The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL) have had 13 head coaches in their franchise history. The franchise was founded in 1960 by Lamar Hunt and were known as the Dallas Texans when the team was located in Dallas, Texas. The team relocated to Kansas City, Missouri and were renamed the Chiefs in 1963. The franchise was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) before entering into the NFL following the AFL-NFL merger.
Hank Stram, the team's first head coach, led the Chiefs to three AFL championship victories and two appearances in the Super Bowl. Stram was the team's longest-tenured head coach, holding the position from 1960 to 1974. Marty Schottenheimer was hired in 1989 and led Kansas City to seven playoff appearances in his ten seasons as head coach. Of the thirteen Chiefs coaches, Hank Stram, Marv Levy, and Dick Vermeil have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Seven head coaches have led the Chiefs to the playoffs, of those seven, only three won a game in the playoffs. Romeo Crennel, who coached the team for three games in 2011 and the entire 2012 season, is the team's shortest tenured head coach. He was fired following what was statistically the worst season in franchise history in 2012. Andy Reid has been the head coach since 2013. Following the Chiefs' Super Bowl championship in the 2019 season, Reid became the franchise leader in playoff wins.
Key #Number of coachesA running total of the number of coaches of the Texans/Chiefs. 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 coach *Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Texans/Chiefs
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. Yrs First Last GC W L T Win% GC W L Dallas Texans 1 † 3 1960 1962 44 27 17 0 1 1 0Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2003)1 AFL Championship (1962) <br/ > 1 AFL Western Championship (1962) 1 AFL Playoff Berth Kansas City Chiefs – † 12 1963 1974 166 97 59 10 7 4 31 Super Bowl Championship (IV) 2 AFL Championship (1966, 1969) <br/ > 1 AFL Western Championship (1966) 1 AFL Playoff Berth 1 UPI AFL Coach of the Year Award (1968)1 Pro Football Weekly AFL Coach of the Year Award (1968) 2 * 3 1975 1977 35 11 24 0 — 3 * 11977 7 1 6 0 — 4 † 5 1978 1982 73 31 42 0 —Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2001) 5 * 4 1983 1986 64 30 34 0 1 0 1 1 Playoff Berth 6 * 2 1987 1988 31 8 22 1 — 7 10 1989 1998 160 101 58 1 10 3 73 AFC West Championships (1993, 1995, 1997)7 Playoff Berths 1 UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1995) 8 * 2 1999 2000 32 16 16 0 — 9 † 5 2001 2005 80 44 36 0 1 0 1Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2022)1 AFC West Championship (2003)1 Playoff Berth 1 Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of the Year (2003) 10 3 2006 2008 48 15 33 0 1 0 1 1 Playoff Berth 11 * 3 2009 2011 45 19 26 0 1 0 11 AFC West Championship (2010)1 Playoff Berth 12 2 2011 2012 19 4 15 0 — 13 132013 – present 213 149 64 0 .700 26 18 83 Super Bowl Championships (LIV, LVII, LVIII)5 AFC Championships (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)9 AFC West Championships (2016–2024) 11 Playoff Berths
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References General
Herb, Patrick, Kuhbander, Brad, Looney, Josh, and Moris, Pete, eds. 2008 Kansas City Chiefs Media Guide, Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc., 2008
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