Biography

McGinnis graduated from Snyder High School in Snyder, Texas. McGinnis was a three-year starter as a defensive back at Texas Christian University, where he graduated in 1973 with a degree in business management. Prior to joining the NFL ranks, McGinnis spent 13 years in college football, including at his alma mater Texas Christian University (1973-74, '82), Missouri (1975-77), Indiana State (1978, '80-81) and Kansas State (1983-85).

McGinnis has coached in the NFL beginning in 1986. From 1986 to 1995, he was the linebackers coach for the Chicago Bears, and spent 1996-2000 as defensive coordinator of Arizona before being hired to replace Vince Tobin. From 2000-2003, McGinnis compiled a 17-40 record with the team. However, he had a record of 14-12 in games decided by eight or less points. The reason for his lack of success as a head coach has been attributed to the lack of talent on his team, as his successor Dennis Green failed to win more than six games in any season despite previously earning acclaim as head coach of the Minnesota Vikings.

McGinnis was the focal figure in an embarrassing public relations blunder by the Bears in 1999. After McGinnis interviewed for the vacant head coach position on Thursday, January 22, team president Mike McCaskey prematurely organized a news conference for the following day with local and national media to announce the hiring of McGinnis as the eleventh Head Coach of the Bears. The news came as a surprise to most notably McGinnis, who had not reached terms on a contract. In an attempt to save face, the Bears postponed the news conference and issued a personal apology to McGinnis from the patriarch of Bears ownership, Ed McCaskey. However, McGinnis remained disenchanted with the order of business conducted by the team and declined future consideration.

He became the Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers Coach for the Tennessee Titans in 2004.

Head coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
ARZ	2000	1	8	0	.111	5th in NFC East	-	-	-	(mid-season replacement)
ARZ	2001	7	9	0	.438	4th in NFC East	-	-	-
ARZ	2002	5	11	0	.313	4th in NFC West	-	-	-
ARZ	2003	4	12	0	.250	4th in NFC West	-	-	-	-
Total		17	40	0	.298

Chicago/St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals head coaches Paddy Driscoll (1920-1922) Arnold Horween (1923-1924) Norman Barry (1925-1926) Guy Chamberlin (1927) Fred Gillies (1928) Dewey Scanlon (1929) Ernie Nevers (1930-1931) LeRoy Andrews (1931) Jack Chevigny (1932) Paul J. Schissler (1933-1934) Milan Creighton (1935-1938) Ernie Nevers (1939) Jimmy Conzelman (1940-1942) Phil Handler (1943-1945) Jimmy Conzelman (1946-1948) Phil Handler & Buddy Parker (1949) Buddy Parker (1949) Curly Lambeau (1950-1951) Phil Handler & Cecil Isbell (1951) Cecil Isbell (1951) Joe Kuharich (1952) Joe Stydahar (1953-1954) Ray Richards (1955-1957) Pop Ivy (1958-1961) Chuck Drulis, Ray Prochaska, & Ray Willsey (1961) Wally Lemm (1962-1965) Charley Winner (1966-1970) Bob Hollway (1971-1972) Don Coryell (1973-1977) Bud Wilkinson (1978-1979) Larry Wilson (1979) Jim Hanifan (1980-1985) Gene Stallings (1986-1989) Hank Kuhlmann (1989) Joe Bugel (1990-1993) Buddy Ryan (1994-1995) Vince Tobin (1996-2000) Dave McGinnis (2000-2003) Dennis Green (2004-2006) Ken Whisenhunt (2007-2012) Bruce Arians (2013-)

Current linebackers coaches of the National Football League American Football Conference AFC East AFC North AFC South AFC West Bobby April III (Buffalo Bills) Matt Burke (Miami Dolphins) Patrick Graham (New England Patriots) Mike Caldwell & Mark Collins (New York Jets) Ted Monachino (Baltimore Ravens) Jim Haslett (Cincinnati Bengals) Chuck Driesbach (Cleveland Browns) Jerry Olsavsky & Joey Porter (Pittsburgh Steelers) Mike Vrabel (Houston Texans) Jeff FitzGerald (Indianapolis Colts) Robert Saleh (Jacksonville Jaguars) Lou Spanos (Tennessee Titans) Reggie Herring (Denver Broncos) Gary Gibbs (Kansas City Chiefs) Sal Sunseri (Oakland Raiders) Bob Babich (San Diego Chargers) National Football Conference NFC East NFC North NFC South NFC West Matt Eberflus (Dallas Cowboys) Jim Herrmann (New York Giants) Bill McGovern & Rick Minter (Philadelphia Eagles) Kirk Olivadotti & Greg Manusky (Washington Redskins) Glenn Pires (Chicago Bears) Bill Sheridan (Detroit Lions) Winston Moss (Green Bay Packers) Adam Zimmer (Minnesota Vikings) Jeff Ulbrich (Atlanta Falcons) Al Holcomb (Carolina Panthers) Joe Vitt (New Orleans Saints) Mark Duffner (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) James Bettcher (Arizona Cardinals) Frank Bush (Los Angeles Rams) Jason Tarver (San Francisco 49ers) Micheal Barrow (Seattle Seahawks)

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