Jim Caldwell is in his third season as head coach of the Colts. Caldwell served with Indianapolis for seven years before taking over as field general in 2009. Caldwell spent his first three seasons as quarterbacks coach before earning the expanded title of assistant head coach prior to the 2005 season. He was elevated to associate head
coach with the club on January 21, 2008.
In his first two seasons at the helm, Caldwell directed the Colts to 14-2 and 10-6 regular-season records, winning consecutive AFC South titles, an AFC Championship and a berth in Super Bowl XLIV. Caldwell is one of approximately 30 NFL head coaches ever to produce 24+ regular-season victories and a Super Bowl berth in any two-year career span, while being one of four field leaders to do it in opening a career.
From 2002-10, Caldwell has been a part of Colts teams that lead the league in victories. From 2003- 09, Indianapolis set the NFL marks with seven consecutive seasons with 11+ (6, Dallas, 1976-81) and 12+ victories (4, Dallas, 1992-95). From 2002- 10, Indianapolis has nine consecutive 10+-victory seasons, the NFL’s second-longest streak (16, San Francisco, 1983-98). The Colts have an NFL record- tying nine consecutive playoff appearances (Dallas, 1975-83), and Indianapolis is the only team to post double-digit victory seasons and playoff berths each season since the 2002 Realignment. From 2008-09, Indianapolis set the NFL record with 23 consecutive regular-season victories (21 New England, 2006- 08). Indianapolis also won 115 regular-season games from 2000-09, the most by a team in a decade in NFL history. From 2004-09, Indianapolis became the only NFL team to win at least seven consecutive games in six consecutive seasons (8, 2004; 13, 2005; 9, 2006; 7 and 6, 2007; 9, 2008; 14, 2009). The Colts won six division crowns in the 2000-09 decade, two short of the NFL record set by Minnesota (8) in the 1970s. The club’s nine playoff berths in the decade tied the NFL record set by Dallas (9) in the 1970s. Indianapolis’ winning ways include a 42-12 record in AFC South play, and the club has owned or shared the lead in 123 of 153 weeks of the division’s existence.
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