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NFL Betting Trends: Losing as a Favorite

It's no secret that every NFL head coach has a different style. Some like to yell. Some are calm. Some are geniuses. Others are clueless (cough, Marty Mornhinweg, Art Shell, sneeze).

I thought it would be interesting to see how each coach reacts coming off a loss as a favorite - both as a favorite and an underdog in the next contest.

The results were pretty remarkable. For example, Joe Gibbs (not listed), is 2-8 against the spread after losing as a favorite. He's a Hall-of-Fame coach, but perhaps Gibbs should have bought a couple of Herm Edwards' motivational DVDs.

On second thought, after looking at Edwards' records, maybe that's not such a good idea.

All records since 2002.

Team	Coach	ATS Record After Losing as a Favorite	As a Favorite	As a Dog
ARZ	Ken Whisenhunt	6-5	0-2	6-3
ATL	Mike Smith	7-1	5-1	2-0
BAL	John Harbaugh	4-4	3-3	1-1
BUF	Chan Gailey	1-3	0-0	1-3
BUF	Dick Jauron	4-6	2-2	2-4
CAR	Ron Rivera	3-1	0-0	3-1
CAR	John Fox	14-8	5-3	9-5
CHI	Lovie Smith	8-9	2-4	6-5
CIN	Marvin Lewis	9-11	3-5	6-6
CLE	Pat Shurmur	1-0	1-0	0-0
CLE	Eric Mangini	1-1	0-0	1-1
CLE	Romeo Crennel	3-5	1-1	2-4
DAL	Jason Garrett	2-4	1-2	1-2
DAL	Wade Phillips	3-11	2-8	1-3
DEN	John Fox	0-2	0-2	0-0
DEN	Eric Studesville	0-1	0-0	0-1
DEN	Josh McDaniels	2-2	0-0	2-2
DEN	Mike Shanahan	13-12	9-5	4-7
DET	Jim Schwartz	1-5	1-1	0-4
DET	Rod Marinelli	0-4	0-0	0-4
GB	Mike McCarthy	11-6	5-6	6-0
HOU	Gary Kubiak	7-9	6-4	1-5
IND	Jim Caldwell	2-3	2-2	0-1
IND	Tony Dungy	6-10	4-9	2-1
JAX	Mike Mularkey	0-1	0-0	0-1
JAX	Jack Del Rio	12-9	6-4	6-5
KC	Romeo Crennel	1-0	0-0	1-0
KC	Todd Haley	2-4	1-1	1-3
KC	Herman Edwards	1-5	0-2	1-3
MIA	Joe Philbin	0-2	0-0	0-2
MIA	Todd Bowles	1-0	0-0	1-0
MIA	Tony Sparano	4-4	0-1	4-3
MIN	Leslie Frazier	2-1	1-0	1-1
MIN	Brad Childress	4-6	3-4	1-2
NE	Bill Belichick	16-9	8-8	8-1
NO	Interim Coach	1-2	0-2	1-0
NO	Sean Payton	10-5	6-3	4-2
NYG	Tom Coughlin	13-11	9-5	4-6
NYJ	Rex Ryan	4-7	1-4	3-3
NYJ	Eric Mangini	2-6	0-4	2-2
OAK	Dennis Allen	1-1	0-0	1-1
OAK	Hue Jackson	1-0	0-0	1-0
OAK	Tom Cable	2-1	0-0	2-1
OAK	Lane Kiffin	2-1	0-0	2-1
PHI	Andy Reid	20-17	15-13	5-4
PIT	Mike Tomlin	12-7	8-6	4-1
SD	Norv Turner	15-7	13-3	2-4
SEA	Pete Carroll	4-0	0-0	4-0
SEA	Jim Mora Jr.	0-1	0-0	0-1
SEA	Mike Holmgren	10-7	5-5	5-2
SF	Jim Harbaugh	3-0	3-0	0-0
SF	Mike Singletary	7-0	4-0	3-0
SF	Mike Nolan	2-0	0-0	2-0
STL	Jeff Fisher	1-1	0-0	1-1
STL	Steve Spagnuolo	1-2	1-1	0-1
STL	Scott Linehan	2-3	0-1	2-2
TB	Greg Schiano	1-1	0-0	1-1
TB	Raheem Morris	1-1	1-0	0-1
TB	Jon Gruden	12-11	11-5	1-6
TEN	Mike Munchak	2-3	1-1	1-2
TEN	Jeff Fisher	9-12	3-5	6-7
WAS	Mike Shanahan	2-2	0-1	2-1
WAS	Jim Zorn	1-3	0-2	1-1

	Total Record	292-275	153-140	139-135

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