NFL Head Coaches who also were their teams defensive play callers:

[Chaos]

What do Wade Phillips, Lovie Smith, Rex Ryan and Sean McDermott all have in common?

These are four NFL head coaches who also decided to be defensive play callers. 

Edited June 19, 2023 by Chaos

[Aussie Joe]

Is this another McDermott thread or are we gunna bag Rex Ryan this time?

[Lost]

 

8 minutes ago, Chaos said:

What do Wade Phillips, Lovie Smith, Rex Ryan and Sean McDermott all have in common?
 

 

Zero Lombardi's

Edited June 19, 2023 by Lost

[Don Otreply]

Yeah, another bash Sean McDermott thread, I would have never have guessed it…, just imagine, on this board too…, 

[WyoAZBillfan]

They all have funny spelled names with letters and stuff, and degrees in under water basket weaving?

 Amiright? What do I win?

[Chaos]

18 minutes ago, Don Otreply said:

Yeah, another bash Sean McDermott thread, I would have never have guessed it…, just imagine, on this board too…, 

What is the bash? Please explain. 

[stinky finger]

39 minutes ago, Lost said:

 

 

Zero Lombardi's

 

I dug a little deeper. None of these asshats has a Stanley Cup either.

[akcash]

Chaotic thread!

[strive_for_five_guy]

Are they the only four?

[Nextmanup]

26 minutes ago, Chaos said:

What is the bash? Please explain. 

Here's the thing: most people here are sheep and worship anyone currently associated with the team like a god.

 

Then, when a certain person leaves the team, they usually make fun of that person and sneer about how bad they were.

 

I don't get it either.

 

Kiko Alonso, to name one of dozens, went from highly regarded fanboy player to the butt of jokes here in about 48 hours when we traded him off the team.

 

Rex is another great example.  

 

 

[Arkady Renko]

Chaos is a ladder. 

[Chaos]

7 minutes ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

Are they the only four?

The only ones I could find.  But there might be others. 

[Boatdrinks]

Someone needs to be the first. Why not McDermott ? 

[Arkady Renko]

Belichick never did?

[folz]

2 hours ago, Chaos said:

What do Wade Phillips, Lovie Smith, Rex Ryan and Sean McDermott all have in common?
 

 

 

The same thing that these three do (or have):

 

Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll, Mike Tomlin...

[Buffalo716]

1 hour ago, Nextmanup said:

Here's the thing: most people here are sheep and worship anyone currently associated with the team like a god.

 

Then, when a certain person leaves the team, they usually make fun of that person and sneer about how bad they were.

 

I don't get it either.

 

Kiko Alonso, to name one of dozens, went from highly regarded fanboy player to the butt of jokes here in about 48 hours when we traded him off the team.

 

Rex is another great example.  

 

 

Kiko Alonso’s career was average player around the league … I never had him in some super high regard

 

Unbiased… The dude got off to a crazy 8-10game streak here… Hit a wall

 

Never reached the same level and tore his ACL

 

We traded him for LeSean McCoy who had a much better bills career then Kiko… Kiko was cut from the Eagles

 

Got embarrassed by the bills when he was with the dolphins

 

The dude had the potential for a great career but didn’t have it

 

Edited June 20, 2023 by Buffalo716

[Malazan]

1 hour ago, Arkady Renko said:

Belichick never did?

 

That wouldn't fit the narrative so please refrain from mentioning it. 

[GunnerBill]

8 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

Here's the thing: most people here are sheep and worship anyone currently associated with the team like a god.

 

Then, when a certain person leaves the team, they usually make fun of that person and sneer about how bad they were.

 

I don't get it either.

 

Kiko Alonso, to name one of dozens, went from highly regarded fanboy player to the butt of jokes here in about 48 hours when we traded him off the team.

 

Rex is another great example.  

 

 

 

Whereas some of us told you all Rex was a busted flush when he was hired and said Kiko wouldn't get away with being continually out of position forever. 

[GunnerBill]

6 hours ago, folz said:

 

 

The same thing that these three do (or have):

 

Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll, Mike Tomlin...

 

Has Tomlin ever called defensive plays as a Head Coach though? I know Belichick has, and Carroll has (although not when he won a championship). 

8 hours ago, Arkady Renko said:

Belichick never did?

 

Belichick did it between 2009 and 2012 and has again since 2017. 

[strive_for_five_guy]

10 hours ago, Chaos said:

The only ones I could find.  But there might be others. 

https://www.panthers.com/news/ron-rivera-among-growing-list-of-head-coaches-calling-plays
 

Looks like Ron Rivera did, Vic Mangio, Dan Quinn, so some others to add to the list in your original post.  I found it interesting that Rivera actually took over to give Eric Washington time to grow and eventually learn how to call plays.