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The Most Underachieving NFL Head Coaches Ever For All 32 Teams

By Erik Lambert

KANSAS CITY, MO - AUGUST 30: Head coach Mike McCarthy of the Green Bay Packers motions from the sidelines during the preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on August 30, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MO - AUGUST 30: Head coach Mike McCarthy of the Green Bay Packers motions from the sidelines during the preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on August 30, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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Dan Reeves (Denver Broncos)

Dan Reeves will be remembered as one of the best head coaches in the NFL to never win it all.

Reeves became head coach of the Broncos in 1981 and was there for 12 seasons. In 1983, the Broncos traded for John Elway on draft night and the Broncos had a winning combination at head coach/quarterback.

Or so they thought.

In nine of Reeves’ 12 seasons as head coach of the Broncos, the team finished in second place or better. They wound up making the playoffs six times, but every postseason appearance for Reeves in Denver ended in heartbreaking fashion.

He was unable to find the winning combination in Denver and the team decided to part ways with him after an 8-8 finish in 1992.

After four years with the New York Giants as head coach, Reeves would become head coach of the Atlanta Falcons where he was ironically beat in the Super Bowl by his former team, the Denver Broncos.

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