From the opening of Flamengo's football department in 1912 up until 1920 the club had no official head coach.
The job of commanding the professional team consisted in a Ground Committee usually improvised, composed by the team captains and club directors.
In 1920 the club has its first solo head coach, the Uruguayan Ramón Platero, only lasting for 9 matches.
[1] Flamengo had a total of 85 different head coaches from 9 different nationalities in 144 spells during the 111 years of its football department history.
The following is a list of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo head coaches.