Tommy Prothro

James Thompson Protho

Born: July 20, 1920 in Memphis, TN
Died: May 14, 1995 in Memphis, TN
College: Duke (school history)

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Coaching Results

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	T	W-L%	G plyf	W plyf	L plyf	Rank	Notes
1971	51	Los Angeles Rams	NFL	14	8	5	1	.615				2
1972	52	Los Angeles Rams	NFL	14	6	7	1	.462				3
1974	54	San Diego Chargers	NFL	14	5	9	0	.357				3
1975	55	San Diego Chargers	NFL	14	2	12	0	.143				4
1976	56	San Diego Chargers	NFL	14	6	8	0	.429				3
1977	57	San Diego Chargers	NFL	14	7	7	0	.500				3
1978	58	San Diego Chargers	NFL	4	1	3	0	.250				2
7 yrs				88	35	51	2	.407	0	0	0	2.9	Avg Finish
5 yrs		SDG		60	21	39	0	.350	0	0	0	3.0
2 yrs		RAM		28	14	12	2	.538	0	0	0	2.5

Games over .500: -16
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
1971	RAM	26	10	10	10	10	8	5	6	16	7	7	2	17	12	16	6	2	17	14	8	15	14	7	10	9	25	20	20	11	3	13
1972	RAM	26	16	17	15	9	7	14	9	15	5	6	3	2	12	13	16	17	16	11	16	19	7	9	4	12	22	17	12	23	18	10
1974	SDG	26	19	19	20	18	7	20	14	8	8	9	8	7	21	10	15	17	8	26	19	19	20	23	26	21	14	11	26	8	22	26
1975	SDG	26	25	11	23	26	25	25	5	24	18	13	7	5	23	25	25	7	24	23	20	18	26	24	21	18	17	16	19	12	14	20
1976	SDG	28	15	15	17	15	11	19	7	22	17	18	7	6	9	8	9	15	10	22	18	18	13	14	2	13	25	20	27	25	11	26
1977	SDG	28	14	12	11	9	15	18	11	18	22	18	20	4	11	9	20	12	7	6	6	19	10	16	10	15	25	9	6	12	11	3
1978	SDG	28	8	27	7	4	4	6	26	9	20	12	25	21	4	1	2	23	3	8	21	19	4	15	5	24	18	18	7	27	13	3
7 yrs	%tile		46	45	49	55	63	47	63	44	53	60	66	71	54	59	54	55	58	45	46	36	53	46	62	44	26	45	41	41	55	49
5 yrs	SDG		43	42	46	50	58	38	58	44	42	52	55	72	53	64	51	50	65	40	42	35	49	35	55	37	31	49	40	43	51	45
2 yrs	STL		54	52	56	67	75	67	75	44	81	79	94	67	58	48	62	67	40	56	58	38	63	73	77	63	13	33	42	38	63	60

Year	Age	Level	Employer	Role
1971	51	NFL	Los Angeles Rams	Head Coach
1972	52	NFL	Los Angeles Rams	Head Coach
1974	54	NFL	San Diego Chargers	Head Coach
1975	55	NFL	San Diego Chargers	Head Coach
1976	56	NFL	San Diego Chargers	Head Coach
1977	57	NFL	San Diego Chargers	Head Coach
1978	58	NFL	San Diego Chargers	Head Coach

NFL head coaches who worked under this coach.

Name	Role
Ray Perkins	Offensive Coordinator
Bill Walsh	Offensive Coordinator