List of Buffalo Bills head coaches
Coaches
Table:
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Name

Term [C]

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards

Ref.

GC

W

L

T

Win%

GC

W

L

1

Buster Ramsey*

1960–1961*

28

11

16

1

.407

–

–

–

[15]

2

Lou Saban** [Total]

1962–1965

56

36

17

3

.679

3

2

1

1964 UPI AFL Coach of the Year
1965 UPI AFL Coach of the Year[3]

[16]

3

Joe Collier*

1966–1968*[D]

30

13

16

1

.448

1

0

1

[17]

4

Harvey Johnson* ^[Tot.]

1968*[D]

12

1

10

1

.091

–

–

–

[18]

5

John Rauch

1969–1970

28

7

20

1

.250

–

–

–

[19]

–

Harvey Johnson* ^[Tot.]

1971*

14

1

13

0

.071

–

–

–

[18]

–

Lou Saban** [Total]

1972[E]–1976[F]

61

32

28

1

.533

1

0

1

[16]

6

Jim Ringo* ‡

1976[F]–1977*

23

3

20

0

.130

–

–

–

[20]

7

Chuck Knox

1978–1982

73

37

36

0

.507

3

1

2

1980 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year
1980 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year
1980 Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year[3]

[21]

8

Kay Stephenson*

1983–1985*[G]

36

10

26

0

.277

–

–

–

[22]

9

Hank Bullough

1985[G]–1986[H]

21

4

17

0

.190

–

–

–

[23]

10

Marv Levy †

1986[H]–1997

182

112

70

0

.615

19

11

8

4 AFC championships (1990–1993)
1988 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year
1988 UPI NFL Coach of the Year
1993 UPI NFL Coach of the Year[3]

[24]

11

Wade Phillips

1998–2000

48

29

19

0

.604

2

0

2

[25]

12

Gregg Williams

2001–2003*

48

17

31

0

.354

–

–

–

[26]

13

Mike Mularkey

2004–2005

32

14

18

0

.438

–

–

–

[27]

14

Dick Jauron

2006–2009[I]

57

24

33

0

.421

–

–

–

[28]

15

Perry Fewell*

2009* [I]

7

3

4

0

.429

–

–

–

[29]

16

Chan Gailey

2010–2012

48

16

32

0

.333

–

–

–

[30]

17

Doug Marrone

2013–2014

32

15

17

0

.469

–

–

–

[31]

18

Rex Ryan

2015–2016[K]

31

15

16

0

.484

–

–

–

[32]

19

Anthony Lynn

2016

1

0

1

0

.000

–

–

–

[33]

20

Sean McDermott*

2017–present

32

15

17

0

.469

1

0

1

[34]

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