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Revised: 8 April 2008

RESULTS OF THE NFL PLAYER SURVEY

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION

(NFLPA)

Prepared by Tukufu Zuberi and Camille Z. Charles

Wharton Sports Business Initiative University of Pennsylvania

3401 Walnut Street, Suite 333A Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228

NFL PLAYERS SURVEY 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 THE STUDY 6 THE RESEARCH TEAM 6 DESIGN AND BASIC METHODS OF THE NFL PLAYER SURVEY 9 FINDINGS 11 ACTIVE PLAYER EVALUATION OF COACHES 11 PLAYER CHARACTERISTICS 15 PLAYER RANKINGS 18


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Wharton Sports Business Initiative collaborated with the National Football

League Players Association (NFLPA) to produce the first NFL Player Survey.

The Wharton Sports Business Initiative and the NFLPA conducted a

comprehensive survey of all the Players in the National Football League during

the 2007 regular season. This report provides a synthesis of the results from the

National Football League Player Survey.

MAIN FINDINGS

The coach is considered among the most significant individuals in the

game of football. In order to clarify what this means for the players

themselves, we asked them to identify the coach that had been the most

influential in their career. More than half of players said that the most

influential coach in their lives was a professional football coach, followed

by a college, and high school coach.

o Neither conference nor race of the player made a statistically

significant difference.

Players were also given the opportunity to assess the quality of their

coaches. Overall, players have quite positive assessments of their head

coaches. In some instances, however, assessments differed by race and


conference; these differences were most pronounced in Player attitudes

about “respect” and “trust”. White Players expressed more trust and

respect for their head coaches than Black Players did. Likewise, Players

in the AFC expressed more trust and respect for their head coaches then

Players in the NFC.

All teams aspire to be the best organization in the NFL. We asked the

players which team they considered to be the best organization in the

NFL. According to the NFL Player Survey the best organization in the

League is the New England Patriots, followed by the Indianapolis Colts.



We asked the players to identify the worst organization in the NFL. The

players identified the Oakland Raiders as the worst organization, followed

by the Miami Dolphins and the Arizona Cardinals.

o Race of the player did not make a statistically significant difference.

We also asked the players to tell us which 5 active NFL head coaches

they would most like to play for. Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony

Dungy is the coach players most want to play for. Chicago Bears head

coach Lovie Smith came in second, followed by New England Patriots


head coach Bill Belichick, Chiefs coach Herman Edwards, and Steelers

head Coach Mike Tomlin.



Finally, players were also asked to tell us which head coaches they would

least like to play for. Giants head coach Tom Coughlin is the coach active

NFL players would least like to play for, followed by New York Jets head

coach Eric Mangini and Tampa Bay head coach Jon Gruden.


THE STUDY

The Wharton Sports Business Initiative is collaborating with the National Football

League Players Association (NFLPA) to produce the first NFL Player Survey.

The Wharton Sports Business Initiative and the NFLPA conducted a

comprehensive survey of all the Players in the National Football League during

the regular season.

The NFLPA is conducting the survey to better serve the players of the game of

football. The confidential responses we received from the players provides us

with the ability to better understand, represent, and express the views of players

regarding the work environment and conditions of employment in the National

Football League. The results of the survey provide us with reliable and accurate

opinions of the players. The NFL Player Survey allows us to present the most

reliable source for information on NFL Players—the players themselves.

THE RESEARCH TEAM

The Wharton Sports Business Initiative (WSBI) is a partnership among top level

business leaders, Wharton faculty and students that generates and disseminates

knowledge about the sports industry through educational programs, strategic

corporate partnerships, high-level student consulting assignments, global forums,

and research. The Wharton Sports Business Initiative is not a degree granting

program. It is a research and executive education focused "think tank."


The Wharton Sports Business Initiative examines the sports industry in the same

manner that, for example, financial institutions, manufacturing or the real estate

industries are traditionally explored at major business schools. Wharton is

uniquely positioned with its breadth of faculty to serve as a leader for the

examination and implementation of best practices and future business models in

this arena. Our key goal is to conduct research that enhances the sports industry,

allowing the industry to leverage and benefit from our findings. The WSBI survey

team was led by Professor Tukufu Zuberi in collaboration with Professor Camille

Charles.

Tukufu Zuberi is the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations. He is also the

Director of the Center for Africana Studies, and Chair of Sociology Department.

As an internationally-known social scientist, Professor Zuberi has made

important contributions in the study of sociology, research methods, and

population studies. Professor Zuberi is the author or editor of seven books or

edited journal volumes. He is the author of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: The

Mortality Cost of Colonizing Liberia in the Nineteenth-Century, published by the

University of Chicago Press in 1995; and Thicker Than Blood: How Racial

Statistics Lie, published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2001. He has

just completed a manuscript on the history of Timbuktu, entitled Timbuktu: Pearl

of the African Sea that will also be filmed as a documentary for PBS and National

Geographic. He is the series editor of the General Demography of Africa (a

multi-volume series). He has written more than 50 scholarly articles and co-


edited four volumes. Professor Zuberi has edited or co-edited special issues of

the December 2000 Black Scholar on “Transcending Traditions: African, African

Diaspora, and African American Studies in the 21st Century;” the March 2000

issue of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science on

“The Study of African American Problems: Papers In Honor Of W.E.B. Du Bois,”

and a volume of Race and Society on Racial Statistics. He is co-editor of the

recently published The Demography of South Africa, published by New York:

M.E. Sharpe; and White Logic, White Methods: Racism and Methodology,

published by Rowman and Littlefield.

Camille Zubrinsky Charles is Associate Professor of Sociology and Education,

and Faculty Associate Director of the Center for Africana Studies at the

University of Pennsylvania. She is author of Won’t You Be My Neighbor: Race,

Class and Residence in Los Angeles (Russell Sage, Fall 2006), which examines

cross-cutting, individual-level factors thought to influence aggregate housing

patterns, and co-author of The Source of the River: The Social Origins of

Freshmen at America’s Selective Colleges and Universities (2003, Princeton

University Press). She also has two other book projects underway: Taming the

River: Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective

Colleges and Universities (co-authored with Douglas S. Massey and colleagues;

Princeton University Press), is the second in a series based on data from the

National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen. Race-ing Through College: Black

Students at Selective Colleges and Universities is a sole-authored project


focused on diversity within the black student population. Her research interests

are in the areas of racial inequality, racial attitudes and intergroup relations, racial

residential segregation, and minorities in higher education; her work has

appeared in Social Forces, Social Problems, Social Science Research, The

DuBois Review, the American Journal of Education and the Annual Review of

Sociology.

DESIGN AND BASIC METHODS OF THE NFL PLAYER SURVEY

The NFL Players Survey provides a description and exploration of the opinions

and thoughts of the active players during the 2007 season. The surveys were

completed between September and November of 2007. This survey differs from

the standard survey in that all players in the NFL were asked to complete the

questionnaire. The main method of administering the survey questionnaires to

the players was by self-administration. It was appropriate for the NFLPA

representatives to administer the questionnaire to the players during their visit to

the team. At this time all of the players were gathered at the same place at the

same time. The overall completion rate for the survey is above 80%. This is an

extremely high response rate and validates the representativeness of the results.

The results represent the most comprehensive coverage of the views of NFL

players.

To examine if the results of the NFL Player Survey were due to chance or the

reflection of statistically significant differences we preformed basic tests of

significance. The Chi Square is the standard test of significance in social


sciences. It is based on the null hypothesis that assumes that there is no

relationship between the two variables in the total population. The observed

distribution of values of the two separate variables are used to compute the

conjoint distribution that would be expected if there were no relationship between

the two variables. The results are a set of expected frequencies for all the cells

in the contingency table. We then compare this expected distribution with the

distribution of cases actually found in the survey data, and we determine the

probability that the discovered discrepancy could have resulted from sampling

error.

The Chi Square can be tested for statistical significance by the use of standard

tables of values that permit us to determine whether a given association is

statistically significant and at what level. Any standard statistics textbook

provides instructions on the use of such tables. These tests of significance

provide an objective yardstick against which to estimate the significance of

associations between variables. They assist us in ruling out associations that

may not represent genuine opinions of the active NFL players. These are tests

of statistical significance; there are no objective tests of substantive significance.


FINDINGS ACTIVE PLAYER EVALUATION OF COACHES

The coach is considered by most players to be one of the most significant

individuals in the game of football, so we began our questionnaire by asking “who

is the coach that has been the most influential in your career, and when/where

did he coach you?”

For most players the most influential coach was a Professional football coach,

followed by a college, and high school coach (see Figure 1). A majority of NFL

players (56%) said that an NFL coach—though not necessarily their current

coach—has been most influential in their careers. The longer a player has been

in the NFL, the more likely he is to report that an NFL coach has had the most

influence in his career. Just over one-quarter of players said that their college

coach has been most influential and roughly 15 percent say their high school

coach has been most influential.

Figure 1. Most Influential Coach

Notes: NFLPA Survey 2008


Most players do not consider all coaches equal. We asked each player to

identify “the 5 most important attributes for a head coach, coordinator, and

position coach?” Players were asked to select their top 5 choices out of 22

attributes. The choices consisted of the following:

__ Played Professional Football __ The Ability to Delegate __ Ethical __ Appreciating/Respecting Difference __ Compassionate __ Cultural Proficiency __ Approachable __ Inspirational __ Interacts Well With Others __ Motivation Skills __ Self-Discipline __ Keeps People on Task __ Innovative __ Leads by Example __ Exhibits Professionalism __ Willing to Take Risks __ Consensus-Building __ Management Skills __ Effective Negotiator __ Self-Awareness __ Good Communication Skills __ Empathy For most players the most important attribute for a coach was good

communication skills (see Table 1). According to the players the skill set needed

for the different positions overlap, but differ in important ways. For Head

Coaches communication skills was followed by the coach having skills in

motivation, being approachable, management, and leading by example. For

Coordinator’s the most important attributes following Good Communication were

willingness to take risks, motivational skills, approachability, and being

innovative. For Position Coaches, good communication skills were followed by

being approachable, having motivational skills, having played in the NFL, and

keeping players on task. Good communication and motivational skills were by

far considered to the two most important attributes of a coach.


Table 1. Players’ Assessments of Characteristics most important for Head Coaches, Coordinators, and Position Coaches Head Coach % Coordinator % Position Coach %

5 Most Important 5 Most Important 5 Most Important Good communication skills

64.7 Good communication skills

61.4 Good communication skills

69.7

Motivation skills

46.9 Willing to take risks

41.9 Approachable 58.1

Approachable 45.1 Motivation skills 40.8 Motivation skills

46.5

Management skills

32.8 Approachable 36.8 Played in NFL 40.8

Leads by example

32.7 Innovative 35.8 Keeps people on task

31.2

Notes: NFLPA Survey 2008.

We asked the players about the quality of their coaches. We asked each player

to list their opinion about the quality of their coaches. The responses of players

differed by race and conference. These differences were most pronounced in

player attitudes about “respect” and “trust”. White players expressed more trust

and respect for their head Coaches. Likewise, players in the AFC expressed

more trust and respect for their head coaches then players in the NFC.

According to the results presented in Figure 2, NFL Players are quite happy with

their head coaches. Nearly 90 percent of players said that they respect their

head coach; almost three-quarters said they trust their head coach and 79

percent believe that their head coach is “top quality.” Between 67 and 69 percent

of players (strongly) agree that their head coach knows their position and is a

good communicator.


According to Figure 3 there are small but important differences between white

and African American players. The biggest of these differences is that African

American players are nearly 10 percent less likely to say that they trust their

head coach. African American players are also less likely to think their coach is

“top quality” or that he knows their position.

Figure 2. Player Opinion of Head Coach

Figure 3. Player Opinion of Head Coach by Race Notes: NFLPA Survey 2008


PLAYER CHARACTERISTICS

The basic composition of the players is captured in figures (Figures 4-6 are all

based on the NFL Players Survey). According to Figure 4 the racial breakdown

of the players is sixty-five percent African American, twenty-nine percent White,

2.7 percent Asian, 1.2 percent Hispanic, less than one percent Native American

and about 2 percent “other.” In Figure 5 we show the primary positions of

players. A little over a half of NFL players are in offensive position, while a little

less than half are in defensive positions. Roughly one-third of players entered

the NFL as first-day draft picks, another third as a second-day pick, and the

remaining one-third are undrafted free-agents (Figure 6).

Figure 4. Player’s Race Figure 5. Player’s Primary Position Figure 6. How Player Entered League


Figure 7 shows that very few players (12.3%) report receiving some sort of post-season award or recognition. The average NFL player has 4 years of experience (Figure 8). Forty-two percent of players have been in the NFL for two years or less, and nearly one-third report between 3 and 5 years of NFL experience. Just over one-quarter of players have 6 or more years of playing experience. Figure 7. Any Postseason Award Figure 8. Player Experience


In Figure 9 we find that nearly 60 percent of players are on teams that had winning records (8-8 or better) in 2006. Figure 9. Player on a Winning Team in 2006


PLAYER RANKINGS We asked players which team they considered to be the best organization in the NFL. According to the NFL Player Survey the best team in the NFL is the New England Patriots, followed by the Indianapolis Colts, and the Dallas Cowboys. The full NFL Players Survey ranking of teams is provided in Table 2. Table 2. Players’ Ranking of NFL Organizations Rank

Team

2000-2006 Reg. Season Record

2000-2006 Post-Season Record

Rank

Team



1 New England Patriots

75-37 12-2* 17 Houston Texans

24-56 0-0

2 Indianapolis Colts

76-36 7-6* 18 Kansas City Chiefs

60-52 0-2

3 Dallas Cowboys

49-63 0-2 19 San Francisco 49ers

48-64 1-2

4 Green Bay Packers

65-47 2-4 20 Atlanta Falcons

51-60-1 2-2

5 Pittsburgh Steelers

72-39-1 7-3* 21 New Orleans Saints

55-57 2-2

6 Denver Broncos

70-42 1-4 22 New York Giants

58-54 2-4

7 Baltimore Ravens

67-45 5-3* 23 Minnesota Vikings

54-58 2-2

8 Seattle Seahawks

63-49 3-5 24 St. Louis Rams

65-47 3-4

9 Chicago Bears 58-54 2-3 25 New York Jets 58-54 2-4 10 Tennessee

Titans 60-52 2-3 26 Buffalo Bills 46-66 0-0

11 Washington Redskins

49-63 1-1 27 Detroit Lions 33-79 0-0

12 Carolina Panthers

52-60 5-2 28 Cincinnati Bengals

47-65 0-1

13 Philadelphia Eagles

75-37 8-6 29 Cleveland Browns

39-73 0-1

14 Jacksonville Jaguars

53-59 0-1 30 Arizona Cardinals

35-77 0-0

15 San Diego Chargers

53-59 0-2 31 Miami Dolphins

60-52 1-2

16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

58-54 3-3* 32 Oakland Raiders

48-64 4-3

Notes: 2000-2006 records do not include playoff results. Post-season records include all playoff and Super Bowl appearances between 2000-2006. Super Bowl winners are noted with an asterisk (*). For team records see www.pro-football-reference.com. The Houston Texans existed since 2002. All other data are from the NFLPA Survey 2008.


When asked to identify the worst team in the NFL, the players list the Oakland Raiders as the worst team, followed by the Miami Dolphins and the Arizona Cardinals. None of the active players in the NFL nominated Seattle, Green Bay, or Carolina as the worst NFL organization. Table 3. Players’ Ranking of Worst NFL Organizations Rank

Team



Rank

Team



1 Oakland Raiders 48-64 4-3 16 Houston Texans 24-56 0-0 2 Miami Dolphins 60-52 1-2 17 Washington

Redskins 49-63 1-1

3 Arizona Cardinals

35-77 0-0 18 Philadelphia Eagles

75-37 8-6

4 Cleveland Browns

39-73 0-1 T19 Kansas City Chiefs

60-52 0-2

5 Cincinnati Bengals

47-65 0-1 T19 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

58-54 3-3*

6 Detroit Lions 33-79 0-0 21 Chicago Bears 58-54 2-3 7 Buffalo Bills 46-66 0-0 22 Dallas Cowboys 49-63 0-2 8 New York Jets 58-54 2-4 T23 Baltimore

Ravens 67-45 5-3*

9 New York Giants 58-54 2-4 T23 Denver Broncos 70-42 1-4 10 St. Louis Rams 65-47 3-4 T23 Jacksonville

Jaguars 53-59 0-1

11 Minnesota Vikings

54-58 2-2 T23 Pittsburgh Steelers

72-39-1 7-3*

12 Atlanta Falcons 51-60-1 2-2 T23 San Diego Chargers

53-59 0-2

T13 New England Patriots

75-37 12-2* 28 Indianapolis Colts

76-36 7-6*

T13 New Orleans Saints

55-57 2-2 T28 Tennessee Titans

60-52 2-3

T13 San Francisco 49ers

48-64 1-2

Notes: See notes for Table 2.

We asked the players which active NFL head coaches they would most like to play for. Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy is the coach most players want to play for, followed by Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith. New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick ranks third among players, followed by Herman Edwards of the Chiefs and the Steelers’ Mike Tomlin


(see Table 4). The results in Table 4 vary significantly by race or league (see Tables 5 and 6). White players rank Bill Belichick second and Lovie Smith third. Mike Shanahan makes the top 5 among whites as well. Black players ranked Bill Belichick third and Mike Shanahan is much lower (#9). Table 4. Players’ Rankings of 2007 Season NFL Head Coaches Rank

Head Coach

Organization

Overall Record

Playoff Record

Rank

Head Coach

Organization

Overall Record

Playoff Record

1 Tony Dungy

IND Colts 127-65 9-9* 17 Jack Del Rio

JCK Jaguars 45-35 1-2

2 Lovie Smith

CHI Bears 36-28 2-2 18 Gary Kubiak

HOU Texans 14-18 0-0

3 Bill Belichick

NE Patriots 127-81 15-4* 19 Mike Nolan SF 49ers 16-32 0-0

4 Herman Edwards

KC Chiefs 52-60 2-4 20 Mike McCarthy

GB Packers 21-11 1-1

5 Mike Tomlin

PITT Steelers 10-6 0-1 21 Dick Jauron BUFF Bills 50-67 0-1

6 Wade Phillips

DAL Cowboys

61-42 0-4 21 Romeo Crennel

CLE Browns 20-28 0-0

7 Mike Shanahan

DEN Broncos 138-90 8-5* 23 Ken Whisenhunt

AZ Cardinals 8-8 0-0

8 Marvin Lewis

CIN Bengals 42-38 0-1 24 Rod Marinelli

DET Lions 10-22 0-0

9 Jeff Fisher

TENN Titans 115-99 5-5 25 Norv Turner

SD Chargers 69-87-1

3-2

10 Mike Holmgren

SEA Seahawks

157-99 13-11* 26 Cam Cameron

MIA Dolphins 1-15 0-0

11 Brian Billick

BALT Ravens

80-64 5-3* 27 Bobby Petrino

ATL Falcons 3-10 0-0

12 Andy Reid

PHL Eagles 88-56 8-6 28 Brad Childress

MINN Vikings 14-18 0-0

12 Jon Gruden

TB Buccaneers

86-74 5-4* 29 Lane Kiffin OAK Raiders 4-12 0-0

14 Sean Payton

NO Saints 17-15 1-1 30 Scott Linehan

STL Rams 11-21 0-0

15 Joe Gibbs WASH Redskins

154-94 17-7* 31 Tom Coughlin

NY Giants 103-89 8-6*

16 John Fox CAR Panthers

51-45 5-2 32 Eric Mangini

NY Jets 14-18 0-1

Notes: Post-season records include all playoff and Super Bowl appearances. Those coaches with Super Bowl victories are noted with an asterisk (*). Head coach records are from www.pro-football-reference.com. All other data are from the NFLPA Survey 2008.


Table 5. White Players’ Ranking of 2007 Season NFL Head Coaches (Partial list)

Notes: Post-season records include all playoff and Super Bowl appearances. Those coaches with Super Bowl victories

are noted with an asterisk (*). Percentages include every player who lists a coach anywhere in his top 5 coaches. Team

records are from www.pro-football-reference.com. All other data are from the NFLPA Survey 2008.

Rank

Head Coach

Current Organization

Overall Record

Post-Season Record

%

1 Tony Dungy

Indianapolis Colts

127-65 9-9* 77.3

2 Bill Belichick

New England Patriots

127-81 15-4* 35.1

3 Lovie Smith

Chicago Bears

36-28 2-2 33.7

4 Mike Shanahan

Denver Broncos

138-90 8-5* 31.6

4 Jeff Fisher Tennessee Titans

115-99 5-5 26.4

6 Herman Edwards

Kansas City Chiefs

52-60 2-4 26.3

7 Mike Holmgren

Seattle Seahawks

157-99 13-11* 22.3

8 Wade Phillips

Dallas Cowboys

61-42 0-4 20.6

9 Mike Tomlin

Pittsburgh Steelers

10-6 0-1 18.7

10 Andy Reid Philadelphia Eagles

88-56 8-6 16.1

11 Jon Gruden

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

86-74 5-4* 15.2

12 Brian Billick

Baltimore Ravens

80-64 5-3* 11.5

13 Marvin Lewis

Cincinnati Bengals

42-38 0-1 8.4


Table 6. Black Players’ Ranking of 2007 Season NFL Head Coaches (Partial list) Rank

Head Coach

Current Organization

Overall Record

Post-Season Record

%

1 Tony Dungy

Indianapolis Colts

127-65 9-9* 86.7

2 Lovie Smith

Chicago Bears

36-28 2-2 49.7

3 Bill Belichick

New England Patriots

127-81 15-4* 41.1

4 Herman Edwards

Kansas City Chiefs

52-60 2-4 40.7

5 Mike Tomlin

Pittsburgh Steelers

10-6 0-1 34.3

6 Wade Phillips

Dallas Cowboys

61-42 0-4 25.1

7 Marvin Lewis

Cincinnati Bengals

42-38 0-1 24.5

8 Jeff Fisher Tennessee Titans

115-99 5-5 16.3

9 Mike Shanahan

Denver Broncos

138-90 8-5* 16.0

10 Brian Billick

Baltimore Ravens

80-64 5-3* 13.2

11 Jon Gruden

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

86-74 5-4* 11.0

12 Andy Reid Philadelphia Eagles

88-56 8-6 10.1

13 Mike Holmgren

Seattle Seahawks

157-99 13-11* 9.5

Notes: Post-season records include all playoff and Super Bowl appearances. Those coaches with Super Bowl victories are noted with an asterisk (*). Percentages include every player who lists a coach anywhere in his top 5 coaches. Team records are from www.pro-football-reference.com. All other data are from the NFLPA Survey 2008.


Players were also asked to tell us which 5 head coaches they would least like to play for. Giants head coach Tom Coughlin is the coach they would least like to play for, followed by New York Jets head coach Eric Mangini (32.6%) and Tampa Bay head coach Jon Gruden (25.6%) (see Table 7). Table 7. Players’ Rankings of Least Desirable 2007 Season NFL Head Coaches Rank

Head Coach

Organization

Overall Record

Playoff Record

Rank

Head Coach

Organization

Overall Record

Playoff Record

1 Tom Coughlin

NY Giants 103-89 8-6* T17 Andy Reid PHL Eagles 88-56 8-6

2 Eric Mangini

NY Jets 14-18 0-1 T17 Romeo Crennel

CLE Browns 20-28 0-0

3 Jon Gruden

TB Buccaneers

86-74 5-4* 19 Mike Holmgren

SEA Seahawks

157-99 13-11*

4 Bobby Petrino

ATL Falcons 3-10 0-0 20 Mike Nolan SF 49ers 16-32 0-0

5 Bill Belichick

NE Patriots 127-81 15-4* 21 Mike Shanahan

DEN Broncos 138-90 8-5*

6 Norv Turner

SD Chargers 69-87-1

3-2 21 Marvin Lewis

CIN Bengals 42-38 0-1

7 Cam Cameron

MIA Dolphins 1-15 0-0 23 Ken Whisenhunt

AZ Cardinals 8-8 0-0

8 Lane Kiffin

OAK Raiders 4-12 0-0 24 Herman Edwards

KC Chiefs 52-60 2-4

9 Joe Gibbs WASH Redskins

154-94 17-7* 25 John Fox CAR Panthers

51-45 5-2

10 Brian Billick

BALT Ravens

80-64 5-3* 26 Mike McCarthy

GB Packers 21-11 1-1

11 Dick Jauron

BUFF Bills 50-67 0-1 27 Gary Kubiak

HOU Texans 14-18 0-0

12 Brad Childress

MINN Vikings 14-18 0-0 28 Mike Tomlin

PITT Steelers 10-6 0-1

12 Rod Marinelli

DET Lions 10-22 0-0 29 Jeff Fisher TENN Titans 115-99 5-5

14 Jack Del Rio

JCK Jaguars 45-35 1-2 30 Wade Phillips

DAL Cowboys

61-42 0-4

15 Scott Linehan

STL Rams 11-21 0-0 31 Lovie Smith Chicago Bears

36-28 2-2

16 Sean Payton

NO Saints 17-15 1-1 32 Tony Dungy

IND Colts 127-65 9-9*

Notes: Post-season records include all playoff and Super Bowl appearances. Those coaches with Super Bowl victories are noted with an asterisk (*). Head coach records are from www.pro-football-reference.com. All other data are from the NFLPA Survey 2008.

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