Las Vegas Raiders Head Coach History: Know Their Most Successful Coach

January 14, 2024

The Las Vegas Raiders NFL team is one of the most competitive teams in league history. They have made 23 playoff appearances and clinched several titles from division to conference and even the Super Bowl Championship. They have a historic reign in the NFL, and a lot of credit goes to their players and coaching staff. Their coaches have brought the best out of every player on the team. Talking about coaches, who is their most successful coach in history? So let us look at the Las Vegas Raiders head coach history and find out their most successful coach.

Las Vegas Raiders Head Coach History

As of the 2024 season, 23 different coaches have coached the Raiders. Here is the coaches’ complete list, stats, and records.

1. Eddie Erdelatz (1960-1961)

Season: 2
Regular season record: 6-10
Regular season win percentage: 0.375
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

2. Marty Feldman (1961-1962)

Season: 1
Regular season record: 2-15
Regular season win percentage: 0.118
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

3. Red Conkright (1962)

Season: 1
Regular season record: 1-8
Regular season win percentage: 0.111
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

4. Al Davis (1963-1965)

Season: 3
Regular season record: 23-16-3
Regular season win percentage: 0.583
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

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5. John Rauch (1966-1968)

Season: 3
Regular season record: 33-8-1
Regular season win percentage: 0.798
Playoff appearances: 2
Playoffs record: 2-2
Titles: 1x Super Bowl, and 2x Division

6. John Madden (1969-1978)

Season: 10
Regular season record: 103-32-7
Regular season win percentage: 0.750
Playoff appearances: 7
Playoffs record: 9-7
Titles: 1x Super Bowl, 1x Conference, and 7x Division

7. Tom Flores (1979-1987)

Season: 9
Regular season record: 83-53
Regular season win percentage: 0.532
Playoff appearances: 5
Playoffs record: 8-3
Titles: 2x Super Bowl, 2x Conference, and 2x Division

8. Mike Shanahan (1988-1989)

Season: 2
Regular season record: 8-12
Regular season win percentage: 0.400
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

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9. Art Shell (1989-1994 and 2006)

Season: 7
Regular season record: 56-52
Regular season win percentage: 0.518
Playoff appearances: 3
Playoffs record: 2-3
Titles: 1x Division

10. Mike White (1995-1996)

Season: 2
Regular season record: 15-17
Regular season win percentage: 0.469
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

11. Joe Bugel (1997)

Season: 1
Regular season record: 4-12
Regular season win percentage: 0.250
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

12. Jon Gruden (1998-2001 and 2018-2021)

Season: 8
Regular season record: 60-57
Regular season win percentage: 0.512
Playoff appearances: 2
Playoffs record: 2-2
Titles: 2x Division

13. Bill Callahan (2002-2003)

Season: 2
Regular season record: 15-17
Regular season win percentage: 0.469
Playoff appearances: 1
Playoffs record: 2-1
Titles: 1x Conference and 1x Division

14. Norv Turner (2004-2005)

Season: 2
Regular season record: 9-23
Regular season win percentage: 0.281
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

15. Lane Kiffin (2007-2008)

Season: 2
Regular season record: 5-15
Regular season win percentage: 0.250
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

16. Tom Cable (2008-2010)

Season: 3
Regular season record: 17-27
Regular season win percentage: 0.375
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

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17. Hue Jackson (2011)

Season: 1
Regular season record: 8-8
Regular season win percentage: 0.500
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

18. Dennis Allen (2012-2014)

Season: 3
Regular season record: 8-28
Regular season win percentage: 0.222
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

19. Tony Sparano (2014)

Season: 1
Regular season record: 3-9
Regular season win percentage: 0.250
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

20. Jack Del Rio (2015-2017)

Season: 3
Regular season record: 25-23
Regular season win percentage: 0.521
Playoff appearances: 1
Playoffs record: 0-1
Titles: nil

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21. Rich Bisaccia (2021)

Season: 1
Regular season record: 7-5
Regular season win percentage: 0.583
Playoff appearances:
Playoffs record: 0-1
Titles: nil

22. Josh McDaniels (2022-2023)

Season: 2
Regular season record: 9-16
Regular season win percentage: 0.360
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

23. Antonio Pierce (2023-present)

Season: 1
Regular season record: 5-4
Regular season win percentage: 0.556
Playoff appearances: nil
Playoffs record: nil
Titles: nil

Most Successful Coach in Las Vegas Raiders History

John Rauch, John Madden, and Tom Flores are the most successful coaches in the Raiders’ history. Rauch coached the team for three years (1966-68), Madden for ten years (1969-1978), and Flores coached the team for nine years (1979-1987).

John Rauch stats and records with Raiders (1966-1968)

33-8-1 in the regular season and 2-2 in the postseason
Two playoff appearances
Two division titles
One Super Bowl Championship

John Madden stats and records with Raiders (1969-1978)

103-32-7 in the regular season and 9-7 in the postseason
Seven playoff appearances
Seven division titles
One Conference
One Super Bowl Championship

Tom Flores stats and records with Raiders (1979-1987)

83-53 in the regular season and 8-3 in the postseason
Five playoff appearances
Two division titles
Two Conference titles
Two Super Bowl Championships

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