List of Washington Commanders head coaches

The Commanders were founded in 1932 as the Boston Braves, named after the local baseball franchise.

[1] The franchise changed its name the following year to the Redskins and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1937.

[1] In 2020, the team retired the Redskins name after longstanding controversies surrounding it and briefly played as the Washington Football Team before becoming the Commanders in 2022.

[2] Ray Flaherty coached teams that won the 1937 and 1942 NFL Championships, while Joe Gibbs coached teams that won Super Bowl XVII (1982), Super Bowl XXII (1987), and Super Bowl XXVI (1991).

[4] Seven are Pro Football Hall of Fame members: Flaherty, Turk Edwards, Curly Lambeau, Otto Graham, Vince Lombardi, George Allen, and Gibbs.

Dan Quinn , Washington's current head coach, was hired in 2024.