# List of Denver Broncos head coaches

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver, Colorado. They are members of the West Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team began playing in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger. The team has played their home games at Empower Field at Mile High since 2001.
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 1961. 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.

## 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* | Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Broncos |

## Head coaches

    Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2024 NFL season.
| # | Image | Name | Term | Term | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Accomplishments | Ref. |
| # | Image | Name | First | Last | GC | W | L | T | Win% | GC | W | L | Accomplishments | Ref. |
| 1 | | Frank Filchock* | 1960 | 1961 | 28 | 7 | 20 | 1 | .268 | — | — | — | | |
| 2 | | Jack Faulkner* | 1962 | 1964 | 32 | 9 | 22 | 1 | .297 | — | — | — | 1962 UPI AFL Coach of the Year | |
| 3 | | Mac Speedie* | 1964 | 1966 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1 | .250 | — | — | — | | |
| 4 | | Ray Malavasi | 1966 | 1966 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | — | — | — | | |
| 5 | | Lou Saban | 1967 | 1971 | 65 | 20 | 42 | 3 | .325 | — | — | — | | |
| 6 | | Jerry Smith* | 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | — | — | — | | |
| 7 | | John Ralston* | 1972 | 1976 | 70 | 34 | 33 | 3 | .507 | — | — | — | 1973 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year | |
| 8 | | Red Miller* | 1977 | 1980 | 62 | 40 | 22 | 0 | .645 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 AFC championship (1977) 1977 AP NFL Coach of the Year 1977 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year 1977 Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year 1977 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year | |
| 9 | | Dan Reeves | 1981 | 1992 | 184 | 110 | 73 | 1 | .601 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 AFC championships (1986, 1987, 1989) 1984 Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year 1989 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year 1991 UPI AFC NFL Coach of the Year | |
| 10 | | Wade Phillips | 1993 | 1994 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | |
| 11 | | Mike Shanahan | 1995 | 2008 | 224 | 138 | 86 | 0 | .616 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 Super Bowl championships (1997, 1998) | |
| 12 | | Josh McDaniels | 2009 | 2010 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 0 | .393 | — | — | — | | |
| 13 | | Eric Studesville* | 2010 | 2010 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | — | — | — | | |
| 14 | | John Fox | 2011 | 2014 | 64 | 46 | 18 | 0 | .719 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 AFC championship (2013) | |
| 15 | | Gary Kubiak | 2015 | 2016 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 0 | .656 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 AFC championship (2015) 1 Super Bowl championship (2015) | |
| 16 | | Vance Joseph* | 2017 | 2018 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 0 | .344 | — | — | — | | |
| 17 | | Vic Fangio* | 2019 | 2021 | 49 | 19 | 30 | 0 | .388 | — | — | — | | |
| 18 | | Nathaniel Hackett* | 2022 | 2022 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .267 | — | — | — | | |
| 19 | | Jerry Rosburg* | 2022 | 2022 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | | |
| 20 | | Sean Payton | 2023–present | 2023–present | 34 | 18 | 16 | 0 | .529 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | |