Tom Bettis

William Thomas Bettis (Buddha)

Position: LB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 228 lbs.

Born: March 17, 1933 in Chicago, IL
College: Purdue (school history)
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1955 NFL Draft.

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Coaching Results

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	W-L%	G plyf	W plyf	L plyf	Rank	Notes
1977	44	Kansas City Chiefs	NFL	7	1	6	.143				5
9 yrs				7	1	6	.143	0	0	0	3.7	Avg Finish
7 yrs		STL		0	0	0		0	0	0	3.7
1 yr		CLE		0	0	0		0	0	0	1.0
1 yr		KAN		7	1	6	.143	0	0	0	5.0

Games over .500: -5
Super Bowl Wins: 0
Overall Championships: 0
Conference Championships: 0
Division Championships: 0

Team Ranks in various categories, Lower ALWAYS indicates better performance.

			Overall				Offense			Rushing Off					Passing Off					Defense			Rushing Def					Passing Def
Year	Tm	Tms	WL%	T/G	Pts±	Yds±	Yds	Pts	GvA	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	FL	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	Yds	Pts	TkA	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	FR	Att	Yds	TD	Int	nY/A
1977	KAN	28	27	14	27	27	16	17	26	26	20	13	9	25	9	12	20	24	19	28	27	5	28	28	28	28	2	10	14	18	11	21
1978	STL	28	21	7	23	7	7	23	7	18	25	19	26	6	2	4	14	12	11	13	15	13	18	19	11	20	18	12	7	18	10	9
1979	STL	28	23	21	20	13	10	17	25	11	3	4	2	24	9	20	27	20	24	16	21	17	22	14	15	10	7	20	16	20	20	12
1980	STL	28	24	17	20	19	22	19	12	13	9	5	6	8	17	25	22	13	26	19	21	16	19	16	17	9	13	23	20	17	18	12
1981	STL	28	17	20	25	24	19	18	20	14	9	6	6	17	19	22	24	20	23	23	27	15	14	25	23	27	14	10	16	26	13	20
1982	STL	28	10	16	23	22	23	25	2	7	7	10	10	14	26	26	27	1	25	14	12	26	8	12	2	16	14	19	17	25	26	15
1983	STL	28	12	15	21	15	17	9	24	11	7	17	8	27	20	24	5	10	19	6	25	4	5	8	25	14	6	20	14	20	3	4
1984	STL	28	9	17	8	3	3	4	12	16	9	2	7	25	7	3	5	6	3	8	17	18	5	14	8	22	20	10	9	22	10	13
1985	CLE	28	12	27	15	16	21	23	11	8	8	13	9	28	27	25	22	2	11	9	7	27	17	10	11	7	28	14	12	6	19	13
9 yrs	%tile		39	44	29	42	49	42	45	50	62	67	71	32	52	42	37	56	39	45	32	51	45	41	44	39	59	51	54	36	53	54
7 yrs	ARI		44	46	32	51	52	45	52	58	68	71	70	42	53	40	40	62	37	53	33	48	57	48	52	43	57	45	53	28	53	60
1 yr	CLE		61	7	50	46	29	21	64	75	75	57	71	4	7	14	25	96	64	71	79	7	43	68	64	79	4	54	61	82	36	57
1 yr	KAN		7	54	7	7	46	43	11	11	32	57	71	14	71	61	32	18	36	4	7	86	4	4	4	4	96	68	54	39	64	29

Year	Age	Level	Employer	Role
1977	44	NFL	Kansas City Chiefs	Defensive Coordinator
1978	45	NFL	St. Louis Cardinals	Defensive Coordinator
1979	46	NFL	St. Louis Cardinals	Defensive Coordinator
1980	47	NFL	St. Louis Cardinals	Defensive Coordinator
1981	48	NFL	St. Louis Cardinals	Defensive Coordinator
1982	49	NFL	St. Louis Cardinals	Defensive Coordinator
1983	50	NFL	St. Louis Cardinals	Defensive Coordinator
1984	51	NFL	St. Louis Cardinals	Defensive Coordinator
1985	52	NFL	Cleveland Browns	Defensive Coordinator

NFL head coaches this coach worked under in his career.