Don Shula coached a couple of the most talented defensive teams ever like the 68 Colts. Shula is the reason why, Dan Marino got the green light to throw bombs down the field .
Jimmy Johnson leadership led the Dallas Cowboys to win consecutive Super Bowl titles in Super Bowl XXVII and Super Bowl XXVIII. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020. Since his coaching retirement, Johnson has appeared as an analyst for Fox Sports and is one of the featured commentators of Fox NFL Sunday.
The Jets have hired Pepper Johnson as their next Defensive Line Coach. Johnson spent this past season as the Bills Defensive Line Coach. Johnson began coaching in 2000 after retiring from the NFL and spent his last two seasons with the Jets (1997-1998) under Hall of Fame coach, Bill Parcells.
Bill Parcels is known as one of the few head coaches for the Super Bowl Champions Giants, Patriots, Jets and Cowboys. Bill is also one of few head coaches to lead four different teams to playoffs and three different teams to a conference championship game.
Robert Saleh is the first Arab American (and Muslim American) head coach in the NFLs 100-year history. The New York Jets have Robert Saleh as their new head coach. This is a fantastic hire for the NYJ as the former 49ers defensive coordinator is a passionate, energetic coach who has drawn comparisons from Pete Caroll.
Justin Tuck produced four sacks during their team`s two Super Bowl wins against the New England Patriots and his 60.5 sacks is the sixth-highest total in franchise history. Justin Tuck left after his second title with the Giants in 2011, and Coughlin and the franchise parted ways this January.
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Andy Reid is one of the most respected head coaches in the game of football. He is a football mastermind and a terrific leader. Andy Reid led the Chiefs to a victory in Super Bowl 54 last season. He followed this championship up with a 14-2 regular season, which gave his team the first overall seed in the AFC in 2020-21.
Tom Landry (1924-2000)). The legendary football coach was the first to coach the Dallas Cowboys, and stayed in that position for 29 years (an NFL record). During his coaching career, he created many new formations and methods, such as the 4-3 defence, and the “flex defence” system made famous by the Doomsday Defence squads he built during his tenure with the Cowboys. His 29 consecutive years from 1960 to 1988 as the coach of one team is an NFL record, along with his 20 consecutive winning seasons, which is considered to be his most impressive professional accomplishment and also a record.
Daniel Edward Reeves (January 19, 1944 – January 1, 2022) was an American football running back and coach in the NFL. During his 38 years in the NFL, Reeves participated in nine Super Bowls, the third most for an individual. He was a head coach for 23 seasons, a position he held with the Denver Broncos from 1981 to 1992, the New York Giants from 1997 to 2003. One of only nine NFL head coaches to win 200 career games, Reeves has the most playoff wins and Super Bowl appearances among NFL head coaches to not win a championship.
Fritz Pollard was a pioneer in the African American community in the sports world. He was an outstanding running back for Brown University and became the first African American to participate in the Rose Bowl. He would later become the first black person to coach professional sports doubling as head coach and player in the American Professional Football Association in 1921. (The APFA was renamed to the National Football League the following year). In 2005, Pollard received the highest honour by being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Pollard has long been a champion for black athletes in professional sports, and in 2003 he established the Fritz Pollard Alliance to promote monitory hiring. His efforts are not so accomplished, as there are only 6 minority coaches in the NFL today.
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