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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. | ||||



