The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in Los Angeles, California. They are a member of the West Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

The Rams played their first season in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio. During World War II, the Rams did not play during the 1943 season because of wartime restrictions and shortages.

The team became known as the Los Angeles Rams after it moved to Los Angeles, California in 1946.

How many coaches do the Rams have?

The Rams franchise has had 26 head coaches throughout its history. Damon Wetzel became the first head coach of the Cleveland Rams in 1936. He served for one season before he was replaced by Hugo Bezdek in 1937 as the Rams became a National Football League franchise.

# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Achievements Reference
GC W L T Win% GC W L Win%
Cleveland Rams
1 Damon Wetzel [a] 1936 9 5 2 2 .667 —
2 Hugo Bezdek* 1937–1938* [b] 14 1 13 0 .071 —
3 Art Lewis* 1938* 8 4 4 0 .500 —
4 Dutch Clark ‡ 1939–1942 44 16 26 2 .386 —
[c] 1943
5 Buff Donelli 1944 10 4 6 0 .400 —
6 Adam Walsh* 1945* 11 9 1 0 .900 1 1 0 1.000 1945 Pro NFL Coach of the Year
Los Angeles Rams
– Adam Walsh* 1946* 10 6 4 1 .591 –
7 Bob Snyder* 1947* 12 6 6 0 .500 —
8 Clark Shaughnessy* 1948–1949* 24 14 7 3 .646 1 0 1 .000
9 Joe Stydahar ‡ 1950–1952 [d] 25 17 8 0 .680 3 2 1 .667
10 Hamp Pool* 1952–1954* 35 23 10 2 .686 1 0 1 .000 1952 Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year
11 Sid Gillman † 1955–1959 60 28 31 1 .475 1 0 1 .000
12 Bob Waterfield ‡* 1960–1962* [e] 34 9 24 1 .279 —
13 Harland Svare 1962–1965 48 14 31 3 .323 —
14 George Allen † 1966–1970 70 49 17 4 .729 2 0 2 .000

List
15 Tommy Prothro 1971–1972 28 14 12 2 .536 —
16 Chuck Knox 1973–1977 70 54 15 1 .779 8 3 5 .375

List
17 Ray Malavasi 1978–1982 73 40 33 0 .548 6 3 3 .500
18 John Robinson* 1983–1991* 143 75 68 0 .524 10 4 6 .400
— Chuck Knox [f] 1992–1994 48 15 33 0 .313 —
St. Louis Rams
19 Rich Brooks* 1995–1996* 32 13 19 0 .406 —
20 Dick Vermeil † 1997–1999 48 22 26 0 .458 3 3 0 1.000

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21 Mike Martz* 2000–2005* [g] 85 53 32 0 .624 7 3 4 .429
22 Joe Vitt 2005 11 4 7 0 .364 —
23 Scott Linehan* 2006–2008* 36 11 25 0 .306 —
24 Jim Haslett 2008 12 2 10 0 .167 —
25 Steve Spagnuolo 2009–2011 48 10 38 0 .208 —
26 Jeff Fisher 2012–2015 64 27 36 1 .430 —
Los Angeles Rams
— Jeff Fisher[h] 2016 13 4 9 0 .308 —
27 John Fassel* 2016*[i] 3 0 3 0 .000 —
28 Sean McVay* 2017–present 81 55 26 0 .679 10 7 3 .700 2017 AP NFL Coach of the Year[39]