Updated: All-Time Worst Jets Head Coaches List

[TheNuuFaaolaExperience]

Just now, Shea Jet said:

You stand by Adam, Champ...???

You're not a smart woman. I already said that I do not like Gase. 

[TheNuuFaaolaExperience]

I'm done with this Kotite goo gobbler. You're on ignore, Nancy. 

[Larz]

Didn’t holtz quit before the season was over?

[jgb]

1 minute ago, Larz said:

Didn’t holtz quit before the season was over?

Smartest coach in Jets history 

[Shea Jet]

6 minutes ago, TheNuuFaaolaExperience said:

I'm done with this Kotite goo gobbler. You're on ignore, Nancy. 

You put ME on ignore and IM the Nancy??? LOLOLOL

[jgb]

2 minutes ago, Shea Jet said:

You put ME on ignore and IM the Nancy??? LOLOLOLOL. Whatever Queer Boy....?????

Welcome and goodbye 

[section314]

1 hour ago, Sonny Werblin said:

From my time watching the Jets, best to worst:

1. Weeb Ewbank

2. Bill Parcells

3. Walt Michaels

4. Rex Ryan

5. Herm Edwards

6. Eric Mangini

7. Pete Carroll

8. Al Groh

9. Bruce Coslet

10. Todd Bowles

11. Joe Walton/Charlie Winner (tie)

12. Lou Holtz

13.  Ken Shipp

14. Mike Holovak

15. Rich Kotite

16. Adam Gase

Extra Credit -- Who was the only HC of the NYJ to ever win Coach of the Year honors?

The clue gave it away....BB

[section314]

1 hour ago, Sonny Werblin said:

From my time watching the Jets, best to worst:

1. Weeb Ewbank

2. Bill Parcells

3. Walt Michaels

4. Rex Ryan

5. Herm Edwards

6. Eric Mangini

7. Pete Carroll

8. Al Groh

9. Bruce Coslet

10. Todd Bowles

11. Joe Walton/Charlie Winner (tie)

12. Lou Holtz

13.  Ken Shipp

14. Mike Holovak

15. Rich Kotite

16. Adam Gase

Extra Credit -- Who was the only HC of the NYJ to ever win Coach of the Year honors?

The clue gave it away....BB

[section314]

1 hour ago, Sonny Werblin said:

From my time watching the Jets, best to worst:

1. Weeb Ewbank

2. Bill Parcells

3. Walt Michaels

4. Rex Ryan

5. Herm Edwards

6. Eric Mangini

7. Pete Carroll

8. Al Groh

9. Bruce Coslet

10. Todd Bowles

11. Joe Walton/Charlie Winner (tie)

12. Lou Holtz

13.  Ken Shipp

14. Mike Holovak

15. Rich Kotite

16. Adam Gase

Extra Credit -- Who was the only HC of the NYJ to ever win Coach of the Year honors?

The clue gave it away....BB

[section314]

1 hour ago, Sonny Werblin said:

From my time watching the Jets, best to worst:

1. Weeb Ewbank

2. Bill Parcells

3. Walt Michaels

4. Rex Ryan

5. Herm Edwards

6. Eric Mangini

7. Pete Carroll

8. Al Groh

9. Bruce Coslet

10. Todd Bowles

11. Joe Walton/Charlie Winner (tie)

12. Lou Holtz

13.  Ken Shipp

14. Mike Holovak

15. Rich Kotite

16. Adam Gase

Extra Credit -- Who was the only HC of the NYJ to ever win Coach of the Year honors?

The clue gave it away....BB

[section314]

1 hour ago, Sonny Werblin said:

From my time watching the Jets, best to worst:

1. Weeb Ewbank

2. Bill Parcells

3. Walt Michaels

4. Rex Ryan

5. Herm Edwards

6. Eric Mangini

7. Pete Carroll

8. Al Groh

9. Bruce Coslet

10. Todd Bowles

11. Joe Walton/Charlie Winner (tie)

12. Lou Holtz

13.  Ken Shipp

14. Mike Holovak

15. Rich Kotite

16. Adam Gase

Extra Credit -- Who was the only HC of the NYJ to ever win Coach of the Year honors?

The clue gave it away....BB

[section314]

1 hour ago, Sonny Werblin said:

From my time watching the Jets, best to worst:

1. Weeb Ewbank

2. Bill Parcells

3. Walt Michaels

4. Rex Ryan

5. Herm Edwards

6. Eric Mangini

7. Pete Carroll

8. Al Groh

9. Bruce Coslet

10. Todd Bowles

11. Joe Walton/Charlie Winner (tie)

12. Lou Holtz

13.  Ken Shipp

14. Mike Holovak

15. Rich Kotite

16. Adam Gase

Extra Credit -- Who was the only HC of the NYJ to ever win Coach of the Year honors?

The clue gave it away....BB

[section314]

1 hour ago, Sonny Werblin said:

From my time watching the Jets, best to worst:

1. Weeb Ewbank

2. Bill Parcells

3. Walt Michaels

4. Rex Ryan

5. Herm Edwards

6. Eric Mangini

7. Pete Carroll

8. Al Groh

9. Bruce Coslet

10. Todd Bowles

11. Joe Walton/Charlie Winner (tie)

12. Lou Holtz

13.  Ken Shipp

14. Mike Holovak

15. Rich Kotite

16. Adam Gase

Extra Credit -- Who was the only HC of the NYJ to ever win Coach of the Year honors?

The extra credit clue gave it away...BB

[Dunnie]

1. Weeb Ewbank
2. Bill Parcells
3. Walt Michaels
4. Eric Mangini
5. Herm Edwards
6. Pete Carroll
7. Bruce Coslet
8. Al Groh
9. ..

....

Rex
Adam

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[Sonny Werblin]

13 minutes ago, section314 said:

The clue gave it away....BB

BB never coached a game for the jets. It’s a coach on my list who won AS the jets coach.

[THE BARON]

2 hours ago, Shea Jet said:

Rich Kotite FINALLY gives up the #1 spot, after holding it for 24 years. Congrats Rich!

1. Adam Gase

2. Rich Kotite

3. Todd Bowles 

4. Bruce Coslet

5. Charley Winner

WORST

Gase

Lou Holtz

Coslet

Kotite

BEST

Weeb

Walt Michaels

Parcells

Rex

[chirorob]

2 hours ago, Shea Jet said:

Rich Kotite FINALLY gives up the #1 spot, after holding it for 24 years. Congrats Rich!

1. Adam Gase

2. Rich Kotite

3. Todd Bowles 

4. Bruce Coslet

5. Charley Winner

3-13. To 1-15

Parcells takes the same team and goes 9-7 with a mediocre draft.

Kotite is the worst I have seen.

[FloridaJetsFan]

From my time watching the Jets, best to worst:
1. Weeb Ewbank
2. Bill Parcells
3. Walt Michaels
4. Rex Ryan
5. Herm Edwards
6. Eric Mangini
7. Pete Carroll
8. Al Groh
9. Bruce Coslet
10. Todd Bowles
11. Joe Walton/Charlie Winner (tie)
12. Lou Holtz
13.  Ken Shipp
14. Mike Holovak
15. Rich Kotite
16. Adam Gase
Extra Credit -- Who was the only HC of the NYJ to ever win Coach of the Year honors?

**** me! We have only had 3 decent HCs in franchise history! Although, if Chad never got hurt, we might be singing a different tune about Herm. We had some talent during his tenure.


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[Sonny Werblin]

2 hours ago, TheNuuFaaolaExperience said:

I am no Gase fan and I want him fired yesterday, but Holtz doesn't hold a candle to Gase, and that is not saying much for Gase. The Jets won three games with Holtz and the teams he beat were a combined 2-25 against the rest of the league.  He quit before the last game of the season. I'd be careful about calling other people ignorant, or extremely ignorant if your take is that Holtz is a better head coach than Gase. As inept as Gase is, he is objectively a better coach than Kotite and Holtz. He has more wins in one season that Holtz and Kotite combined in THREE years. You really don't have an argument. 

It’s a tough call, but for my money Gase is the worst because he only coaches the offense and makes non pretense that he’s involved in the rest of the game. Heck, sometimes he’s sitting on the bench with his face in his play sheet when the O isn’t on the field. So, it’s hard to give him credit for the team’s wins, and i chose to evaluate hime based solely on the O’s performance.

[Jet_Engine1]

4 hours ago, Shea Jet said:

Rich Kotite FINALLY gives up the #1 spot, after holding it for 24 years. Congrats Rich!

1. Adam Gase

2. Rich Kotite

3. Todd Bowles 

4. Bruce Coslet

5. Charley Winner

It's cute how you forgot Lou Holtz.

[Shea Jet]

3 minutes ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

It's cute how you forgot Lou Holtz.

It's cute how you forgot how bad the team was with an aging, gimpy Namath. While Gase is on his way to RUINING THE CAREER of Potential Franchise Quarterback Darnold.

[Xtina]

4 hours ago, Skeet Ulrich said:

I have no idea how you can watch what Adam Gase did with the Dolphins and say ' I have to hire the guy who did THAT.'

Who were these brilliant coaches and coordinators Management insisted they had to hire so that Rule  couldn’t? Did we get them? 

[Jet_Engine1]

15 minutes ago, Shea Jet said:

It's cute how you forgot how bad the team was with an aging, gimpy Namath. While Gase is on his way to RUINING THE CAREER of Potential Franchise Quarterback Darnold.

Lou Holtz quit mid season, and you think he was better than Bowles and Coslett?

 

[jetophile]

4 hours ago, Shea Jet said:

Rich Kotite FINALLY gives up the #1 spot, after holding it for 24 years. Congrats Rich!

1. Adam Gase

2. Rich Kotite

3. Todd Bowles 

4. Bruce Coslet

5. Charley Winner

How is Lou Holtz not in this conversation? He taught that slob Parcells how to quit.

EDIT: Nevermind. I see just above me that it was mentioned. I admit that sometimes I don't read through to cut my losses, unlike the Jets. : /

[Shea Jet]

As I said earlier. I had him 6th. Not enough games. But ok. Put him in and take out someone if you must. The MAIN POINT of the thread is that Kotite FINALLY relinquished the "Title" IMO.....

[NYJ1]

12 hours ago, Shea Jet said:

Rich Kotite FINALLY gives up the #1 spot, after holding it for 24 years. Congrats Rich!

1. Adam Gase

2. Rich Kotite

3. Todd Bowles 

4. Bruce Coslet

5. Charley Winner

1. RICH KOTITE - No one will ever surpass Kotite's incompetence.

Where is Lou Holtz on this list?

[rangerous]

12 hours ago, Sonny Werblin said:

From my time watching the Jets, best to worst:

1. Weeb Ewbank

2. Bill Parcells

3. Walt Michaels

4. Rex Ryan

5. Herm Edwards

6. Eric Mangini

7. Pete Carroll

8. Al Groh

9. Bruce Coslet

10. Todd Bowles

11. Joe Walton/Charlie Winner (tie)

12. Lou Holtz

13.  Ken Shipp

14. Mike Holovak

15. Rich Kotite

16. Adam Gase

Extra Credit -- Who was the only HC of the NYJ to ever win Coach of the Year honors?

Nice list although I think i’d Put michaels above parcells simply because he built the team starting from a worse place. IMO the downside of the michaels years was having Todd as Qb. Todd was really good at times but had a thin skin. I also wouldn’t put motive above gase.

nyj coach of the year? I didn’t look it up but my guess would be mangini.

[Sonny Werblin]

49 minutes ago, rangerous said:

Nice list although I think i’d Put michaels above parcells simply because he built the team starting from a worse place. IMO the downside of the michaels years was having Todd as Qb. Todd was really good at times but had a thin skin. I also wouldn’t put motive above gase.

nyj coach of the year? I didn’t look it up but my guess would be mangini.

I agree. Walt Michaels was a great evaluator of talent and the GM'less Jets pretty much deferred to his preference for draft picks. But I ranked just based on "coaching". Had to put Weeb first since he won the SB. Parcells edged out Walt because he turned lemons into lemonade overnight when he came to the Jets. But, it is very close between the 2 regardless.

Nice guess on Mangini since he authored a pretty good turnaround himself. But, you should have stuck with Walt - the 1978 UPI and Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year. Other than that, no Jet HC has ever won any formal accolades while HC of the Jets.

[Biggs]

To put this thread in context.  Bill Belichick was the best HC of the NY Jets.  

[Warfish]

14 hours ago, Sonny Werblin said:

From my time watching the Jets, best to worst:

1. Weeb Ewbank

2. Bill Parcells

3. Walt Michaels

4. Rex Ryan

5. Herm Edwards

6. Eric Mangini

7. Pete Carroll

8. Al Groh

9. Bruce Coslet

10. Todd Bowles

11. Joe Walton/Charlie Winner (tie)

12. Lou Holtz

13.  Ken Shipp

14. Mike Holovak

15. Rich Kotite

16. Adam Gase

Extra Credit -- Who was the only HC of the NYJ to ever win Coach of the Year honors?

Joe Walton below Mangini, Groh, Coslet and Bowles?  Lol, nope.  Not even close.  He's a tie at 5 with Herm at worst.

Eric Mangini may be the single most over-rated nobody Coach in Jets History.

[Lith]

13 hours ago, Shea Jet said:

Holtz was 6th. Not enough games 

But he didn't have enough games because he quit on his team.  And even if he didn't do that, his stupid fight song alone puts him in the top 5.  Lou is in my bottom 5.  Coslet out.

Interesting parallel so far between Gase and Charley Winner.  Both guys started 1-7 in first year and rallied in second half.  Winner was 6-0 to close out his first season at 7-7.  Felt safe until he started the next season 2-7 and that was it.  I could see history repeating itself if we still look awful at the bye week.

[Shea Jet]

11 minutes ago, Lith said:

But he didn't have enough games because he quit on his team.  And even if he didn't do that, his stupid fight song alone puts him in the top 5.  Lou is in my bottom 5.  Coslet out.

Interesting parallel so far between Gase and Charley Winner.  Both guys started 1-7 in first year and rallied in second half.  Winner was 6-0 to close out his first season at 7-7.  Felt safe until he started the next season 2-7 and that was it.  I could see history repeating itself if we still look awful at the bye week.

Can you enlighten me on the "stupid fight song" please. Dont remember it.

[Lith]

10 minutes ago, Shea Jet said:

Can you enlighten me on the "stupid fight song" please. Dont remember it.

Go to around 4 minutes in this video.  Open for Pats/Jets MNF.  Alex Karras talks about the fight song and sings a few bars.  I have also heard Greg Buttle, who was a rookie on that team, talk about it on the Jets pre-game.  I think Holtz wnated the team to sign it in the locker room after every win, but that only would have happened 3 times.

 

[Shea Jet]

3 minutes ago, Lith said:

Go to around 4 minutes in this video.  Open for Pats/Jets MNF.  Alex Karras talks about the fight song and sings a few bars.  I have also heard Greg Buttle, who was a rookie on that team, talk about it on the Jets pre-game.  I think Holtz wnated the team to sign it in the locker room after every win, but that only would have happened 3 times.

 

Wow. Cant believe Holtz did that. I shoulda had him #1 in front of Gase...LOL. Very gay song for professionals to sing. If the Jets like Howard said are "rebuilding," why was Namath still the Quarterback???

[Lith]

12 minutes ago, Shea Jet said:

Wow. Cant believe Holtz did that. I shoulda had him #1 in front of Gase...LOL. Very gay song for professionals to sing. If the Jets like Howard said are "rebuilding," why was Namath still the Quarterback???

They had drafted Richard Todd that year, so he was the QB of the future.  But back in the 70s, rookie QBs generally sat for a year or two.  So Namath was the guy in 76.  By '77, Todd was the starter and Namath was a Ram.