The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are members of the South division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Falcons joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1966, and have compiled an all-time record of 337 wins, 436 losses, and 6 ties. The team has won the NFC West championship twice in 1980 and 1998 and the NFC South championship 4 times in 2004, 2010, 2012 and 2016. The Falcons have appeared in two Super Bowls, losing both times; their first appearance was in Super Bowl XXXIII, with the Falcons falling to the Denver Broncos 19–34, and the second was in Super Bowl LI, where the Falcons fell to the New England Patriots 28–34 in overtime.
There have been 19 head coaches for the Falcons franchise, 14 serving full-time. Among full-time head coaches, Mike Smith is the Falcons' winningest and longest tenured head coach, with a 66–46 regular season record. Under Smith's leadership, the team attained consecutive winning seasons (11–5 in 2008 and 9–7 in 2009), consecutive playoff appearances (2010 and 2011), and consecutive seasons with 10 wins or more (also in 2010 and 2011) for the first time in franchise history. Also, Smith is the only Falcons coach to win 2 divisional titles (NFC South, 2010 and 2012). The current head coach of the Falcons is Kevin Stefanski.
Key #Number of coachesA running total of the number of coaches of the Falcons. Thus, any coach who has two or more terms as head coach is only counted once.YrsYears coachedFirstFirst season coachedLastLast season coachedGCGames CoachedWWinsLLosesTTiesWin%Win – Loss percentage ‡Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player *Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Falcons
Coaches Note: Statistics are correct as of 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. Yrs First Last GC W L T Win% GC W L 1 * 3 1966 1968 31 4 26 1 — 2 ‡ 7 1968 1974 89 37 49 3 — 3 3 1974 1976 25 6 19 0 — 4 * 1 1976 9 3 6 0 — 5 6 1977 1982 87 46 41 0 4 1 3 1 NFC West Championship (1980)3 Playoff Berths 2 UPI NFL Coach of the Year Awards (1977, 1980) 6 4 1983 1986 64 22 41 1 — – 3 1987 1989 43 11 32 0 — 7 11989 4 0 4 0 — 8 4 1990 1993 64 27 37 0 2 1 1 1 Playoff Berth 9 3 1994 1996 48 19 29 0 1 0 1 1 Playoff Berth 10 7 1997 2003 109 49 59 1 5 3 2 1 NFC Championship (1998)1 NFC South Championship (1998)2 Playoff Berths 1 AP NFL Coach of the Year Award (1998) 11 12003 3 2 1 0 — 12 3 2004 2006 48 26 22 0 2 1 1 1 NFC South Championship (2004)1 Playoff Berth 13 * 1 2007 13 3 10 0 — 14 * ‡ 1 3 1 2 0 — 15 * 7 2008 2014 112 66 46 0 5 1 4 2 NFC South Championships (2010, 2012)4 Playoff Berths 1 AP NFL Coach of the Year Award (2008) 16 6 2015 2020 85 43 42 0 5 3 2 1 NFC Championship (2016)1 NFC South Championship (2016)2 Playoff Berths 17 12020 11 4 7 0 — 18 * 320212023 51 21 30 0 .412 — – 220242025 34 16 18 0 .471 — 19 12026present 0 0 0 0 .000 —
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