Paul Wiggin
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- Seasons coached
- 23
- First season
- 1968
- Teams
- 5
Career
6 stints
- 1968–1973San Francisco 49ersDefensive Line
- 1974San Francisco 49ersDefensive Coordinator
- 1975–1977Kansas City ChiefsHead Coach
- 1978–1979New Orleans SaintsDefensive Coordinator
- 1980–1983StanfordHead Coach
- 1985–1991Minnesota VikingsDefensive Line
Coaching tree
0 mentors, 26 protégés, 8 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
Protégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
31
- 1983A. J. ChristoffMentored · Stanford
- 1983Bryan ShawMentored · Stanford
- 1983Dave OttmarMentored · Stanford
- 1983Jim AndersonMentored · Stanford
- 1983Jim FasselMentored · Stanford
- 1983Larry Mac DuffMentored · Stanford
- 1983Ray HandleyMentored · Stanford
- 1982Associate head coachMentored · Stanford
- 1982Asst. coachMentored · Stanford
- 1982defensive backsMentored · Stanford
- 1982Defensive coordinatorMentored · Stanford
- 1982Defensive lineMentored · Stanford
- 1982Fred von AppenMentored · Stanford
- 1982Head coachMentored · Stanford
- 1982–1983Mike NolanMentored · Stanford
16 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
2
- 1984Jack ElwaySucceeded by · Stanford
- 1980Ron DowhowerSucceeded · Stanford
Tenure
23 seasons
- Minnesota VikingsPosition coach · 1985–19917
- San Francisco 49ersPosition coach · 1968–19736
- StanfordHead coach · 1980–19834
- Kansas City ChiefsHead coach · 1975–19773
- New Orleans SaintsCoordinator · 1978–19792
- San Francisco 49ersCoordinator · 19741
Pipeline
5 of 7 coordinators
- 14 seasonsFred von Appenunder at Stanford 1982 · head coach at Hawai'i1996
- 8 seasonsRay Handleyunder at Stanford 1983 · head coach at New York Giants1991
- 2 seasonsJim Fasselunder at Stanford 1980 · head coach at Utah1985
- 1 seasonJack Harbaughunder at Stanford 1980 · head coach at Western Michigan1982
- 1 seasonDennis Greenunder at Stanford 1980 · head coach at Northwestern1981
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Paul Wiggin. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.