Super Bowl Coaches

cthomer5000 · 01-22-2006, 10:36 PM

Am I correct in saying that Mike Holmgren can be the first coach to win Super Bowls with two different teams? I can recall a few making it with multiple teams, but off the top of my head I can't think of any who sealed the deal with two different teams.

By the way, i think winning today is a nice boost to the resume of Mike Holmgren. It seemed like he'd just been kind of wasting away in Seattle before a breakthrough year. It' also hard to believe he's now been there just as long as he was in Green Bay.

Coaches Who Have Taken 2 Different Teams

Don Shula - Baltimore (1968), Miami (1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1984)
Bill Parcells - NY Giants (1986, 1990), New England (1996)
Dan Reeves - Denver (1986, 1987, 1989), Atlanta (1998)
Dick Vermeil - Philadelphia (1980), St. Louis (1999)
Mike Holmgren - Green Bay (1996, 1997), Seattle (2005)

am i missing any?

Dutch · 01-22-2006, 10:39 PM

According to what Fox said, Holmgren can be the first to win for two different teams.

cthomer5000 · 01-22-2006, 10:49 PM

added a couple older guys I had overlooked.... Damn did Don Shula have an impressive career.

Swaggs · 01-22-2006, 11:01 PM

I was thinking that it was impressive that Cowher had lead teams to the Super Bowl ten years apart. Vermeil doing it 19 years apart is crazy.

clintl · 01-22-2006, 11:09 PM

What's even crazier is that Vermeil didn't coach at all during most of those 19 years.

Cringer · 01-22-2006, 11:12 PM

It is odd to think about how Holmgren has been in Seattle as long as he was in Green Bay. As a Packer fan I will always think of him as a Packer though. And I will always laugh a bit about how he left to become a GM/head coach, and then three years later the Packers made Sherman just that. Oh the irony of it. Not that it worked out well for the Packers.....

Swaggs · 01-22-2006, 11:30 PM

and didn't the Seahawks strip him of GM duties, as well? Or am I thinking of someone else?

Deattribution · 01-22-2006, 11:34 PM

Yeah he 'stepped down' as GM last year, they were going to fire him if he didn't.

stkelly52 · 01-23-2006, 01:51 AM

Teams are finding out that the whole GM/coach thing is a really bad idea.

cthomer5000 · 01-23-2006, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stkelly52

Teams are finding out that the whole GM/coach thing is a really bad idea.

It's such a conflict of interests that I can't believe any team would ever allow it. I certainly understand giving the coach a voice in the decision making process, but giving him total control is a recipe for disaster.

01-22-2006, 11:01 PM	#4
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I was thinking that it was impressive that Cowher had lead teams to the Super Bowl ten years apart. Vermeil doing it 19 years apart is crazy. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

01-22-2006, 11:12 PM	#6
Cringer Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edinburg,TX	It is odd to think about how Holmgren has been in Seattle as long as he was in Green Bay. As a Packer fan I will always think of him as a Packer though. And I will always laugh a bit about how he left to become a GM/head coach, and then three years later the Packers made Sherman just that. Oh the irony of it. Not that it worked out well for the Packers..... __________________ You Stole Fizzy Lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and steralized, so you get NOTHING! You lose!

01-22-2006, 11:30 PM	#7
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	and didn't the Seahawks strip him of GM duties, as well? Or am I thinking of someone else? __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

01-23-2006, 01:51 AM	#9
stkelly52 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Seattle WA	Teams are finding out that the whole GM/coach thing is a really bad idea. __________________ Check out an undrafted free agent's attempt to make the Hall of Fame: Running to the Hall Now nominated for a Golden Scribe!

01-22-2006, 10:39 PM	#2
Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	According to what Fox said, Holmgren can be the first to win for two different teams.

01-22-2006, 11:09 PM	#5
clintl College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Davis, CA	What's even crazier is that Vermeil didn't coach at all during most of those 19 years.

01-22-2006, 11:34 PM	#8
Deattribution College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2003	Yeah he 'stepped down' as GM last year, they were going to fire him if he didn't.

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