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Tony Dungy’s Worst Season Coaching The Indianapolis Colts

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 [...]

Who Are The Best Playoff Coaches Of All Time?

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 and Miami [...]

Interesting Facts About Quarterback And Coach Jim Zorn

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 [...]

Two Interesting Coaching Facts About The Minnesota Vikings

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 [...]

Little Known Facts About Longtime NFL Player And Coach Dick LeBeau

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 [...]

Wayne Fontes: The Most Successful Detroit Lions Coach Ever? Really?

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 [...]

The New York Giants Career Leaders Are All Recent Except For One

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 [...]

John Madden: In The Movies

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 [...]

Who Would Want This Guy Coaching In The NFL Playoffs?

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 [...]

NFL Head Coaches Who Have Made The Playoffs Ten Or More Times

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 [...]

Who Was The Longest Serving Head Coach With A Losing Record?

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 [...]

Let’s Look At: Mike Smith

We took a look at first year head coach John Harbaugh last week, so we though to be fair we’d tackle first year head coach Mike Smith this week. Mike Smith was named the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons following a turbulent year when the Falcons’ starting quarterback would be sentenced to jail [...]

Let’s Look At: John Harbaugh

John Harbaugh is the first year coach of the Baltimore Ravens. As a new head coach in the NFL there is little known about John Harbaugh though he has been an assistant coach at many levels for many years. So, let’s take a look at the new head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, [...]

But Could Al Davis Coach The Oakland Raiders?

With the recent firing of head coach Lane Kiffin by the Oakland Raiders, there have been many questions raised about how Al Davis has run the team. In the last eight years the Raiders have had five different head coaches (Jon Gruden, Bill Callahan, Norv Turner, Art Shell, and Kiffin), and many blame this [...]