The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL) have had 13 head coaches in their franchise history. The franchise was founded in 1960 by Lamar Hunt and were known as the Dallas Texans when the team was located in Dallas, Texas.^[1] The team relocated to Kansas City, Missouri and were renamed the Chiefs in 1963. The franchise was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) before entering into the NFL following the AFL-NFL merger.^[1][2]

Hank Stram, the team's first head coach, led the Chiefs to three AFL championship victories and two appearances in the Super Bowl. Stram was the team's longest-tenured head coach, holding the position from 1960 to 1974.^[2][3][4] Marty Schottenheimer was hired in 1989 and led Kansas City to seven playoff appearances in his ten seasons as head coach. Of the thirteen Chiefs coaches, Hank Stram, Marv Levy, and Dick Vermeil have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.^[5] Seven head coaches have led the Chiefs to the playoffs, of those seven, only three won a game in the playoffs. Romeo Crennel, who coached the team for three games in 2011 and the entire 2012 season, is the team’s shortest tenured head coach. He was fired following what was statistically the worst season in franchise history in 2012. Andy Reid has been the head coach since 2013. Following the Chiefs' Super Bowl championship in the 2019 season, Reid became the franchise leader in playoff wins.

Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.

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#	Image	Name	Term[N 2]			Regular season					Playoffs			Accomplishments	Ref.
			Yrs	First	Last	GC	W	L	T	Win%	GC	W	L
Dallas Texans
1		Hank Stram†[N 3]	3	1960	1962	44	27	17	0	.614	1	1	0	Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2003) 1 AFL Championship (1962) 1 AFL Western Championship (1962) 1 AFL Playoff Berth	[6]
Kansas City Chiefs
–		Hank Stram†[N 3]	12	1963	1974	166	97	59	10	.614	7	4	3	1 Super Bowl Championship (IV) 2 AFL Championship (1966, 1969) 1 AFL Western Championship (1966) 1 AFL Playoff Berth 1 UPI AFL Coach of the Year Award (1968)[7] 1 Pro Football Weekly AFL Coach of the Year Award (1968)[7]	[6]
2		Paul Wiggin*	3	1975	1977[N 4]	35	11	24	0	.314	—				[8]
3		Tom Bettis*	1	1977[N 4]		7	1	6	0	.143	—				[9]
4		Marv Levy†	5	1978	1982	73	31	42	0	.425	—			Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2001)	[10]
5		John Mackovic*	4	1983	1986	64	30	34	0	.469	1	0	1	1 Playoff Berth	[11]
6		Frank Gansz*	2	1987	1988	31	8	22	1	.274	—				[12]
7		Marty Schottenheimer	10	1989	1998	160	101	58	1	.634	10	3	7	3 AFC West Championships (1993, 1995, 1997) 7 Playoff Berths 1 UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1995)[7]	[13]
8		Gunther Cunningham*	2	1999	2000	32	16	16	0	.500	—				[14]
9		Dick Vermeil†	5	2001	2005	80	44	36	0	.550	1	0	1	Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2022) 1 AFC West Championship (2003) 1 Playoff Berth 1 Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of the Year (2003)[7]	[15]
10		Herm Edwards	3	2006	2008	48	15	33	0	.313	1	0	1	1 Playoff Berth	[16]
11		Todd Haley*	3	2009	2011[N 5]	45	19	26	0	.422	1	0	1	1 AFC West Championship (2010) 1 Playoff Berth	[19]
12		Romeo Crennel	2	2011[N 5]	2012	19	4	15	0	.211	—				[20]
13		Andy Reid	11	2013	present	179	128	51	0	.715	23	16	7	3 Super Bowl Championship (LIV, LVII, LVIII) 4 AFC Championships (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023) 8 AFC West Championships (2016–2023) 10 Playoff Berths	[21]

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