| We were wondering what Wayne Fontes was doing,
now that he no longer is leading the Detroit Lions, and then we wondered,
"Who were his predecessors, and what are they doing?", since it seems that
after you coach the Detroit Lions, you coach no more. We were able
to find info on our favorite former coach, but haven't had much luck
with the others.
If you know where former Detroit Lions' Head
Coaches are now, please ,
and we will update this page. |
| Years |
Coach |
Win |
Lose |
Tie |
Percentage |
Rank |
| 1930 |
Hal (Tubby) Griffen |
5
|
6
|
3
|
.464
|
11 |
| 1931-36 |
George (Potsy) Clark |
49
|
20
|
6
|
.693
|
1 |
| 1937-38 |
Earl (Dutch) Clark |
14
|
8
|
0
|
.636
|
3 |
| 1939 |
Elmer (Gus) Henderson |
6
|
5
|
0
|
.546
|
7 |
| 1940 |
George (Potsy) Clark |
5
|
5
|
1
|
.500
|
8 |
| 1941-42 |
Bill Edwards * |
4
|
9
|
1
|
.321
|
19 |
| 1942 |
John Karcis |
0
|
8
|
0
|
.000
|
22 |
| 1943-47 |
Charles (Gus) Dorais |
20
|
31
|
2
|
.396
|
16 |
| 1948-50 |
Alvin (Bo) McMillin |
12
|
24
|
0
|
.333
|
18 |
| 1951-56 |
Raymond (Buddy) Parker |
50
|
24
|
2
|
.671
|
2 |
| 1957-64 |
George Wilson |
55
|
45
|
6
|
.547
|
5 |
| 1965-66 |
Harry Gilmer |
10
|
16
|
2
|
.393
|
17 |
| 1967-72 |
Joe Schmidt |
43
|
35
|
7
|
.547
|
6 |
| 1973 |
Don McCafferty |
6
|
7
|
1
|
.464
|
12 |
| 1974-76 |
Rick Forzano ** |
15
|
17
|
0
|
.469
|
10 |
| 1976-77 |
Tommy Hudspeth |
11
|
13
|
0
|
.458
|
13 |
| 1978-84 |
Monte Clark |
43
|
63
|
1
|
.407
|
15 |
| 1985-88 |
Darryl Rogers *** |
18
|
40
|
0
|
.310
|
20 |
| 1988-96 |
Wayne Fontes # |
67
|
71
|
0
|
.486
|
9 |
| 1997-00 |
Bobby Ross ## |
27
|
32
|
0
|
.458
|
14 |
| 2000 |
Gary Moeller |
4
|
3
|
0
|
.571
|
4 |
| 2001 |
Marty
Mornhinweg |
2
|
14
|
0
|
.125
|
21 |
* Released after three games in 1942
** Resigned after four games in 1976
*** Released after 11 games in 1988
# Released after the 1996
season
## Resigned after 9 games in the 2000
season |
Wayne Fontes
%)
Ninth Most Winning Lions Coach |
Where do I go from here?
Former Detroit Lions head coach Wayne Fontes
arrived in Europe the week of April 22, 1997 for a two-week stint as a
color commentator on FOX's English-language broadcasts of WL games.
Mr. Fontes is an expert in the primary colors
and beige.
Rumor has it, Wayne's next stop is Disney Land.
This Just In writes: "You may have been close in your prediction of Wayne going to Disney,
but I think it may have been Disney World (Orlando, FL) not Disney Land
(California).
You wanted to know some info on Wayne Fontes.
He is currently living in the Tampa Bay area, Florida. Which city I don't
know? So far during the 2000 NFL season Wayne has been a regular at the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers home games. He has a box seat and cheers on the
Buccaneers.
That is all the info I can give you, hope
this information is of help in your quest for Fontes info."
We fear that Wayne's cheers are only there to fool
the public. We hope we're mistaken, and that all is well... we may
never know for certain.
|
Monte Clark
%)
Fifteenth Most Winning Lions Coach
 |
Is good help hard to
find?
The latest casualties of the Miami Dolphins'
1995 coaching staff were announced on Wednesday, January 17, 1996.
Offensive
line coach Monte Clark was fired on Monday January 15, 1996 by new head
coach Jimmy Johnson.
Coach Johnson began scouting later that week
in Mobile, Alabama for a less offensive line coach to replace Mr. Clark.
|
Joe Schmidt
%)
Sixth Most Winning Lions Coach
 |
- Born January
18, 1932, in Pittsburgh, PA
- Enshrined in 1973 (Pittsburgh)
- LINEBACKER 6-0 , 222
- Detroit Lions
- Pittsburgh All-America, 1952
- Lions' No. 7 draft pick,1953
- Mastered new middle line backing position
- A superb field leader
- Exceptional at diagnosing foe's plays
- All-NFL eight years
- Played in Pro Bowl nine straight years,
- Team captain nine years
- Lions' MVP
four times
-
Had 24 career interceptions
- Favorite band: Wang Chung
|
Don McCafferty 1973
%)
Twelfth Most Winning Lions Coach
|
- 1970 - Don McCafferty replaced Don
Shula in Baltimore where he served as an assistant for 11 years.
- 1970 - First rookie coach to win Super
Bowl (Baltimore Colts -vs- Dallas Cowboys 16-13, Super Bowl V. McCafferty
was so confident that the Colts would win, that he arranged for the team
to leave Monday, the day after the Super Bowl, for Freeport in the
Bahamas for a week to savor individual $15,000 winners shares.)
- Jan. 26, 1973 Don McCafferty named
Lions' head coach.
- July 28, 1974 McCafferty dies of heart
attack.
|
Tommy Hudspeth
%)
Thirteenth Most Winning Lions Coach
|
- Oct. 5, 1976 Tommy Hudspeth named interim head coach.
- Feb. 9, 1977 Hudspeth signs three-year contract as head coach.
- Jan. 10, 1978 Founds the Psychic Hotline.
- Jan. 11, 1978 Thirteen losses later...Monte Clark
(Fifteenth most winning Lions coach) is named head coach and director of football operations.
- Jan. 12, 1978 Claims he never saw it coming and believes that his thirteen losses and
his thirteenth spot in all-time wins are more than "mere coincidence".
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John Karcis 1942
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Twenty-second Most Winning Lions Coach |
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