "Arnie Horween". Sports Reference LLC.
  10. "Norm Barry". Sports Reference LLC.
  11. "Guy Chamberlin". Sports Reference LLC.
  12. "Fred Gillies". Sports Reference LLC.
  13. "Dewey Scanlon". Sports Reference LLC.
  14. "Ernie Nevers". Sports Reference LLC.
  15. "Roy Andrews". Sports Reference LLC.
  16. "Jack Chevigny". Sports Reference LLC.
  17. "Paul Schissler". Sports Reference LLC.
  18. "Milan Creighton". Sports Reference LLC.
  19. "Jimmy Conzelman". Sports Reference LLC.
  20. "Phil Handler". Sports Reference LLC.
  21. "Kiesling coaching records". pro-football-reference.com.
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  24. "Curly Lambeau". Sports Reference LLC.
  25. "Cecil Isbell". Sports Reference LLC.
  26. "Joe Kuharich". Sports Reference LLC.
  27. "Joe Stydahar". Sports Reference LLC.
  28. "Ray Richards". Sports Reference LLC.
  29. "Pop Ivy". Sports Reference LLC.
  30. "Ray Willsey". Sports Reference LLC.
  31. "Ray Prochaska". Sports Reference LLC.
  32. "Chuck Drulis". Sports Reference LLC.
  33. "Wally Lemm". Sports Reference LLC.
  34. "Charley Winner". Sports Reference LLC.
  35. "Bob Hollway". Sports Reference LLC.
  36. (January 8, 2005). "AP NFL Coach of the Year Winners". The Washington Post.
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  38. "Don Coryell". Sports Reference LLC.
  39. "Bud Wilkinson". Sports Reference LLC.
  40. "Larry Wilson". Sports Reference LLC.
  41. "Jim Hanifan". Sports Reference LLC.
  42. "Gene Stallings". Sports Reference LLC.
  43. "Hank Kuhlmann". Sports Reference LLC.
  44. "Joe Bugel". Sports Reference LLC.
  45. "Buddy Ryan". Sports Reference LLC.
  46. "Vince Tobin". Sports Reference LLC.
  47. "Dave McGinnis". Sports Reference LLC.
  48. "Dennis Green". Sports Reference LLC.
  49. "Ken Whisenhunt". Sports Reference LLC.
  50. "Bruce Arians Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
  51. "Steve Wilks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
  52. "Kliff Kingsbury Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
  53. "Jonathan Gannon Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
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