Dan Quinn resurfaced as a sure-fire NFL head coaching hire off his most recent work with the Dallas Cowboys. By delivering a defense that ranked fifth against yards in 2023, Quinn was bound to earn a new contract should a franchise tab him as the next head coach.
Sure enough, the Cowboys’ NFC East rival Washington Commanders lured him away. But how much is Quinn’s net worth, and how much is he making with his new contract?
Examining Dan Quinn’s Net Worth for 2024
Quinn, again, became a hot commodity among league coaching circles during the offseason. But unlike an NFL star player, Quinn doesn’t command a hefty salary. The first-year Washington head coach Quinn has a reported net worth of $1.7 million for 2024. But how much does he reel in financially to coach the Commanders?
After first agreeing to become the franchise’s next head coach back on Feb. 1, the terms of his contract were never released publicly. Still, Quinn earned the job in what became a deep pool of strong candidates linked to the opening.
Among the names who interviewed for the open position were Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, former Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald — who wound up accepting the Seattle Seahawks‘ offer — and past Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris — who returned to the Atlanta Falcons where he replaced Quinn during the 2020 season.
Commanders general manager Adam Peters spoke highly of how respected Quinn is in locker rooms once the team decided to hire him.
“The way his teams play, and the way the people who I respect most in this league revere him as a leader and a man, gave me conviction that he was the right person for the job,” Peters said in a release after the hire. “His ability to connect with not only his players but all layers of every organization he has been in is a rare trait and something that strongly resonated with us.”
What Was Quinn’s Last Head Coaching Contract?
Washington wasn’t just hiring a division rival coordinator in naming Quinn their head coach. The franchise also became Quinn’s second chance at leading a team as the main coaching leader.
The Falcons once snatched him away from the Seahawks back on Feb. 2, 2015 — during a time Quinn turned the ‘Hawks into a well-regarded defensive unit that played in two Super Bowls, winning the 2013 season’s big game over the Denver Broncos in the 43-8 romp.
Atlanta got him to agree to a five-year contract, but the complete dollar figures for the deal never got released during his initial Falcons hire.
Quinn and the Falcons witnessed immediate success together. Atlanta barely missed the playoffs at 8-8 in Quinn’s first season. In Year 2, the Falcons breezed through the NFC South at 11-5, surpassed the playoff gauntlet, and snatched their second conference championship. Unfortunately for Quinn and Atlanta, that 2016 team is best remembered for blowing their 28-3 fourth quarter lead against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.
Quinn managed to squeeze in one more postseason berth with Atlanta in 2017 even despite finishing third in the division. They pulled the road upset of the Rams in the first round before losing to the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles the following week.
He once agreed to a three-year extension ahead of the 2018 season, but Atlanta never returned to the playoffs and he was ultimately fired after an 0-5 start during the 2020 campaign.
Now, the 54-year-old is being handed the task of ending years of mediocrity in the nation’s capital. Washington hasn’t produced a 10-win season since 2012 and has produced a streak of seven consecutive seasons finishing under .500. The Commanders will be leaning on Quinn’s past Super Bowl history and previous head coaching experience to change the fortunes of the franchise.