NFL Head Coach (2006) Retrospective 

Still play this game and have a series going much respect for showing it love ✌

Hey look in practice mode they’re actually wearing practice gear instead of FULL GAMEDAY ATTIRE 🙄

Make a video on NFL Head Coach 09.

Eyyy I’ve been waiting for this vid for a while! I just love depth in football sim games!

Imagine a college football or basketball version of this🤯🤯

This game and the 09 version of it has to be the most creative and different licensed sports game I have ever played! I still play both games to this day.

Since getting more into football and learning more about the coaching side of things, I’ve found myself tinkering with sliders to create a genuine coach mode experience in these old Madden titles. I even use external software to create my own playbooks. I have drawn up a couple unnecessarily rude blitzes where the idea is to overwhelm one lineman with like three guys. Hit the RT with an ILB, OLB, and a DE out of a 3-4, someone’s getting through. For games where I play against other people, I’ve even worked to disguise my playbook. If there’s a blitz on the same page as just a standard play, I have those players set to show blitz so even if you’re looking at my playbook, you’re still going to think blitz when you see the guy that was designated as blitzing is now showing blitz. I’ll even use them as decoys on pages with two blitzes. You’ll see someone show blitz, you think you got your slide protection set right, you have the TE assisting, then you find out you’re protecting the wrong side. I do the same thing on offense. If I’m going to have a play action, it’s going on the same page right next to a run play that looks similar.

I wish. Sadly 2009 is hard to emulate and physical copies run for like $100. I'm not sure how many more features are in the 2009 version vs the one simply named "Head Coach", though. So this info may not matter too much if they're equally awesome.

I remembered as a kid playing this my best memory of this game 1st year HC for New Orleans got fired the next year got hired by My team the 49ers after that year til the day I retired won 7 SBs signed basically all the elite prospects from the 2006 draft class Vince Young Reggie Bush Santonio Holmes Vernon Davis Chad Greenway AJ Hawk I was ranked #2 behind Don Shula such great game

It’s crazy bc I never paid attention to this game but I wouldn’t even want them to make another bc EA would mess it up

This with updated rosters would be insane

This game was great

FUN FACT I was #1 ranked online on this when i was a kid lmao. I ran the triple option with the colts. The game had some flaw where because manning had 99 awareness he could run for 7 yard carries on the regular. Xplosiv Diarreah or something immature to that affect was my GT. No one really played online so It didn't take many games to get there. BUT i was #1 at something in my life lol. Edit: ( it was head coach 09 not this one)

This is what Bill O’Brien thought he was playing

I ALMOST wish this game could come back....but EA would mess it up. I loved this game. You had to have patience to play this game

It's sad to see that games from 2006 have more depth and actual football physics then a modernized Madden game.

I love NFL Head coach. Still have both copies to this day. I was the weird kid who loved the series, wish they'd continue this series but it's not ultimate team so nah lmao.

I remember when I played this. I traded for David Carr to be the QB of the Dolphins. Don't judge me, it worked.

Can you do one for nfl head coach 09

I never realized the madden games from the mid 2000's even have more realistic running ai than the newer ones smh

14 years later I finally understand what this game is about.

This game was so legendary and all it does is frustrate me at how bare bones franchise mode is now. This game just shows what a football sim should be like, and is like when EA actually tries. Weird how the stronger and more powerful the consoles got, the worse franchise mode got and the less features we got.

Absolutely agree. I played this game at a time in my life when I actually coached football. It was almost as real as a video game could be about coaching. A couple of thing hurt it if I remember things correctly. First, it came out deep in the off-season when no one was thinking about football, 2. Madden had a great franchise mode that satisfied most people, NCAA existed and was a formidable game itself, and most people want to be the players not the coaches. I stopped playing because I found it too easy. As long as you participated in everything and tried hard you would win. I never lost a game and never had an injury. Maybe the base settings allowed that but if I simulated games I would get tons of injuries and actually lose games. But I wanted to call the plays and when I did, I won. Who knows, maybe I missed my calling, but I think the game was flawed in that way. Otherwise it was a phenomenal game!!!

If there was a Football Manager style NFL game that would be the dream. That series is so great and has so much depth

How come this game has Coordinators and position coaches, yet we can't even get a single Coordinator in Modern Madden 🤔

You should do a colab with Ryan Moody for the Madden 21 review. I’ve commented this on other videos and I think we all can agree that it would be sick!!!

Hey was that Mrhurriicane's Head Coach 09 vid at 0:54

MLB Front Office Manager was highly underrated as well.

SOFTDRINKTV: If you want me to make a video on that let me know in the comment section. Me: Bro, just make a million sports video game videos already 🤦🏽‍♂️

My dad bought me this as a kid, and I could never figure it out. But looking back at it at the age of 25, I really appreciate EA making this game. It has more quality to offer than the new titles.

I played this game for so many hours back in the PS2 days. I still remember coaching the Eagles for 19 seasons, because that was when the last remaining players from the original game had retired, and only randomly generated players were left (I think Robbie Gould and Nate Kaeding were the last two). I also remember creating a play on defense where both cornerbacks blitzed, and Sheldon Brown ended up winning DPOY with 12 sacks my first season. Good times.

I need this game in my life, I started playing madden with 17 and all I want is an immersive coaching experience. Also, it would be really cool if 2k made something like this. Thanks for the vid

Just needs the usual madden roster update and a remaster to the current engine/graphics.

Sad the series didn’t sell well. It would sell much better today with everyone dying for a halfway decent franchise mode. And for all the sim heads like myself. Would love a new Head Coach.

Yeah, this and head coach 09, amazing. And probably super cheap to make, they already had the NFL license and just lifted most of the graphics from madden

Games like this show if EA would actually try to make a good game they could but instead they just care about copying the same games with a shit ton of microtransactions

NFL Head Coach was amazing. I loved playing it and building my own dynasty. It really put you on the hot seat and made you become an expert scout, play designer, and team builder.

Great Video as always! I don't know what's more shocking, the fact that EA still owns the ESPN license or that they still haven't used it in 2020!!! 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️😡😡😡

I played the Tony Dungee “Head Coach” game. It was great with one tiresome exception... It felt more like a loading screen simulator. Every time you left an office or just plain did some other task... loading screen. Ugh! Frustrating.

Anyone else remember buying that thick ass strategy guide book for this game?😂😂 it was like an encyclopedia the amount of depth in that thing but I had a blast reading it

Please do an Head Coach 09 review too thanks... Also if this type of game ever came out in the future I think I would play it over Madden... As Madden Just pisses me off now a days..

00:54 I had no idea this game had the Pistol. It's crazy because Madden didn't get that formation for years.

As a Raiders fan, I was happy that I saw the baseball diamond finally put into the Raiders stadium in a football game (Around 3:12) but the Raiders logo was there at the same time and the baseball diamond is facing the wrong way LOL.

At the time of the release of this game, I could not get with the idea of not being able to control your players and what was going on, on the field. So it was game I played saw some things I liked but overall it was not the game for me. As a kid, to me it was about controlling everything on the field, and making my own plays Now, having a lot better understanding of what this game is, I’ll take some time to dive into it. These manager type game honestly haven’t been my particular cup of tea, but definitely would love to see if I could talk a team to the championship without making the plays myself for my team.

I played this a bit when it first came out and I remember being so shocked by how detailed the game was. This was franchise mode was supposed to be and I wished they could have took some of these and kept building on it and adding it to future Madden games. I hope you do the NFL Head Coach 09 too

I rented this game from blockbuster back in middle school, I thought it was just ok back then, but I would probably love it now. I didn't appreciate the depth of franchise mode back then.

Please review 09 NFL Head coach. I bought both games cause of this review for my backwards compatible PS3. Both underappreciated titles. Keep up the excellent work bro!

Please do a video on MLB 10 the show or the Bigs 2

I bought this for Xbox back then. I still have Head Coach 09 for the 360.

I think what happened with 09 is they spent all the effort on the gameplay and just did a functional UI. Which is fine it's a great game. But that engine with this UI would have been a magical. Head coach 09 is kind of a misleading title though that's really more of a general manager game.

this video game and nfl 2k5 is better the nfl head coach 09 and every madden on ps3 xbox 360 to ps5 and xbox x

One problem with this game it’s completely broken there is some bug that completely breaks your game in week 2 if a cpu team hasn’t filled there roster due to injuries. I’m playing on Xbox and I don’t think there is a way to fix it.

NFL really needs a game like OOTP baseball. So many franchise players would switch for a well done game

The game was dropped before it’s time if they waited till like 2014-2015 more people would of appreciated the game as at the time most gamers playing this game just wanted to be the players

Just picked this game up today at half priced books for 5 bucks so far it’s a blast

This franchise needs to come back now seriously I think I was about 18 when this came out and I put in hours not even hours months the kind of time today’s kids would be putting into Fortnite if there was any time to bring head coach back it would be right goddamn now and I will buy it especially if it was as good as this one for $100 if I had to

Nfl head coach was awesome

This video literally made me go buy this game for my ps2 two weeks ago LOL. The game is amazing

There's no excuse for EA now. EA makes enough money from ultimate team that they could make another Madden game that has this level of depth and still make a profit

I still have a ps3 with just a few games I'll play every now and again that I can't let go. NCAA football, Fight Night , and my favorite Head coach 09

Great game had it first when i was a kid. Then bought another ps2 recently just to play this game. This game is what coach mode in franchise for madden should be

Is The Football Manager of American Football xD

FWIW, I loved NFL HC09 and played it as my main video game for about five years after its release, and I wrote about its mechanics and strategy extensively on the boards at Operation Sports. You obviously have affection for HC06; if you haven't given HC09 a serious try, I strongly encourage you to do so, and I'd love to see your thoughts if/when you get around to making a video on it. It's one of my favorite games of all time. Happy gaming! :)

I asked for a ps2 for my 12th birthday and it came with madden 05, ncaa football 06, GTA San Andreas, and nfl head coach. I got overwhelmed and never played it. But 2 years later, i popped it in and had a blast, its one of my favorite video games 😃

MLB 2k has also a GM video game can you do a video about it

Make a video of head coach 09 please just got it for ps3 love it the depth is crazy

Someone needs to make a game like this again - preferably a smaller studio. I really don't care about all that controlling a player stuff. I don't even care if it has real NFL players or teams. Just give me an interesting/dynamic football world to step into.

I loved this game I became the greatest of all time I beat out joe Gibbs as a kid I loved that wish I still had it

This game was perfect for me!!! I played this game faithfully, until my PS2 burned out or whatever happened to it. There are two games I can't wait to play again, that's why I'm hoping the PS5 has full backward compatibility. This and NCAA 2014!!! But this game was so on point, NOTHING like it since😩. Great video👍🏾✌🏾

I love mrhurricanes falcons series on this game yall should check it out

I'd love to see a video on 09, mostly because I want to know which one is better so I can buy it haha

Head coach 09 is my favorite football game ever

I still Madden this way. I put the settings on 15 minutes quarters use coach mode.

Since Head Coach was only done for 2 years & it was so in depth I wonder if it was a passion project for someone at EA or very influential. Like how a movie director will make several hit movies for a studio, so they greenlight a small budget/production for the director to make the type of movie they always wanted to

Ah yes, the time when EA stilled cared about the money but had the quality that was delivered as well. I miss when EA was willing to take risks. I wish I had bought this game. I rented it only once so I was able to only get a few games in. I remember being so excited when I won my first game after getting my ass kicked the first few.

I remember having this game and I enjoyed playing it at first but idk if it was just me but it felt like I was putting in so many hours and I could never get tot he actual season. I’d be in the off season foreverrrr. For me it was to the point where the game is so in depth I feel like I’m working a job with no pay and I was not feeling that shit 😂

The only thing I wish to have is AL make trade offer or counter offer which EA suck at this for years. This my all time favorite for me, I played as Viking and rebuild the whole team. It took me 4-5 years to have a good enough team to win the SB. And I think in real life you took that much time to rebuild a team at least.

I was just remembering this game. I never played 09 but this game was so unique. This was at the height of Maddens success and innovation. I really liked how they had their rating system for instance players would be rated let's say 80-90ovr,they didn't have one number for their rating but it could fluctuate depending on how they practice and play. I'd like to see Madden implement a rating system in the same vein cause just like IRL a great player might have a bad game or vice versa. It was so much fun being a football fan that played video games back in the PS2 days.

Rip don shula

I’m playing this game TIL this day. I say all the time madden should incorporate this into its coach mode.

Man I had so much fun playing this game I remember taking the Chicago Bears to the superbowl and winning it in my 3rd season

They still have similar things to this for Soccer and Motorsport (Football manager and Motorsport manager) I have been waiting for years for somebody to come along and make a game using this formula for any of the US sports especially Football (because the coaching side of it is probably the most important, in-depth and layered in sports) but there hasn't been anything for over a decade

just another example of how in-depth and immersive modern Madden franchise COULD be if EA Sports just gave a shit.

I was surprised your video didn’t mention anything about head coach’s integration with madden? I read that you could import your team from head coach into madden 07. Can anyone please confirm or deny this to be true?

I’m bout to go to Double Header tomorrow and look for this game

This game would be insanely great as a mobile game. Keep everything the same. Just update the rosters.

Shhhiitt I'm about to go rebuy this off ebay lmao

Yes make one for head coach 09 please!!??

This game is great, I use to call plays through my headset & had 8 perfect seasons

LOVED the video!!! First time viewer!!

The concept was cool, i loved it

If you could have played the game as the plauers like control everything even with average gakeplay, this and head coach 09 would have just been the perfrct football games. These are what EA should use as their base for franchise mode. The fact that they dont is ludicrous

I had no idea this game existed. when I was big on madden franchises / ncaa dynasties, I would often set the control to 'neutral' to watch the CPU play. just to see how my team would perform in a matchup given recent roster adjustments, progressions, etc. so awesome

Fun fact: the "soccer" version of this, called Total Club Manager at first and then FIFA Manager, lasted for like a decade and was basically a Football Manager competitor, and it once had a feature that you could play matches on FIFA for your Total Club Manager save, so you didn't have to watch a simulation all the time, but in typical EA fashion they took it away after 2 years and never brought it back😂

Where can I download this on pc?

can you do a football manager video .

Never played 06 but 09 was one of the best times I had playing that generation era football. The draft classess were a work of art. The 84 qb draft class. You could draft "Bo Jackson" and "Barry Sanders". The share features were awesome as well. You could dl other ppl's plays they created to create your own unique playbook. The only down side to 09 was the fact that it only allowed you to play 10 yrs.

Oh man I had this game on my ps2. I had so much fun with it. The problem was though eventually it got scratched to the point that the game would freeze upon trying to play the first real game of the season.

I had never seen the original Head Coach game and wanted to play it back in the day, I'm glad ya made this, I might be able to find it!

Watched this video when you dropped it. Went to a retro game store today, saw it and picked it up for $4.99 on XBOX! Loading it in now, I'm excited!