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Gary Kubiak was the Texans' head coach from 2006-13.
Gary Kubiak was the Texans’ head coach from 2006-13.
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Less than a week after John Fox and the Broncos decided to part ways, the team closed in on that will make him the 15th head coach in franchise history.

The deal, once final, will bring Kubiak back to the city where his NFL career started as both a player (as a backup to John Elway) and coach.

Kubiak went on to have various stops, and roles, in his coaching career: Most recently he was the Ravens’ offensive coordinator, but he was also the Texans’ head coach, from 2006-13.

Here’s a look at where his record stacks up among other Broncos assistants turned NFL head coaches.

Stats via 2014 Denver Broncos Media Guide and Pro-Football-Reference.com.

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Broncos Assistants Turned NFL Head Coaches
Coach Yrs. as Broncos
Assistant
Yrs. as NFL
Head Coach
Career HC Record
(Playoffs inc.)
Win. Pct.
Mac Speedie 1962-64 Denver (’64-66) 6-19-1 .250
Ray Malavasi 1964-66 Denver (’66)
L.A. Rams (’78-82)
47-44 .516
Ed Hughes 1963 Houston (’71) 4-9-1 .321
Jerry Smith 1971 Denver (’71) 2-3 .400
Red Miller 1963-65 Denver (’77-80) 42-25 .627
Sam Rutigliano 1967-70 Cleveland (’78-84) 47-52 .475
Rod Dowhower 1980-82 Indianapolis (’85-86) 5-24 .172
Mike Shanahan 1984-87, 1989-91 L.A. Raiders (’88-89)
Den. (’95-08)
Wash. (’10-13)
178-144 .553
Dick MacPherson 1967-70 New England (’91-92) 8-24 .250
Wade Phillips 1989-92 New Orleans (’85)
Denver (’93-94)
Buffalo (’98-00)
Atlanta (’03)
Dallas (’07-10)
83-66 .557
Chan Gailey 1985-90 Dallas (’98-99)
Buffalo (’10-12)
34-48 .415
Jim Fassel 1993-94 New York Giants (’97-03) 60-56-1 .517
Mike Nolan 1987-92,
2009
San Francisco (’05-08) 18-37 .286
Gary Kubiak 1995-2005 Houston (’06-13) 61-67 .477
Eric Studesville* 2010-present Denver (’10) 1-3 .250
Dennis Allen 2011 Oakland (’12-14) 8-28 .222
Mike McCoy** 2009-12 San Diego (’13-present) 19-14 .576
*Studesville was Denver’s interim head coach for the last four games of the 2010 season.
**McCoy was the only active head coach by the end of the 2014 season.

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