# List of Kansas City Chiefs head coaches

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 coaches |
| Yrs | Years coached |
| First | First season coached |
| Last | Last season coached |
| GC | Games Coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Loses |
| T | Ties |
| Win% | Win – Loss percentage |
| 00† | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach |
| 00* | Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Texans/Chiefs |

## Coaches

    Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
| # | Image | Name | Term | Term | Term | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Accomplishments | Ref. |
| # | Image | Name | Yrs | First | Last | GC | W | L | T | Win% | GC | W | L | Accomplishments | Ref. |
| Dallas Texans ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | | Hank Stram$^†$ | 3 | 1960 | 1962 | 44 | 27 | 17 | 0 | .614 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2003) 1 AFL Championship (1962) 1 AFL Western Championship (1962) 1 AFL Playoff Berth | |
| Kansas City Chiefs ||||||||||||||||
| – | | Hank Stram$^†$ | 12 | 1963 | 1974 | 166 | 97 | 59 | 10 | .614 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 Super Bowl Championship (IV) 2 AFL Championship (1966, 1969) 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 | | Paul Wiggin* | 3 | 1975 | 1977 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 0 | .314 | — | — | — | | |
| 3 | | Tom Bettis* | 1 | 1977 | 1977 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | — | — | — | | |
| 4 | | Marv Levy$^†$ | 5 | 1978 | 1982 | 73 | 31 | 42 | 0 | .425 | — | — | — | Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2001) | |
| 5 | | John Mackovic* | 4 | 1983 | 1986 | 64 | 30 | 34 | 0 | .469 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 Playoff Berth | |
| 6 | | Frank Gansz* | 2 | 1987 | 1988 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 1 | .274 | — | — | — | | |
| 7 | | Marty Schottenheimer | 10 | 1989 | 1998 | 160 | 101 | 58 | 1 | .634 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 AFC West Championships (1993, 1995, 1997) 7 Playoff Berths 1 UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1995) | |
| 8 | | Gunther Cunningham* | 2 | 1999 | 2000 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | | |
| 9 | | Dick Vermeil† | 5 | 2001 | 2005 | 80 | 44 | 36 | 0 | .550 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Inducted 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 | | Herm Edwards | 3 | 2006 | 2008 | 48 | 15 | 33 | 0 | .313 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 Playoff Berth | |
| 11 | | Todd Haley* | 3 | 2009 | 2011 | 45 | 19 | 26 | 0 | .422 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 AFC West Championship (2010) 1 Playoff Berth | |
| 12 | | Romeo Crennel | 2 | 2011 | 2012 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | .211 | — | — | — | | |
| 13 | | Andy Reid | 12 | 2013 | present | 196 | 143 | 53 | 0 | .730 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 3 Super Bowl Championships (LIV, LVII, LVIII) 5 AFC Championships (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024) 9 AFC West Championships (2016–2024) 11 Playoff Berths | |