Listing NFL Coaches With The Most Wins

Legendary head coaches have shaped the NFL during its 100-year existence. A few coaches have dominated and shaped dynasties in every decade. Even though head coaches now play a different position because to player power and lavish personalities, they are still vital to a team’s success.

Listing NFL Coaches With The Most Wins

As the only NFL head coach to win at least 100 games for two clubs (the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs), Andy Reid created history last season.

Additionally, Reid has strengthened his résumé in 2023 after surpassing Hank Stram for the highest place in team history in the Week 12 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders.

The five most successful head coaches in history are listed below.

1. Don Shula

The record for the most victories by a head coach in NFL history is held by Shula. Among the all-time greats in coaching, he led the Miami Dolphins from 1970 to 1995 and the Baltimore Colts in the 1960s. In 1972 and 1973, he guided the Dolphins to consecutive Super Bowl triumphs. Historically, the only team to finish a season with a perfect 17-0 record and no losses is the 1972 Dolphins. The Hall of Famer’s record in Super Bowls was 2-4 overall.

Shula also showed flexibility by consistently assembling winning teams from fresh player combinations. Shula’s club, which had three different starting quarterbacks, made it to the Super Bowl six times in Miami. That demonstrated his adaptability and unwavering hunger. Shula continues to have the most victories.

2. George Halas

George Halas, sometimes known as “Papa Bear,” was the first great coach in NFL history. The Chicago Bears were established, coached, and owned by Halas. He led the Bears with honor and moral rectitude. Halas was the first head coach to introduce daily drills and video analysis sessions with rival teams. As the first person inducted into the Hall of Fame, Halas contributed to establishing the standard for head coaches.

For the Bears, he played several roles, including founder, coach, and owner. As a player-coach in the 1920s, he finished by being named to the All-Decade Team. As the Bears’ head coach, Halas led the team to six NFL Championships.
The Bears won the NFL Championship in 1940 with a 73-0 victory, making it his finest coaching season to date.

The George Halas Trophy is named after him.

3. Bill Belichick

The best coach in modern history is Belichick. In 2000, following a roller coaster tenure with the Cleveland Browns, he was appointed head coach of the New England Patriots. Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady rose to prominence as the best quarterback-coach combination in NFL history. Together, they have won six Super Bowls. In 2007, they came close to having a perfect season, but were defeated by the New York Giants.

Brady and Belichick delivered several Super Bowl classics throughout their 20-year reign. The pinnacle of Belichick’s career was their Super Bowl LI comeback from a 28-3 deficit.

Belichick, who has a reputation for uncovering every detail and being a brutal disciplinarian with an uncanny ability to coach elite defenses, is well-known for his meticulous attention to detail.

4. Tom Landry

The ‘Boys became America’s Team was conceived by Tom Landry, the inaugural head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Visionary defensive coordinator Landry guided Dallas to two Super Bowl victories and an NFL Championship before the Super Bowl era with his Doomsday Defense. Millions of people were enthralled with Landry and his cooperation with Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach, who together pioneered the 4-3 and FLEX defenses.

An NFL record that still stands is the 20 consecutive winning seasons that Landry’s Cowboys achieved. Players looked up to Landry, who was known for finding stars and nurturing young talent, almost like a father figure. Dallas’s football-crazed community was still dominated by Landry, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1990.

5. Andy Reid

Reid built formidable offensive units, and his teams were among the most thrilling to watch. In Philadelphia, Reid led his club to a Super Bowl berth in 2004 and won six NFC East crowns. After his time in Philadelphia came to an end in 2012, Reid relocated to Kansas City, where he went on to build an empire.

Reid eventually lost his job with the Eagles in 2012 and joined the Chiefs. He made them a dominant force in the AFC. Reid’s postseason fortune improved when quarterback Patrick Mahomes assumed the starting job. In Super Bowl LVII, Reid defeated his old club and won his first Super Bowl in 2019.

The Chiefs have won two Super Bowls and seven straight AFC West championships since 2012.

6. Curly Lambeau

There was Lambeau before Vince Lombardi. In 1919, he started the Packers, and in the 1920s, he served as both a player and coach. Six NFL titles were won by the Packers under Lambeau’s leadership, including three straight from 1929 to 1931. After Lambeau died away, the Packers named their stadium in his honour.

7. Paul Brown

The Cleveland Browns are a team that Brown founded and named after himself. He coached the club to three NFL Championships. He was fired by the team and went on to become the first head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, helping to establish the new team. The early iteration of the West Coast offence was developed by Brown and his offensive coordinator, Bill Walsh, while he was in Cincinnati.

8. Marty Schottenheimer

The greatest coach to never win a Super Bowl is Schottenheimer. Before he had his first losing season, he played in 14 seasons. Over the course of his 20-year coaching career, he was the head coach of the Browns, Chiefs, Chargers, and Washington.

He was successful everywhere he went, but the big game eluded him. With the Browns in 1986 and 1987, he lost consecutive AFC Championship Games. With Joe Montana and the Chiefs, he lost once more in 1993.

In 2006, after going 14-2, he was let go from San Diego. Schottenheimer was the greatest coach LaDainian Tomlinson, the legendary Charger, ever had. That is indeed excellent praise.

 

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