Originally posted by: Jadow
1 Parcells
2 Lombardi
3 Halas
4 Walsh
5 Jimmy Johnson
6 Bill Cowher
7 Shula
8 Chuck Knoll
9 Hank Stramm
10 Tom Landry
Finally... A Chuck Knoll sighting!!! Chuck knoll built the scariest team of the 70's and is probably the reason John Madden only won one SB.
No way Bill Cowher is on that list.
In no particular order...
Bill Walsh - He invented the offense that half the league still uses. He took a perinnial loser and made it into one of the greatest dynasties in pro sports. How many former assts have been/are head coaches in the NFL now? And then there are those three Lombardi trophies he won.
Chuck Knoll - Four Super Bowls. 'Nuff Said He's the reason Landry only won two SBs and Madden only saw one.
Don Shula - Most wins in NFL history. (Regular season (328) and all-time (347)) Five SB appearances (2-3 but oh well). He averaged 10 wins a season in 33 years as a head coach.
Joe Gibbs - 3 SBs wins in four appearances in 12 seasons. (With three QBs) Only one losing season in 12 seasons. Came out of retirement to a completely different game and has again fielded a winner making it to the divisional round of the playoffs last year.
Tom Landry - Five SB appearances and two Lombardi trophies (Yet another victim of Chuck Knoll). Coached the Cowboys to
20 consecutive winning seasons, still a record. Holds the record for most playoff wins. He is also credited with inventing the 4-3 defense. I hate the Cowboys but Landry was a hell of a coach.
There are a lot of current coaches who could be on this list, but I think you wait until their careers are over to pass judgement. Obviously Bill Belichek is right there. You can't argue with three SB wins. Mavin Lewis has done a spectacular job so far as has Lovie Smith. But neither of them have seen the Super Bowl yet. Dungy fields a winner every year but can't seem to get out of the playoffs. What's more, Chucky took his Tampa team and won a SB with it. Jimmy Johnson? He had a spectacular run with the 'Boys. Hard to argue with is two SB wins. But basically he did it with a great core of guys and couldn't duplicate that success with another team. I suppose you cold say that about most of the coaches on my list (except Gibbs) but I was never JJ fan... and I hate the Cowboys.
One name I left off my list that I thought could have been on there was Marv Levey. But since he couldn't even pull off one win in his four trips to the SB I bagged him. And if Holmgren get the 'Hawks back to the SB and WINS he's on the list. No doubt about it.