Dan Quinn (American football)

Daniel Patrick Quinn (born September 11, 1970) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). Born in New Jersey, he attended Salisbury University and competed in the hammer throw and as a defensive lineman for their football team in the early 1990s. Quinn later coached defensive lines in college prior to joining the NFL in 2001. He was the defensive coordinator of the Legion of Boom-era Seattle Seahawks that appeared in two consecutive Super Bowls, winning XLVIII.

Dan Quinn
Quinn in 2017
Washington Commanders
Position:Head coach
Personal information
Born: (1970-09-11) September 11, 1970
Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
Career information
High school:Morristown
(Morristown, New Jersey)
College:Salisbury (1990–1993)
Career history
As a coach:
  • William & Mary (1994)
    Defensive line coach
  • VMI (1995)
    Defensive line coach
  • Hofstra (1996–1999)
    Defensive line coach
  • Hofstra (2000)
    Defensive coordinator/defensive line coach
  • San Francisco 49ers (20012002)
    Defensive quality control coach
  • San Francisco 49ers (20032004)
    Defensive line coach
  • Miami Dolphins (20052006)
    Defensive line coach
  • New York Jets (20072008)
    Defensive line coach
  • Seattle Seahawks (20092010)
    Assistant head coach/defensive line coach
  • Florida (20112012)
    Defensive coordinator/defensive line coach
  • Seattle Seahawks (20132014)
    Defensive coordinator
  • Atlanta Falcons (20152020)
    Head coach
  • Dallas Cowboys (20212023)
    Defensive coordinator
  • Washington Commanders (2024–present)
    Head coach
Career highlights and awards
Head coaching record
Regular season:43–42 (.506)
Postseason:3–2 (.600)
Career:46–44 (.511)
Coaching stats at PFR

Quinn was hired as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons in 2015. He led the team to Super Bowl LI the following season where the Falcons surrendered a 28-3 lead, the largest in Super Bowl history. Quinn and the Falcons would make the playoffs only one more time before he was fired midway through the 2020 season. He joined the Dallas Cowboys as defensive coordinator the following season, coaching units that led the league in takeaways for three years prior to him being hired as Commanders head coach in 2024.

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