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List of Denver Broncos head coaches

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There have been 20 head coaches for the Broncos franchise as of 2023. The franchise's first head coach was Frank Filchock, who coached until . Mike Shanahan is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (208), the most regular season game wins (130), and the most playoff game wins (8). Shanahan and Dan Reeves, are tied for the most playoff games coached (13). Shanahan was the first Broncos head coach to win a Super Bowl following the 1997 season, and repeated the feat following the 1998 season. The Broncos next Super Bowl victory was for Super Bowl 50 following the 2015 season under the leadership of coach Gary Kubiak who had previously played for Denver and served as an assistant coach. Jack Faulkner, John Ralston, Red Miller, and Reeves have been named the United Press International (UPI) NFL Coach of the Year, at least once with the Broncos. Filchock, Faulkner, Mac Speedie, Jerry Smith, Ralston, and Miller spent their entire coaching careers with the Broncos. Speedie, Ray Malavasi, Miller, Shanahan, and Kubiak had been assistant coaches with the Broncos before they became head coaches with the Broncos. The most recent head coach of the Broncos was Sean Payton, who was hired on January 31, 2023.

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*	Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Broncos

Head coaches

:Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2025 NFL season.

#	Image	Name	TermEach year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.	Regular season	Playoffs	Accomplishments	Ref.	First	Last	GC	W	L	T	Win%	GC	W	L
1		*	1960	1961	28	7	20	1		—
2	[[File:Jack Faulkner 1959.jpg	60px]]	*	1962	1964	32	9	22	1		—	UPI AFL Coach of the Year	url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/FaulJa0.htm	title=Jack Faulkner Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 14, 2011	archive-date=December 5, 2010	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205024751/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/FaulJa0.htm	url-status=live}}
3	[[File:Mac Speedie, American football end, on a 1950 football card.jpg	60px]]	*	1964	1966	26	6	19	1		—		url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SpeeMa0.htm	title=Mac Speedie Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 14, 2011	archive-date=October 2, 2011	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002191352/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SpeeMa0.htm	url-status=live}}
4			1966	12	4	8	0		—		url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/MalaRa0.htm	title=Ray Malavasi Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 14, 2011	archive-date=April 29, 2011	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429082152/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/MalaRa0.htm	url-status=live}}
5			1967	1971	65	20	42	3		—		url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SabaLo0.htm	title=Lou Saban Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 14, 2011	archive-date=October 9, 2012	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009091915/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SabaLo0.htm	url-status=live}}
6	[[File:Jerome Smith - 1952 Bowman Large.jpg	60px]]	*	1971	5	2	3	0		—		url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SmitJe0.htm	title=Jerry Smith Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 14, 2011	archive-date=December 10, 2010	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210083300/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SmitJe0.htm	url-status=live}}
7		*	1972	1976	70	34	33	3		—	UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year
8		*	1977	1980	62	40	22	0		5	2	3	1 AFC championship ()
AP NFL Coach of the Year
Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year
Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year
UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year	url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/MillRe0.htm	title=Red Miller Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 14, 2011	archive-date=August 15, 2011	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815024439/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/MillRe0.htm	url-status=live}}
9	[[File:Dan Reeves.JPG	60px]]		1981	1992	184	110	73	1		13	7	6	3 AFC championships (, , )
Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year
UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year
UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year	url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ReevDa0.htm	title=Dan Reeves Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 14, 2011	archive-date=January 25, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125062837/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ReevDa0.htm	url-status=live}}
10	[[File:Wade Phillips at the Redneck Country Club, June 21, 2017 MG 9223 (35356444871).jpg	60px]]		1993	1994	32	16	16	0		1	0	1		url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/PhilWa0.htm	title=Wade Phillips Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 4, 2014	archive-date=March 22, 2019	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322093139/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/PhilWa0.htm	url-status=live}}
11	[[File:Shanahanheadshot.jpg	60px]]		1995	2008	224	138	86	0		13	8	5	2 Super Bowl championships (1997, 1998)	url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ShanMi0.htm	title=Mike Shanahan Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 4, 2014	archive-date=February 18, 2014	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218104944/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ShanMi0.htm	url-status=live}}
12	[[File:Jmac.jpg	60px]]		2009	2010	28	11	17	0		—		url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/McDaJo0.htm	title=Josh McDaniels Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 14, 2011	archive-date=February 4, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204194829/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/McDaJo0.htm	url-status=live}}
13	[[File:Ta8lokcqt0udt2od8ixo.jpg	60px]]	*	2010	4	1	3	0		—		url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/StudEr0.htm	title=Eric Studesville Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 14, 2011	archive-date=March 2, 2011	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302122140/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/StudEr0.htm	url-status=live}}
14	[[File:John-Fox NFL-Coaches-Tour June-2010.jpg	60px]]		2011	2014	64	46	18	0		7	3	4	1 AFC championship ()	url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/FoxxJo0.htm	title=John Fox Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 6, 2018	archive-date=January 24, 2016	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124032832/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/FoxxJo0.htm	url-status=live}}
15	[[File:Gary Kubiak SB Parade Cropped (cropped).jpg	60px]]		2015	2016	32	21	11	0		3	3	0	1 AFC championship ()
1 Super Bowl championship (2015)	url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/KubiGa0.htm	title=Gary Kubiak Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 7, 2017	archive-date=February 25, 2017	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225231127/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/KubiGa0.htm	url-status=live}}
16	[[File:Vance joseph 2018 (cropped).jpg	60px]]	*	2017	2018	32	11	21	0		—		url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/JoseVa0.htm	title=Vance Joseph Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=February 5, 2019	archive-date=March 7, 2019	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307021842/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/JoseVa0.htm	url-status=live}}
17	[[File:Fangio 2022.jpg	60px]]	*	2019	2021	49	19	30	0		—		url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/FangVi0.htm	title=Vic Fangio Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=January 5, 2021	archive-date=January 20, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120193613/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/FangVi0.htm	url-status=live}}
18		*	2022	15	4	11	0		—		url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/HackNa0.htm	title=Nathaniel Hackett Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks	work=Pro Football Reference	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=January 28, 2022	archive-date=January 27, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127164319/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/HackNa0.htm	url-status=live}}
19		*	2022	2	1	1	0		—		url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/12/26/report-jerry-rosburg-is-broncos-interim-head-coach/	title=Report: Jerry Rosburg is Broncos interim head coach	work=NBC Sports	date=December 26, 2022	access-date=December 26, 2022	archive-date=December 26, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226210353/https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/12/26/report-jerry-rosburg-is-broncos-interim-head-coach/	url-status=live}}
20	[[File:Sean Payton 2021.jpg	60px]]		2023–present	51	32	19	0		3	1	2		url=https://www.nfl.com/news/broncos-sean-payton-head-coach-deal-saints	title=Sean Payton new head coach	work=NFL	access-date=January 31, 2023	archive-date=January 31, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131221213/https://www.nfl.com/news/broncos-sean-payton-head-coach-deal-saints	url-status=live}}

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References

"Event History". Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
(October 2010). "All-Time Coaches Roster". NFL Enterprises LLC.
"Frank Filchock Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"Jack Faulkner Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"Mac Speedie Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"Ray Malavasi Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"Lou Saban Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"Jerry Smith Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"John Ralston Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"TSN Award Winners – NFL Coach of the Year". [[Sporting News.
"PFW/PFWA awards: All-time winners". Pro Football Weekly LLC.
"Red Miller Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"NFL Coach of the Year Award". The Lost Web Weavings.
"Dan Reeves Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"Wade Phillips Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"Denver Broncos Franchise Encyclopedia". Sports Reference LLC.
"Mike Shanahan Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"Josh McDaniels Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"Eric Studesville Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"John Fox Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"Gary Kubiak Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"Vance Joseph Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"Vic Fangio Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
"Nathaniel Hackett Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
(December 26, 2022). "Report: Jerry Rosburg is Broncos interim head coach". NBC Sports.
"Sean Payton new head coach". NFL.

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