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Mike Nolan

Michael Nolan

Born: March 7, 1959 in Baltimore, MD
College: Oregon   (school history)

Coaching Results

Year Age Tm Lg G W L T W-L% G plyf W plyf L plyf W-L% Rank Notes
2005 46 San Francisco 49ers NFL 16 4 12 0 .250 4
2006 47 San Francisco 49ers NFL 16 7 9 0 .438 3
2007 48 San Francisco 49ers NFL 16 5 11 0 .313 3
2008 49 San Francisco 49ers NFL 7 2 5 0 .286 2 Fired after Week 7
19 yrs 55 18 37 0 .327 0 0 0 2.6 Avg Finish
4 yrs NYG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3
4 yrs SFO 55 18 37 0 .327 0 0 0 3.0
3 yrs BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
3 yrs WAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
2 yrs MIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1 yr ATL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
1 yr DEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
1 yr NYJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0

Games over .500: -19
Super Bowl Wins: 0
Overall Championships: 0
Conference Championships: 0
Division Championships: 0

Team's Ranks

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
1993 NYG 28 4 3 6 7 10 18 1 1 1 12 14 2 27 22 17 2 7 5 1 17 2 7 5 19 23 15 10 3 12 10
1994 NYG 28 9 8 16 24 28 22 8 3 10 11 25 1 27 27 24 16 22 11 8 10 15 15 11 20 4 6 8 5 18 18
1995 NYG 30 26 9 23 26 29 24 10 8 13 6 17 21 29 30 28 7 27 17 16 14 27 27 26 25 11 4 4 7 17 15
1996 NYG 30 23 14 20 29 30 28 23 7 21 30 29 14 29 30 25 23 30 14 10 8 22 16 20 7 14 14 15 5 7 16
1997 WAS 30 14 14 11 13 16 15 18 12 21 16 23 2 10 11 9 25 12 16 8 11 26 28 19 26 10 13 3 4 13 6
1998 WAS 30 20 24 27 19 15 17 15 27 18 10 7 21 4 13 10 8 23 24 28 25 28 28 30 28 21 10 5 11 21 10
1999 WAS 31 7 4 8 11 2 2 7 10 9 1 4 11 16 6 4 4 4 30 24 5 19 27 25 31 13 28 26 21 6 16
2000 NYJ 31 13 20 18 11 12 17 29 19 24 21 26 8 1 6 8 30 13 10 13 8 25 23 6 11 11 11 6 9 6 6
2002 BAL 32 20 17 22 27 26 23 22 18 16 26 14 27 25 27 19 9 25 22 19 8 22 13 23 2 32 26 26 4 2 20
2003 BAL 32 8 9 6 10 21 8 30 1 1 5 3 31 32 32 26 21 27 3 6 2 14 6 1 3 2 25 4 13 4 1
2004 BAL 32 10 5 9 23 31 20 9 8 9 17 15 20 26 31 30 3 31 6 6 7 20 8 8 2 9 12 10 1 6 9
2005 SFO 32 26 27 32 32 32 30 27 20 17 25 16 21 31 32 32 27 31 32 30 21 23 18 27 11 23 30 32 31 14 32
2006 SFO 32 21 23 29 27 26 24 23 19 6 18 2 29 30 29 25 15 22 26 32 18 22 19 27 16 10 19 26 27 22 25
2007 SFO 32 25 30 29 32 32 32 23 31 27 25 11 27 22 32 26 17 32 25 20 28 30 22 7 5 18 20 22 20 29 21
2008 SFO 32 22 31 23 23 23 22 32 27 27 25 21 32 18 13 13 26 18 13 23 28 21 13 15 8 28 24 20 21 21 15
2009 DEN 32 16 7 18 13 15 20 7 14 18 22 17 11 9 13 16 7 15 7 12 9 22 26 11 27 6 9 3 8 13 3
2010 MIA 32 17 30 22 11 21 30 21 11 21 29 30 13 13 16 27 25 21 6 14 29 23 7 7 4 24 5 8 9 28 20
2011 MIA 32 23 24 14 22 22 20 18 6 11 19 15 24 28 23 18 8 18 15 6 26 11 3 3 3 32 25 25 16 16 18
2012 ATL 32 1 5 5 14 8 7 7 26 29 13 29 1 8 6 5 12 4 24 5 5 10 21 24 29 13 14 23 1 5 22
19 yrs %tile 52 52 46 40 36 39 48 58 53 47 49 50 38 35 42 55 39 52 56 56 39 48 53 56 52 51 57 67 59 55
4 yrs NYG 51 74 48 30 20 24 68 87 65 53 30 72 7 10 23 62 30 63 74 61 47 48 51 42 59 70 72 86 57 53
4 yrs SFO 30 16 15 14 15 19 21 27 43 30 64 18 24 20 28 37 23 28 21 29 28 47 44 72 41 30 25 26 36 30
3 yrs BAL 64 71 65 41 22 50 40 75 76 53 70 22 17 9 25 69 17 71 71 85 45 75 70 96 58 38 61 84 91 72
3 yrs WAS 58 57 52 56 67 66 59 49 50 73 66 66 71 70 78 62 60 27 37 58 23 12 22 10 55 48 66 64 59 68
2 yrs MIA 41 19 47 52 36 25 42 77 53 28 33 45 39 42 33 52 42 70 72 17 50 88 88 92 16 56 52 64 34 44
1 yr ATL 100 88 88 59 78 81 81 22 13 63 13 100 78 84 88 66 91 28 88 88 72 38 28 13 63 59 31 100 88 34
1 yr DEN 53 81 47 63 56 41 81 59 47 34 50 69 75 63 53 81 56 81 66 75 34 22 69 19 84 75 94 78 63 94
1 yr NYJ 61 39 45 68 65 48 10 42 26 35 19 77 100 84 77 6 61 71 61 77 23 29 84 68 68 68 84 74 84 84

Full Coaching History

Year Age Level Employer Role
1981 22 College Oregon Graduate Assistant
1982 23 College Stanford Linebackers/Defensive Backs
1983 24 College Stanford Linebackers/Defensive Backs
1984 25 College Rice Linebackers/Defensive Backs
1985 26 College Rice Linebackers/Defensive Backs
1986 27 College Louisiana State Linebackers
1987 28 NFL Denver Broncos Special Teams/Linebackers
1988 29 NFL Denver Broncos Special Teams/Linebackers
1989 30 NFL Denver Broncos Special Teams/Linebackers
1990 31 NFL Denver Broncos Special Teams/Linebackers
1991 32 NFL Denver Broncos Special Teams/Linebackers
1992 33 NFL Denver Broncos Special Teams/Linebackers
1993 34 NFL New York Giants Defensive Coordinator
1994 35 NFL New York Giants Defensive Coordinator
1995 36 NFL New York Giants Defensive Coordinator
1996 37 NFL New York Giants Defensive Coordinator
1997 38 NFL Washington Redskins Defensive Coordinator
1998 39 NFL Washington Redskins Defensive Coordinator
1999 40 NFL Washington Redskins Defensive Coordinator
2000 41 NFL New York Jets Defensive Coordinator
2001 42 NFL Baltimore Ravens Wide Receivers
2002 43 NFL Baltimore Ravens Defensive Coordinator
2003 44 NFL Baltimore Ravens Defensive Coordinator
2004 45 NFL Baltimore Ravens Defensive Coordinator
2005 46 NFL San Francisco 49ers Head Coach
2006 47 NFL San Francisco 49ers Head Coach
2007 48 NFL San Francisco 49ers Head Coach
2008 49 NFL San Francisco 49ers Head Coach
2009 50 NFL Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
2010 51 NFL Miami Dolphins Defensive Coordinator
2011 52 NFL Miami Dolphins Defensive Coordinator
2012 53 NFL Atlanta Falcons Defensive Coordinator
2013 54 NFL Atlanta Falcons Defensive Coordinator

Worked For

NFL head coaches this coach worked under in his career.
Name Role
Brian Billick Defensive Coordinator, Wide Receivers
Al Groh Defensive Coordinator
Josh McDaniels Defensive Coordinator
Dan Reeves Special Teams/Linebackers, Defensive Coordinator
Mike Smith Defensive Coordinator
Tony Sparano Defensive Coordinator
Norv Turner Defensive Coordinator

Employed

NFL head coaches who worked under this coach.
Name Role
Mike Martz Offensive Coordinator
Mike McCarthy Offensive Coordinator
Mike Singletary Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers, Interim Head Coach/Assistant Head Coach/LBs
Jim Tomsula Defensive Line
Norv Turner Offensive Coordinator