Vance Joseph
Defensive Coordinator at Denver Broncos since 2023.
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- Seasons coached
- 28
- First season
- 1999
- Teams
- 11
Career
14 stints
1990s
- 1999–2001Graduate assistantHead Coach
2000s
- 2001ColoradoAssistant Coach
- 2002–2003Defensive backs coachHead Coach
- 2003ColoradoDefensive Backs
- 2004Bowling GreenDefensive Backs
- 2005Assistant defensive backs coachHead Coach
- 2005–2010San Francisco 49ersHead Coach
- 2006–2010Defensive backs coachHead Coach
2010s
- 2011–2013Houston TexansDefensive Backs
- 2014–2015Cincinnati BengalsDefensive Backs
- 2016Miami DolphinsDefensive Coordinator
- 2017–2018Denver BroncosHead Coach
- 2019–2022Arizona CardinalsDefensive Coordinator
2020s
- 2023–presentDenver BroncosDefensive Coordinator
Coaching tree
11 mentors, 36 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
48
- 2025–2026Evan RothsteinCoached under · Denver Broncos
- 2025–2026John MortonCoached under · Denver Broncos
- 2024–2025Jim LeonhardCoached under · Denver Broncos
- 2023–2026Jamar CainCoached under · Denver Broncos
- 2019–2022Kliff KingsburyCoached under · Arizona Cardinals
- 2018Curtis ModkinsMentored · Denver Broncos
- 2018Mike SullivanMentored · Denver Broncos
- 2018Sean KuglerMentored · Denver Broncos
- 2018Tom McMahonMentored · Denver Broncos
- 2018Zach AzzanniMentored · Denver Broncos
- 2017–2018Bill KollarMentored · Denver Broncos
- 2017Brock OlivoMentored · Denver Broncos
- 2017–2018Chris StrausserMentored · Denver Broncos
- 2017Fred PagacMentored · Denver Broncos
- 2017–2018Geep ChrystMentored · Denver Broncos
33 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
10
- 2019Vic FangioSucceeded by · Denver Broncos
- 2016Kevin CoyleSucceeded by · Cincinnati Bengals
- 2014John ButlerSucceeded by · Houston Texans
- 2011David GibbsSucceeded · Houston Texans
- 2011Jim HarbaughSucceeded by · San Francisco 49ers
- 2006Jeff HafleySucceeded · Defensive backs coach
- 2005Dennis EricksonSucceeded · San Francisco 49ers
- 2004Jeff HafleySucceeded by · Defensive backs coach
- 2004Steve WilksSucceeded · Bowling Green
- 2002Jeff HafleySucceeded by · Graduate assistant
Tenure
28 seasons
- Defensive backs coachHead coach · 2002–20107
- San Francisco 49ersHead coach · 2005–20106
- Denver BroncosCoordinator · 2023–2026 · current4
- Arizona CardinalsCoordinator · 2019–20224
- Houston TexansPosition coach · 2011–20133
- Graduate assistantHead coach · 1999–20013
- Denver BroncosHead coach · 2017–20182
- Cincinnati BengalsPosition coach · 2014–20152
- ColoradoPosition coach · 2001–20032
- Miami DolphinsCoordinator · 20161
- Assistant defensive backs coachHead coach · 20051
- Bowling GreenPosition coach · 20041
Pipeline
4 of 8 coordinators
- 11 seasonsMike Martzunder at San Francisco 49ers 2008 · head coach at San Diego Fleet2019
- 2 seasonsKurt Schottenheimerunder at San Francisco 49ers 2010 · head coach at Virginia Destroyers2012
- 1 seasonMike Johnsonunder at San Francisco 49ers 2009 · head coach at UCLA2011
- 1 seasonMike McCarthyunder at San Francisco 49ers 2005 · head coach at Green Bay Packers2006
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Vance Joseph. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.