Tommy Prothro
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- Seasons coached
- 11
- First season
- 1970
- Teams
- 4
Career
4 stints
- 1970UCLAHead Coach
- 1971–1972Los Angeles RamsHead Coach
- 1974–1978San Diego ChargersHead Coach
- 1979–1981Cleveland BrownsAssistant Coach
Coaching tree
1 mentor, 7 protégés, 6 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
10
- 1979–1981Sam RutiglianoCoached under · Cleveland Browns
- 1978Ray PerkinsMentored · San Diego Chargers
- 1976Bill WalshMentored · San Diego Chargers
- 1974–1975John David CrowMentored · San Diego Chargers
- 1974–1977Rudy FeldmanMentored · San Diego Chargers
- 1971–1972Dick VermeilMentored · Los Angeles Rams
- 1971–1972Rich BrooksMentored · Los Angeles Rams
- 1970Dick VermeilMentored · UCLA
- 1970Fred von AppenMentored · UCLA
- 1970Rich BrooksMentored · UCLA
Succeeded
2
- 1978Don CoryellSucceeded by · San Diego Chargers
- 1971Pepper RodgersSucceeded by · UCLA
Tenure
11 seasons
- San Diego ChargersHead coach · 1974–19785
- Cleveland BrownsPosition coach · 1979–19813
- Los Angeles RamsHead coach · 1971–19722
- UCLAHead coach · 19701
Pipeline
5 of 5 coordinators
- 1 seasonRay Perkinsunder at San Diego Chargers 1978 · head coach at New York Giants1979
- 1 seasonBill Walshunder at San Diego Chargers 1976 · head coach at Stanford1977
- 5 seasonsRich Brooksunder at Los Angeles Rams 1971 · head coach at Oregon1977
- 1 seasonJohn David Crowunder at San Diego Chargers 1974 · head coach at UL Monroe1976
- 4 seasonsDick Vermeilunder at UCLA 1970 · head coach at UCLA1974
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Tommy Prothro. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.