Down the Stretch
By Marc Lawrence
Coaching Trends (Week 13 to 16)
With the NFL season approaching its stretch run for the 2010 season, let's examine the strengths and weaknesses head coaches have displayed throughout their NFL career during the final four games of the season. By becoming aware of the good, bad and ugly roles we can put ourselves into position to make a key score or two between now and the start of the playoffs.
Listed below are each coach and their Best or Worst Against the Spread situational record. All results are regular season ATS from Games 13-16 and are lifetime with current and former teams. Enjoy the run to the wire…
COACH (TEAM): ROLE
Belichick (New England): 12-3 home opp off loss
Cable (Oakland): 0-3 off division
Caldwell (Indianapolis): 2-0 off DD win
Carroll (Seattle): 0-6 favorite
Coughlin (N.Y. Giants): 3-13 off win 7 >
Del Rio (Jacksonville): 2-8 off SUATS loss
Fisher (Tennessee): 7-0 fav 9 >
Fox (Carolina): 7-0 w/division revenge
Gailey (Buffalo): 0-4 vs non-division
Haley (Kansas City): visitor 4-0
Harbaugh (Baltimore): 5-1 vs non-division
Kubiak (Houston): 5-0 home off loss
Lewis (Cincinnati): 1-7-1 fav 3 >
Mangini (Cleveland): 5-0 road dog
McCarthy (Green Bay): 5-0 dog
McDaniels (Denver): 0-3 fav or dog
Ryan (N.Y. Jets): 3-0 off win 14 <
Schwartz (Detroit): 0-2-1 vs .500 <
Singletary (San Francisco): 3-0 dog < 7
Shanahan (Washington): 1-11 vs division
Smith L (Chicago): 0-7 off BB wins
Smith M (Atlanta): 4-0 vs opp off win
Spagnuolo (St. Louis): 0-3 off loss 21 .666
Turner (San Diego): 10-2-1 off BB wins
Whisenhunt (Arizona): 0-6 vs non-division