John Fox
Assistant Coach at Buffalo Bills since 2026.
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- Seasons coached
- 43
- First season
- 1978
- Teams
- 20
Career
20 stints
1970s
- 1978San Diego StateGraduate Assistant
- 1979U.S. InternationalDefensive Backs
1980s
- 1980–1981Boise StateDefensive Backs
- 1981Long Beach StateDefensive Backs
- 1982UtahDefensive Backs
- 1983KansasDefensive Backs
- 1984Iowa StateDefensive Backs
- 1985Los Angeles ExpressDefensive Backs
- 1986–1988PittsburghDefensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 1989–1991Pittsburgh SteelersDefensive Backs
1990s
- 1992–1993San Diego ChargersDefensive Backs
- 1994–1995Los Angeles/Oakland RaidersDefensive Coordinator
- 1996St. Louis RamsAssistant Coach
- 1997–2001New York GiantsDefensive Coordinator
2000s
- 2002–2010Carolina PanthersHead Coach
2010s
- 2011–2014Denver BroncosHead Coach
- 2015–2017Chicago BearsHead Coach
2020s
- 2022Indianapolis ColtsDefensive Assistant
- 2023Detroit LionsDefensive Assistant
- 2026–presentBuffalo BillsAssistant Coach
Coaching tree
10 mentors, 31 protégés, 10 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
46
- 2022Frank ReichCoached under · Indianapolis Colts
- 2017Brandon StaleyMentored · Chicago Bears
- 2017Curtis ModkinsMentored · Chicago Bears
- 2017Roy AndersonMentored · Chicago Bears
- 2017Zach AzzanniMentored · Chicago Bears
- 2016–2017Ben McDanielsMentored · Chicago Bears
- 2016Curtis JohnsonMentored · Chicago Bears
- 2016–2017John DunnMentored · Chicago Bears
- 2015–2016Clint HurttMentored · Chicago Bears
- 2015–2017Dowell LoggainsMentored · Chicago Bears
- 2015–2017Glenn PiresMentored · Chicago Bears
- 2015–2017Jeff RodgersMentored · Chicago Bears
- 2015Mike GrohMentored · Chicago Bears
- 2015–2016Stan DraytonMentored · Chicago Bears
- 2015–2017Vic FangioMentored · Chicago Bears
31 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
11
- 2015Marc TrestmanSucceeded · Chicago Bears
- 2011Josh McDanielsSucceeded · Denver Broncos
- 2002George SeifertSucceeded · Carolina Panthers
- 1997Brian SchottenheimerSucceeded by · St. Louis Rams
- 1997Lynn StilesSucceeded by · St. Louis Rams
- 1997Mike NolanSucceeded · New York Giants
- 1994Willie ShawSucceeded by · San Diego Chargers
- 1992Jim MoraSucceeded · San Diego Chargers
- 1984Dave CampoSucceeded · Iowa State
- 1982Phil SnowSucceeded by · Boise State
- 1980Dave CampoSucceeded · Boise State
Tenure
43 seasons
- Carolina PanthersHead coach · 2002–20109
- New York GiantsCoordinator · 1997–20015
- Denver BroncosHead coach · 2011–20144
- Chicago BearsHead coach · 2015–20173
- Pittsburgh SteelersPosition coach · 1989–19913
- PittsburghCoordinator · 1986–19883
- Los Angeles/Oakland RaidersCoordinator · 1994–19952
- San Diego ChargersPosition coach · 1992–19932
- Boise StatePosition coach · 1980–19812
- Buffalo BillsPosition coach · 2026 · current1
- Detroit LionsAnalyst · 20231
- Indianapolis ColtsAnalyst · 20221
- St. Louis RamsPosition coach · 19961
- Los Angeles ExpressPosition coach · 19851
- Iowa StatePosition coach · 19841
- KansasPosition coach · 19831
- UtahPosition coach · 19821
- Long Beach StatePosition coach · 19811
- U.S. InternationalPosition coach · 19791
- San Diego StateAnalyst · 19781
Pipeline
3 of 6 coordinators
- 8 seasonsDowell Loggainsunder at Chicago Bears 2015 · head coach at App State2025
- 2 seasonsVic Fangiounder at Chicago Bears 2015 · head coach at Denver Broncos2019
- 1 seasonJack Del Riounder at Denver Broncos 2012 · head coach at Oakland Raiders2015
- 1 seasonJack Del Riounder at Carolina Panthers 2002 · head coach at Jacksonville Jaguars2003
Moves
Nothing on the wire for John Fox. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.