McCarthy vs. LaFleur: Battle of two coaches who have won over 70% of their games at Lambeau

Just a few weeks short of the four-year anniversary of when he was fired as head coach of the Green Bay Packers, Mike McCarthy returns to Lambeau Field as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

McCarthy was head coach of the Packers for 13 seasons from 2006-2018. He finished his tenure with the Packers with a 125–77–2 (.618) regular-season record and a 10–8 (.556) post-season record. He led the team to nine playoff appearances and a Super Bowl win.

Mike McCarthy’s success as head coach of the Packers

With the numbers he compiled in his time with the Pack, you can make a case that McCarthy is one of the top coaches in team history. Consider that among Green Bay coaches:

• He is second in games coached for the Packers with 204.
• He is second in games won with 125.
• He has the fifth best winning percentage at .618.
• He is first in playoff games coached for Green Bay with 18.
• He is first in playoff games won with 10.

Green Bay coaches at Lambeau Field

McCarthy is one of four Green Bay coaches to have a winning percentage of .700 or higher in games at Lambeau. Here are the winning percentages of Packers’ coaches in games at Lambeau (minimum of 25 games coached at Lambeau Field to qualify. Also, only games after 1950 are considered.)

Mike Holmgren, 49-7, .875
Matt LaFleur, 24-4, .857
Vince Lombardi, 47-13-1, .779
Mike McCarthy, 73-27-2, .725
Mike Sherman, 33-15, .688
Dan Devine, 14-11-3, .554
Bart Starr, 34-30-1, .531
Forrest Gregg, 13-18-1, .422
Lindy Infante, 13-19, .406

Coaches with most post-seasons with the Packers

McCarthy is one of eight Green Bay coaches to lead the team into the post-season. During his 13-year coaching tenure, the Packers made the playoffs nine times, most in team history for a coach. Following are the numbers of seasons these eight Green Bay coaches led the team into the playoffs.

9-Mike McCarthy
8-Curly Lambeau
6-Vince Lombardi, Mike Holmgren
4-Mike Sherman
3-Matt LaFleur
1-Dan Devine, Bart Starr

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