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Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL), and play their home games at Ford Field in downtown Detroit.
Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
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Filter this CollectionGeorge Clark
George M. 'Potsy' Clark (born March 20, 1894 in Carthage, Illinois, died November 8, 1972) was a college football, baseball and basketball player, coach, and athletic director. In addition, he was a professional football coach.
Likable, humorous,...
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- 1931
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- 1936
Earl "Dutch" Clark
Earl Harry "Dutch" Clark (October 11, 1906 – August 5, 1978) was a professional football player for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League. In his final two seasons he was the Head Coach of the Detroit Lions.
At Colorado College, he was a...
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- 1937
- x To:
- 1938
Gus Henderson
Elmer Clinton "Gus" Henderson (March 10, 1889 - December 16, 1965), nicknamed "Gloomy Gus," was an American football coach best known for his collegiate career at the University of Southern California (1919-1924) and the University of Tulsa (1925...
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- x From:
- 1939
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- 1939
George Clark
George M. 'Potsy' Clark (born March 20, 1894 in Carthage, Illinois, died November 8, 1972) was a college football, baseball and basketball player, coach, and athletic director. In addition, he was a professional football coach.
Likable, humorous,...
- x Position:
- x From:
- 1940
- x To:
- 1940
Bill Edwards
Bill Edwards (June 21, 1905 – June 12, 1987 ) was a head football coach at Case Western Reserve University, Vanderbilt University, and Wittenberg University. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
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- x From:
- 1941
- x To:
- 1942
John Karcis
John "Bull" Karcis (December 3, 1908 – September 4, 1973) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants. Karcis was also the head coach for the Detroit Lions....
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- x From:
- 1942
- x To:
- 1942
Gus Dorais
Charles Emile "Gus" Dorais (July 2, 1891 in Chippewa Falls, WI – January 3, 1954 in Birmingham, MI), was a football player and coach at the collegiate level and a coach at the professional level. Dorais developed into one of football's foremost...
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- x From:
- 1943
- x To:
- 1947
Bo McMillin
Alvin Nugent "Bo" McMillin (January 12, 1895 - March 31, 1952) was a Hall-of-Fame college football player, and later successful head coach, who served at both the collegiate and professional levels but who achieved his greatest success at the...
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- x From:
- 1948
- x To:
- 1950
Buddy Parker
Raymond "Buddy" Parker (December 16, 1913 – March 22, 1982) is a former football player and coach in the National Football League who served as head coach for three teams: the Chicago Cardinals, the Detroit Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Parker...
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- x From:
- 1951
- x To:
- 1956
George Wilson
George Wilson (February 3, 1914 – November 23, 1978) was a professional football end and later a coach in the National Football League's Detroit Lions and the American Football League's Miami Dolphins.
He attended Northwestern University and played...
- x Position:
- x From:
- 1957
- x To:
- 1964
Harry Gilmer
Harry Vincent Gilmer, Jr. (born April 14, 1926 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a former American football halfback and quarterback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and Detroit Lions. He was inducted into the College Football...
- x Position:
- x From:
- 1965
- x To:
- 1966
Joe Schmidt
Joseph Paul Schmidt (born January 18, 1932) is a former American football player and coach at both the collegiate and professional levels. His 13-year career with the National Football League's Detroit Lions gained him a place in the Pro Football...
- x Position:
- x From:
- 1967
- x To:
- 1972
Don McCafferty
Donald William McCafferty (March 12, 1921 – July 28, 1974) was an American football coach who, in his first year as head coach of the Baltimore Colts, led the team to a victory in Super Bowl V.
McCafferty played college football at Ohio State...
- x Position:
- x From:
- 1973
- x To:
- 1973
Rick Forzano
Rick Forzano (born November 20, 1928) was a football coach at the high school, collegiate and professional levels, most prominently as head coach of the National Football League's Detroit Lions from 1974-1976.
After seeing his football playing...
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- x From:
- 1974
- x To:
- 1976
Tommy Hudspeth
Tommy Hudspeth was a football coach at both the collegiate and professional levels. He served as head coach at Brigham Young University, the University of Texas-El Paso, the National Football League's Detroit Lions and the Canadian Football League's...
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- x From:
- 1976
- x To:
- 1977
Monte Clark
Monte Dale Clark (January 24, 1937 - September 16, 2009) was a former American football player who served as head coach for two National Football League teams: the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions.
Clark played collegiately for three years...
- x Position:
- x From:
- 1978
- x To:
- 1984
Darryl Rogers
Darryl Rogers (born May 28, 1935) was an American football coach. He was hired by the Detroit Lions in 1985 as head coach. He went 7-9 in '85, 5-11 in '86, 4-11 in '87, and 2-9 in 1988, for a career record with the Lions of 18-40. One of his more...
- x Position:
- x From:
- 1985
- x To:
- 1988
Wayne Fontes
Wayne Fontes (born February 2, 1940) is a former American football coach and college and professional football player who was the head coach of the NFL's Detroit Lions from 1988 to 1996. His 67 wins and 71 losses are each the most for a head coach...
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- x From:
- 1988
- x To:
- 1996
Bobby Ross
Robert Joseph Ross (born December 23, 1936, Richmond, Virginia) is a retired college and NFL football coach. His career as a college head coach included stints at The Citadel, the University of Maryland, Georgia Tech, and Army. He also coached the...
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- x From:
- 1997
- x To:
- 2000
Gary Moeller
Gary O. Moeller (born January 26, 1941(1941-01-26) in Lima, Ohio) is an American football coach best known for being head coach at the University of Michigan from 1990 to 1994. During his five seasons at Michigan, he won 44 games, lost 13 and tied 3...
- x Position:
- x From:
- 2000
- x To:
- 2000
Marty Mornhinweg
Marty Mornhinweg (born March 29, 1962 in Edmond, Oklahoma) is currently the offensive coordinator with the Philadelphia Eagles, having joined the Eagles in 2003 as the assistant head coach. He was named offensive coordinator on January 6, 2006,...
- x Position:
- x From:
- 2001
- x To:
- 2002
Steve Mariucci
Steve Mariucci (born November 4, 1955) is a former National Football League coach, most recently for the Detroit Lions.
Mariucci was born and raised in Iron Mountain, Michigan, and was a three-time All-America (Division II) quarterback at Northern...
- x Position:
- x From:
- 2003
- x To:
- 2005
Dick Jauron
Richard Manual Jauron (born October 7, 1950 in Peoria, Illinois) is the head coach of the Buffalo Bills in the National Football League. Jauron has previously held head coaching positions with the Chicago Bears and, on an interim basis, with the...
- x Position:
- x From:
- 2005
- x To:
- 2005
