Monday, January 7, 2008

Seattle Seahawks' coaches

In 2007, Mike Holmgren passed Chuck Knox as the most most successful in Seahawks team history. Remarkably, there have only been six coaches in 31 seasons. Six! Seemed so few that I decided to present their listing in four different contortions so no one feels cheated.

Sorted by number of wins

1. Mike Holmgren, 82 CURRENT COACH
2. Chuck Knox, 80
3. Jack Patera, 35
4. Dennis Erickson, 31
5. Tom Flores, 14
6. Mike McCormack, 4

Sorted by winning percentage

1. Mike McCormack, 1982 (4-3 .571)
2. Mike Holmgren, 1999-2007 (82-62 .569) CURRENT COACH
3. Chuck Knox, 1983-91 (80-63 .559)
4. Dennis Erickson, 1995-98 (31-33 .484)
5. Jack Patera, 1976-82 (35-59 .372)
6. Tom Flores, 1992-94 (14-34 .292)

Sorted by number of games

1. Mike Holmgren, 144 CURRENT COACH
2. Chuck Knox, 143
3. Jack Patera, 94
4. Dennis Erickson, 64
5. Tom Flores, 48
6. Mike McCormack, 7

Sorted chronologically

1. Jack Patera, 1976-82
2. Mike McCormack, 1982
3. Chuck Knox, 1983-91
4. Tom Flores, 1992-94
5. Dennis Erickson, 1995-98
6. Mike Holmgren, 1999-2007 CURRENT COACH

These numbers, by the way, represent regular-season games only (no pre/post season) and is current through the end of the 2007 regular season.

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