Editing Forrest Gregg

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1933–2019)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| image        = 
| caption      = Forrest Gregg
| position     = [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|Offensive tackle]]
| number       = 75, 79
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1933|10|18}}
| birth_place  = [[Birthright, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2019|04|12|1933|10|18}}
| death_place  = [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], U.S.
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 4
| weight_lbs   = 249
| draftyear    = 1956
| draftround   = 2
| draftpick    = 20
| high_school  = [[Sulphur Springs High School|Sulphur Springs]]<br />([[Sulphur Springs, Texas]])
| college      = [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]]
| teams        =
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ([[1956 NFL season|1956]], [[NFL season|1958]]–[[1970 NFL season|1970]])
* [[Dallas Cowboys]] ([[1971 NFL season|1971]])
| pastcoaching =
* [[San Diego Chargers]] ([[1972 NFL season|1972]]–[[1973 NFL season|1973]])<br />Offensive line coach
* [[Cleveland Browns]] ([[1974 NFL season|1974]])<br />Offensive line coach
* Cleveland Browns ([[1975 NFL season|1975]]–[[1977 NFL season|1977]])<br/>Head coach
* [[Toronto Argonauts]] ([[1979 CFL season|1979]])<br/>Head coach
* [[Cincinnati Bengals]] ([[1980 NFL season|1980]]–[[1983 NFL season|1983]])<br/>Head coach
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ([[1984 NFL season|1984]]–[[1987 NFL season|1987]])<br/>Head coach
* [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]] (1989–1990)<br/>Head coach
* [[Shreveport Pirates]] ([[1994 CFL season|1994]]–[[1995 CFL season|1995]])<br/>Head coach
| highlights   =
; As a player
* 3× [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl I|I]], [[Super Bowl II|II]], [[Super Bowl VI|VI]])
* 5× [[NFL champion]] ([[1961 NFL Championship Game|1961]], [[1962 NFL Championship Game|1962]], [[1965 NFL Championship Game|1965]]–[[1967 NFL Championship Game|1967]])
* 7× First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1960 All-Pro Team|1960]], [[1962 All-Pro Team|1962]]–[[1967 All-Pro Team|1967]])
* Second-team All-Pro (1959)
* 9× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1960 Pro Bowl|1959]]–[[1965 Pro Bowl|1964]], [[1967 Pro Bowl|1966]]–[[1969 Pro Bowl|1968]])
* [[NFL 1960s All-Decade Team]]
* [[NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
* [[NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
* [[Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame]]
* First-team All-[[Southwest Conference|SWC]] ([[1955 All-Southwest Conference football team|1955]])
* Second-team All-SWC ([[1954 All-Southwest Conference football team|1954]])
* [[SMU Mustangs football#Honored jerseys|SMU Mustangs Jersey No. 73]] honored
; As a coach
* [[NFL Coach of the Year]] (1976)
* [[Cincinnati Bengals#50th Anniversary Team|Cincinnati Bengals 50th Anniversary Team]]
| statlabel1   = Games played
| statvalue1   = 193
| statlabel2   = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue2   = 8
|regular_record = NFL: {{Winning percentage|75|85|1|record=y}}<br>CFL: {{Winning percentage|13|39|record=y}}<br>NCAA: {{Winning percentage|3|19|record=y}}
|playoff_record = NFL: {{Winning percentage|2|2|record=y}}
|overall_record = NFL: {{Winning percentage|77|87|1|record=y}}<br>CFL: {{Winning percentage|13|39|record=y}}<br>NCAA: {{Winning percentage|3|19|record=y}}
| HOF          = forrest-gregg 
}}

'''Alvis Forrest Gregg''' (October 18, 1933 – April 12, 2019) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player and coach. A [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|offensive tackle]] for 16 seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL), he was a part of six [[History of the National Football League championship|NFL championships]], five of them with the [[Green Bay Packers]] before closing out his tenure with the [[1971 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]] with a win in [[Super Bowl VI]]. Gregg was later the head coach of three NFL teams ([[Cleveland Browns]], [[Cincinnati Bengals]], and [[Green Bay Packers]]), as well as two [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL) teams ([[Toronto Argonauts]] and [[Shreveport Pirates]]). He was also a [[college football]] coach for the [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU Mustangs]].

As a head coach, he led the [[1981 Cincinnati Bengals season|1981 Bengals]] to the Super Bowl, where they lost to the [[San Francisco 49ers]], 26–21.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/obituaries/forrest-gregg-dead.html|title=Forrest Gregg, Iron Man Lineman for Lombardi's Packers, Dies at 85|last=Goldstein|first=Richard|date=April 12, 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 12, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Early life and college==
Born on October 18, 1933, in [[Birthright, Texas]],<ref>"Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6P9-PQB : March 13, 2018), Gregg, October 18, 1933; citing , Hopkins, Texas, United States, certificate 81236, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,283,232.</ref> Gregg attended [[Sulphur Springs High School (Texas)|Sulphur Springs High School]] in [[Sulphur Springs, Texas|Sulphur Springs]] and played [[college football]] at [[SMU Mustangs football|Southern Methodist University]] in [[Dallas]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Southern Methodist University; Year: 1954</ref>  Playing on both the offensive and defensive line at SMU, Gregg earned All-Southwest Conference honors in his final two seasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smu.edu/News/2019/SMU-Remembers-Forrest-Gregg|title=SMU Remembers Forrest Gregg '55 - SMU}}</ref>

==Professional playing career==
Gregg was a key player in the Packers dynasty of head coach [[Vince Lombardi]] that won five NFL championships and the first two [[Super Bowl]]s. He played mostly at right tackle, but also filled in at guard.<ref name=":0" /> He earned an "iron man" tag by playing in a then-league record 188 consecutive games in 16 seasons from 1956 until 1971. He also won All-NFL honors for eight straight years from 1960 through 1967 and nine [[Pro Bowl]] selections.<ref name=bohlmjsl>{{cite news |url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers-great-gregg-faces-the-battle-of-his-life-jr5hqgs-161696785.html |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |last=Dunne |first=Tyler |title=Packers great Gregg faces the battle of his life |date=July 7, 2012 |access-date=January 25, 2016}}</ref>

Gregg closed his career with the Dallas Cowboys, as did his Packer teammate, cornerback [[Herb Adderley]]. They both helped the Cowboys win Super Bowl VI in January 1972, making them the only players (along with former teammate [[Fred Thurston|Fuzzy Thurston]], who was on the [[1958 Baltimore Colts season|Baltimore Colts]] NFL championship team in [[1958 Baltimore Colts season|1958]] and [[Tom Brady]] of the [[New England Patriots]] and [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]) in professional football history to play on six NFL title teams. Gregg wore the number 75 for 15 seasons in Green Bay, but that number belonged to [[Jethro Pugh]] in Dallas, so Gregg wore number 79 for his final season in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=Forrest Gregg, Green Bay Packers, Class of 1977 |url=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/7810999326960986/ |website=pinterest.com |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref>

It has been reported that [[Vince Lombardi]] said, "Forrest Gregg is the finest player I ever coached!" but official Packers team historian Cliff Christl can find no evidence of Lombardi ever saying or writing that.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Christl |first1=Cliff |title=It's time Canton got it right |url=https://www.packers.com/news/it-s-time-canton-got-it-right |website=Packers.com |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref>  In 1999, he was ranked 28th on ''[[The Sporting News]]'' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, putting him second behind [[Ray Nitschke]] among players coached by Lombardi, second behind [[Anthony Muñoz]] (whom he coached) among offensive tackles, and fourth behind Munoz, [[John Hannah (American football)|John Hannah]], and [[Jim Parker (American football)|Jim Parker]] among all offensive linemen.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Matthews |first1=Bob |title=wings' Streak Was Rochester's Best |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=4589336&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjEzNjUwNTk3MSwiaWF0IjoxNTc3NzU5NzgzLCJleHAiOjE1Nzc4NDYxODN9.SS3wjOkXkZD3VWLjq_67c3YPJq_WaNTxIj94TpMpOkI |access-date=December 31, 2019 |agency=Democrat and Chronicle}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame]] in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/forrest-gregg | title = Forrest Gregg | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = September 29, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230929170210/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/forrest-gregg | url-status = live }}</ref>

==Coaching career==
After serving as an assistant with the [[1973 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]] in 1973, he took a similar position the following year with the [[1974 Cleveland Browns season|Browns]].  After head coach [[Nick Skorich]] was dismissed after the 1974 season, Gregg was promoted to head coach in [[1975 Cleveland Browns season|1975]], a position he held through [[1977 Cleveland Browns season|1977]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shook |first1=Nick |title=Pro Football Hall of Famer, former Browns coach Forrest Gregg passes away at 85 |url=https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/pro-football-hall-of-famer-former-browns-coach-forrest-gregg-passes-away-at-85 |website=clevelandbrowns.com |publisher=Cleveland Browns |access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref> According to [[Dave Logan (American football)|Dave Logan]], safety [[Thom Darden]] and Gregg once had a fist fight after a game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/254351431|url-access=subscription|id={{ProQuest|254351431}}|title=BROWNS NOTEBOOK; SILVER LINING: JOHNSON AWAKENS DURING DRUBBING: [CITY Edition]|work=[[Dayton Daily News]]|author=McClelland, Sean|accessdate=April 8, 2024|date=October 16, 2000|page=5D|quote=Logan, who broke in with the Browns in 1976, said one of his lasting memories involves a postgame fistfight between his first head coach, Forrest Gregg, and safety Thom Darden.}}</ref> Darden has explained that the [[1977 Cleveland Browns season|1977 Cleveland Browns]] did not respond to Gregg's coaching style, which contributed to his firing with one game remaining.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&t=&sort=YMD_date%3AD&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=%22Thom%20Darden%22%20%22Forrest%20Gregg%22&docref=news/0EB6D83BC410D2F3|title=IN GREGG'S CASE, THE SPY CAME IN FROM THE HALL - BROWNS COACH UNCOVERS MODELL'S AGENT, THEN IS FIRED|accessdate=April 8, 2024|date=August 25, 1999|work=[[Akron Beacon Journal]]|author=Butler, Jason|page=C1|quote=As the season went on, the team didn't respond well to the way Gregg pushed. Cliques formed, as players' differences polarized the locker room and broke down the team chemistry. "It was tough going to practice," said defensive back Thom Darden. "It was not a good working environment. You could cut the tension with a knife when we were in practice."}}</ref> In 1977, Darden was one of the vocal dissidents that led to the ouster of Gregg as [[List of Cleveland Browns head coaches|head coach of the Cleveland Browns]].<ref name=TCC>{{cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/424024679|url-access=subscription|id={{ProQuest|424024679}}|title=The Cardiac Champions|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Anderson, Dave|accessdate=April 6, 2024|date=December 22, 1980|page=C.1|quote=}}</ref>

After sitting out the 1978 season, Gregg returned to coaching in 1979 with the Canadian Football League's [[1979 Toronto Argonauts season|Toronto Argonauts]].  In [[1980 Cincinnati Bengals season|1980]], he became the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals for four seasons through [[1983 Cincinnati Bengals season|1983]]. His most successful season as a head coach was in [[1981 Cincinnati Bengals season|1981]], when he led the Bengals to a 12&ndash;4 regular season record.<ref name=kotfst>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i-AjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LyoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7014%2C2606174 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305142441/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i-AjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LyoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7014%2C2606174 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |last=Van Sickle |first=Gary |title=King of the Forrest |date=January 17, 1982 |page=3, sports }}</ref> They defeated the [[1981 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]] 27&ndash;7 in the AFC championship game (known as the [[Freezer Bowl]]),<ref name=bahoacd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=heAjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LyoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3671%2C168991 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |last=Van Sickle |first=Gary |title=Bengals are hot on a cold day |date=January 11, 1982 |page=1, part 3 |access-date=January 25, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305143743/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=heAjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LyoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3671,168991 |url-status=dead }}</ref> earning them a trip to [[Super Bowl XVI]], where they lost to the [[1981 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]], 26&ndash;21.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Attner |first1=Paul |title=49ers Stifle Bengals Late to Win, 26-21 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/nfl/longterm/superbowl/stories/sb16.htm |newspaper=Washington Post |publisher=WP Company, LLC |access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref>

When his longtime former teammate [[Bart Starr]] was fired after nine years as head coach of the Packers in December [[1983 Green Bay Packers season|1983]], Gregg was allowed out of his Bengals' contract to take over in Green Bay.<ref name=gsps>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I24aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BioEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6810%2C2030997 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |last=Salituro |first=Chuck |title=Gregg shortened Parins' search |date=December 25, 1983 |page=1, sports }}</ref> He finished his NFL coaching career with the Packers, leading them for four seasons, [[1984 Green Bay Packers season|1984]]–[[1987 Green Bay Packers season|1987]], with a record of 25–37–1. Gregg's overall record as an NFL coach was 75 wins, 85 losses and one tie.  He was also 2–2 in playoff games, all with the Bengals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/GregFo0.htm|title = Forrest Gregg Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks|website = [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]}}</ref> He is one of only two coaches, the other being [[Marvin Lewis]], to have left the Bengals with a winning record.

Gregg resigned from the Packers in January 1988 and took a pay cut to take over at SMU, his alma mater.<ref name=threbs>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cGgaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ryoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6431%2C5331720 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |last=Perkins |first=Eddie |title=The rebuilding starts for SMU, Packers |date=January 15, 1988 |page=1C }}</ref><ref name=fgetrmus>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g7YmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uqUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3313%2C3102488 |newspaper=Tuscaloosa News |agency=Associated Press |title=Forrest Gregg eager to resurrect Mustangs |date=January 15, 1988 |page=15 }}</ref> He was brought in to revive the Mustang football program after it received the "[[Death penalty (NCAA)|death penalty]]" from the NCAA for [[Southern Methodist University football scandal|massive violations of NCAA rules]].<ref name=fgetrmus/> Though the NCAA had only canceled the 1987 season, school officials later opted to cancel the 1988 season due to fears that fielding a competitive team would be impossible; nearly every letterman from the [[1986 SMU Mustangs football team|1986]] squad had transferred elsewhere.<ref>Frank, Peter.  "'88 football season canceled by SMU."  ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 11, 1987.</ref> Gregg knew that any new coach would be essentially rebuilding the program from scratch, but when acting president William Stalcup asked him to return, he felt he could not refuse.<ref name="drape20120801">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/sports/ncaafootball/forrest-gregg-who-revived-smu-football-looks-back-with-pride.html | title=Coach Who Revived S.M.U. Looks Back With Pride | work=The New York Times | date=August 1, 2012 | access-date=April 26, 2013 | author=Drape, Joe | pages=B20}}</ref>

As it turned out, when Gregg arrived, he was presented with a severely undersized and underweight roster composed mostly of freshmen. Gregg was taller and heavier than nearly the entire 70-man squad. The team was so short on offensive linemen that Gregg had to make several wide receivers bulk up and switch to the line. By nearly all accounts, it would have been unthinkable for the Mustangs to return for the 1988 season under such conditions.<ref>Woodbury, Richard. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090911075805/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,968906,00.html Rebuilding a Shattered Team]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', November 4, 1988.</ref>
  
In [[1989 SMU Mustangs football team|1989]], the Mustangs went 2–9, including a 95–21 thrashing by [[1989 Houston Cougars football team|Houston]]—the second-worst loss in school history. In that game, eventual [[Heisman Trophy]] winner [[Andre Ware]] threw six touchdown passes in the first half, and [[David Klingler]] added four more in the second, even with the game long out of reach.  Gregg was so disgusted that he refused to shake Houston coach [[Jack Pardee]]'s hand after the game.<ref name="drago19960811">{{cite news | url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19960811/2343737/death-penalty-still-hurts-smu | title='Death Penalty' Still Hurts SMU | work=The Seattle Times | date=August 11, 1996 | agency=Associated Press | access-date=April 26, 2013 | author=Drago, Mike | archive-date=January 15, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115035853/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960811&slug=2343737 | url-status=live }}</ref>  Nonetheless, Gregg reflected fondly on the experience. In a 2012 interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'', he said the players on the two teams he coached should have had their numbers retired for restoring dignity to the program. "I never coached a group of kids that had more courage," he said. "They thought that they could play with anyone. They were quality people. It was one of the most pleasurable experiences in my football life. Period."<ref name="drape20120801"/>

After the season, Gregg was named SMU's athletic director. The Mustangs went 1–10 in [[1990 SMU Mustangs football team|1990]], and after the season, he resigned as coach to focus on his duties as athletic director. Gregg's coaching record at SMU was 3–19,<ref>{{cite web |title=Forrest Gregg Coaching Record |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/forrest-gregg-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=SportsReference, LLC |access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref> and he served as athletic director until 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title=SMU Remembers Forrest Gregg '56 |url=https://www.smu.edu/News/2019/SMU-Remembers-Forrest-Gregg |website=smu.edu |publisher=Southern Methodist University |access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref>

He returned to the CFL with the [[Shreveport Pirates]] in 1994–95, during that league's [[Canadian Football League in the United States|brief attempt at expansion]] to the [[United States]]. His overall record in the CFL was 13–39.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blevins |first1=David |title=The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia: Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Soccer, Volume 1 |date=2012 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page=382}}</ref>

When former Shreveport Pirates owner [[Bernard Glieberman]] bought a stake in the [[Ottawa Renegades]] in May 2005, Gregg was appointed Ottawa's vice president of football operations, a position he held through 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Forrest Gregg, a former CFL coach and ex-lineman for the Packers, dead at 85 |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/football/cfl/ex-cfl-coach-forrest-gregg-lineman-for-packers-dies-at-85/wcm/a657cdee-eb51-4f91-a530-774202501c90 |website=Ottawa Citizen|access-date=December 29, 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Gregg had two marriages. He married Barbara Sue Leach in 1954.  He married his second wife, Barbara Dedek in 1960.

In the 1970s, he had multiple surgeries for [[skin cancer]].<ref name="bcnfrst">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mbBeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nC8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2946%2C2972320 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=(Dallas Times Herald) |last=Luksa |first=Frank |title=Gregg had to beat cancer first |date=January 23, 1982 |page=2B}}</ref>

He retired to [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]. In October 2011, he was diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]], thought to be caused by [[concussion]]s from playing over two decades of high school, college, and professional football.<ref name=bohlmjsl/><ref name="ap111116">{{cite news |publisher=NPR |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Hall Of Famer Forrest Gregg Fighting Parkinson's |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=142398570 |date=November 16, 2011 |access-date=November 18, 2011}}</ref><ref name=fgwsnfesp>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/9183208/forrest-gregg-fighting-parkinsons-not-nfl |work=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |title=Forrest Gregg won't sue NFL |date=April 17, 2013|access-date=January 25, 2016}}</ref>
 
On April 12, 2019, Gregg died at the age of 85 due to complications from Parkinson's disease.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="w463">{{cite web | last=Harrison | first=Elliot | title=Forrest Gregg's legacy? One of the best offensive linemen ever | website=NFL.com | date=2019-04-12 | url=https://www.nfl.com/news/forrest-gregg-s-legacy-one-of-the-best-offensive-linemen-ever-0ap3000001026196 | access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref>

In addition to his wife, he was survived by a son, Forrest Jr.; a daughter, Karen Gregg Spehar; and several siblings.

==Head coaching record==
===College===
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 | endyear   = 1990
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 | overall    = 3–19
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===NFL===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular Season !! colspan="4"|Post Season
|-
!Won !!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Result
|-
! [[1975 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]] || [[1975 NFL season|1975]]
| 3 || 11 || 0 || {{winpct|3|11}} || 4th in AFC Central || – || – || – || –
|-
! [[1976 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]] || [[1976 NFL season|1976]]
| 9 || 5 || 0 || {{winpct|9|5}} || 3rd in AFC Central || – || – || – || –
|-
! [[1977 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]] || [[1977 NFL season|1977]]
| 6 || 7 || 0 || {{winpct|6|7}} || (fired) || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|CLE Total || 18 || 23 || 0 || {{winpct|18|23}} || || – || – || – ||
|-
! [[1980 Cincinnati Bengals season|CIN]] || [[1980 NFL season|1980]]
| 6 || 10 || 0 || {{winpct|6|10}} || 4th in AFC Central || – || – || – || –
|- style="background:#fdd;"
! [[1981 Cincinnati Bengals season|CIN]] || [[1981 NFL season|1981]]
| 12 || 4 || 0 || {{winpct|12|4}} || '''1st in AFC Central''' || 2 || 1 || {{winpct|2|1}} || <small>'''Lost to [[1981 San Francisco 49ers season|49ers]] in [[Super Bowl XVI]]'''</small>
|- style="background:#fdd;"
! [[1982 Cincinnati Bengals season|CIN]] || [[1982 NFL season|1982]]
| 7 || 2 || 0 || {{winpct|7|2}} || '''3rd in AFC''' || 0 || 1 || {{winpct|0|1}} || <small>'''Lost to [[1982 New York Jets season|Jets]] in [[1982–83 NFL playoffs#First round|AFC first round Playoffs Game]]'''</small>
|-
! [[1983 Cincinnati Bengals season|CIN]] || [[1983 NFL season|1983]]
| 7 || 9 || 0 || {{winpct|7|9}} || 3rd in AFC Central || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|CIN Total || 32 || 25 || 0 || {{winpct|32|25}} || || 2 || 2 || {{winpct|2|2}} ||
|-
! [[1984 Green Bay Packers season|GB]] || [[1984 NFL season|1984]]
| 8 || 8 || 0 || {{winpct|8|8}} || 2nd in NFC Central || – || – || – || –
|-
! [[1985 Green Bay Packers season|GB]] || [[1985 NFL season|1985]]
| 8 || 8 || 0 || {{winpct|8|8}} || 2nd in NFC Central || – || – || – || –
|-
! [[1986 Green Bay Packers season|GB]] || [[1986 NFL season|1986]]
| 4 || 12 || 0 || {{winpct|4|12}} || 4th in NFC Central || – || – || – || –
|-
! [[1987 Green Bay Packers season|GB]] || [[1987 NFL season|1987]]
| 5 || 9 || 1 || {{winpct|5|9|1}} || 3rd in NFC Central || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|GB Total || 25 || 37 || 1 || {{winpct|25|31|1}} || || – || – || – ||
|-
! colspan="2"|NFL Total || 75 || 85 || 1 || {{winpct|75|85|1}} || || 2 || 2 || {{winpct|2|2}} ||
|}

===CFL===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
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! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular Season !! colspan="4"|Post Season
|-
!Won !!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Result
|-
! [[1979 Toronto Argonauts season|TOR]] || [[1979 CFL season|1979]]
| 5 || 11 || 0 || {{winpct|5|11}} || 4th in CFL East || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|TOR Total || 5 || 11 || 0 || {{winpct|5|11}} || || – || – || – ||
|-
! [[1994 Shreveport Pirates season|SHP]] || [[1994 CFL season|1994]]
| 3 || 15 || 0 || {{winpct|3|15}} || 6th in CFL East || – || – || – || –
|-
! [[1995 Shreveport Pirates season|SHP]] || [[1995 CFL season|1995]]
| 5 || 13 || 0 || {{winpct|5|13}} || 5th in CFL South || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|SHP Total || 8 || 28 || 0 || {{winpct|8|28}} || || – || – || – ||
|-
! colspan="2"|CFL Total || 13 || 39 || 0 || {{winpct|13|39}} || || – || – || – ||
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