Bum Phillips was one of the more interesting coaches to walk the sidelines for an NFL team. He first gained notoriety in the mid to late 1970s as the head coach of the Houston Oilers, though he had been a successful defensive coordinator in the league before that. He had a very successful run as [...]
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The head coach is a very peculiar position to be filled on an NFL franchise. It is often said that they, along with quarterbacks, receive too much credit for victories and too much blame for losses. The San Diego Chargers have had some great head coaches over the years including Sid Gillman, Don Coryell, Bobby [...]
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Chuck Knox was a head coach in the National Football League on four separate occasions, for the Los Angeles Rams (twice), Buffalo Bills, and Seattle Seahawks. He was very successful and his teams put up some very good regular season records, but his teams were also noted for several early round exits from the playoffs. [...]
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Tony Dungy was a great head coach in the NFL. Whether looking at his time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or his time as the head man for the Indianapolis Colts, he got great results and was always a class act. Dungy’s Colts teams were incredibly competitive. But what was Dungy’s worst year as the [...]
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Best Playoff Coaches Of All Time A coach is most often judged not just on wins and losses, but how they do in the playoffs. Here is a look at some of the best playoff coaches of all time. -Who got their teams into the playoffs the most years? Don Shula coached the Baltimore Colts [...]
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Jim Zorn was the first quarterback to take the field in the history of the Seattle Seahawks franchise. He was very effective, even though he was largely surrounding by a team that lacked talent. He established a lifelong friendship with teammate and future Pro Football Hall of Fame member Steve Largent and was also a [...]
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The Minnesota Vikings have been in the National Football League since 1961. Like most franchises, through the years they have had good seasons and bad. Here is a look at two interesting coaching facts about the Minnesota Vikings In their entire history, only one time have the Vikings had two different men serve as head [...]
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Dick LeBeau has been an assistant coach in the NFL for more than 30 years. He is credited with being one of the soundest defensive minds in the NFL today and has left his mark on the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ defense off and on over the last decade or more. Many people aren’t aware that LeBeau [...]
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The Detroit Lions have had an up and down existence in the NFL, mostly down in recent decades. Over the years they’ve had some great players, but have put together very few great seasons. There could be a number of reasons for this, ranging from the ownership, to the front office, to the coaching staff, [...]
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The New York Giants are one of the most famous teams in pro football history. Over the years, they have had great players like Phil Simms, Frank Gifford, Lawrence Taylor, Charlie Conerly, Kyle Rote, Fran Tarkenton, Joe Morris, Rodney Hampton, Amani Toomer, and Tiki Barber. The Giants have some big names in their team record [...]
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John Madden is in the Pro Football for his coaching career in the NFL and is also one of the most well known and beloved football commentators in history. Madden played college football at the College of San Mateo and also California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. He was drafted in the [...]
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One of the ways that many people measure the success of a coach is by how many wins they get in the post season. When a coach wins during the playoffs, they are helping their team to achieve the ultimate goal, winning the Super Bowl. What coach has been the least successful at this? The [...]
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NFL head coaches are judged like coaches every where, how often do they win. From an owner’s perspective, the job of an NFL head coach is to get his team into the playoffs. Which coach has been the most successful at this though? There are 13 NFL head coaches who have gotten their teams into [...]
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This question came in from Kevin in Florida. Kevin asked which NFL head coach coached the most games while putting up a losing record? This is an interesting question as the coach would’ve had to have been somewhat successful to stick around for the number of years it would take to put up a sizable [...]
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