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| x Dan Reeves | New York Giants |
Daniel Edward Reeves (born January 19, 1944 in Rome, Georgia) is a former American football player and head coach. He played in two Super Bowls, Super Bowl V and Super Bowl VI and also coached in four more, Super Bowl XXI, Super Bowl XXII and Super...
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| x Jim E. Mora |
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New Orleans Saints | Head coach |
Not to be confused with his son Jim L. Mora.
James Earnest Mora (born May 24, 1935 in Glendale, California) is the former head coach of the USFL's Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars and the NFL's New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts. He played...
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| x Herman Edwards |
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Kansas City Chiefs | New York Jets |
Herman "Herm" Edwards, Jr. (born April 27, 1954) is an American football analyst who most recently coached in the National Football League. He held the head coaching position of the Kansas City Chiefs until 2008. He was fired from this position on...
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| x Dennis Green | Minnesota Vikings |
Dennis "Denny" Green (born February 17, 1949 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an American football head coach for the California Redwoods of the United Football League. During his National Football League career, Green coached the Minnesota Vikings...
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| x Bulldog Turner | New York Jets |
Clyde Douglas (Bulldog) Turner (March 10, 1919 – October 30, 1998) was a professional football player for the Chicago Bears.
Turner, coming out of Hardin-Simmons University, was the Bears first round draft pick in the 1940 draft. But, at first at...
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| x Marty Schottenheimer |
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Washington Redskins |
Martin Edward "Marty" Schottenheimer (born September 23, 1943) is a former American football coach. Over his career, he has served as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, and San Diego Chargers. He holds the...
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| x Matt Millen |
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Matthew George "Matt" Millen (born March 12, 1958) is an American former professional football player and a former executive in the National Football League. Millen was a linebacker for the Oakland Raiders, the San Francisco 49ers and the Washington...
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| x Eddie Robinson |
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Edward Gay Robinson (February 13, 1919–April 3, 2007) was an American college football coach at Grambling State University. Robinson holds the record for the most victories (408) of any head coach in Division I-AA (now known as the Football...
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| x Jerry Gray |
Jerry Don Gray (born December 16, 1962 in Lubbock, Texas) is a former American Football cornerback who played for the Los Angeles Rams from 1985 to 1991, the Houston Oilers in 1992, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1993.
During his career, he was...
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| x Bob Davie |
Robert Edwin Davie, Jr. (born September 30, 1954 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania) is a college football analyst and former American college football coach.
In 1977, Davie began his Football coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of...
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| x Gerry Faust |
Gerard "Gerry" Anthony Faust (born May 21, 1935 in Dayton, Ohio), also known as "Fuzzy" Faust, is the former football coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1981 to 1985. Before beginning his coaching career, Faust enjoyed a successful stint as...
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| x Nile Kinnick |
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Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. (July 9, 1918 in Adel, Iowa – June 2, 1943, in the Gulf of Paria, Venezuela) was a student and a college football player at the University of Iowa. He won the 1939 Heisman Trophy and was a consensus All-American. He died...
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| x Bobby Mitchell |
Robert Cornelius Mitchell (born June 6, 1935 in Hot Springs, Arkansas) is a former American football halfback and flanker in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns and the Washington Redskins. Mitchell was inducted into the Pro...
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| x Forrest Gregg | Green Bay Packers |
Alvis Forrest Gregg (born October 18, 1933 in Birthright, Texas) is a former American football player and coach in the National Football League. During a Pro Football Hall of Fame playing career, he was a part of six championships, five of them with...
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| x Bob Devaney |
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Robert S. "Bob" Devaney (April 13, 1915–May 9, 1997) was a college football head coach, first at Wyoming, and most notably at Nebraska.
He graduated from Alma College in 1939, where he played end on the football team. Devaney coached high school...
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| x Larry Wilson | Arizona Cardinals |
Lawrence Frank Wilson (born May 24, 1938, in Rigby, Idaho) is a former American football free safety who played for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Wilson attended Rigby High School, where a plaque now hangs noting his accomplishments. After high school...
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| x Les Miles |
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Leslie Edwin "Les" Miles (born November 10, 1953 in Elyria, Ohio) is an American college football coach and the current head coach of the Louisiana State University football team. Prior to holding that position, he was head coach at Oklahoma State....
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| x Greg Robinson |
Greg Robinson (born October 9, 1951 in Los Angeles, California) is an American football defensive coordinator for Michigan. He was previously the head coach of the Syracuse Orange football team from 2005 until 2008. Robinson also served as the co...
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| x Henry L. Williams |
Dr. Henry Lane Williams (July 26, 1869 – June 14, 1931) was an early college football coach. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
Williams served as head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team from 1900 to 1921. The Gophers were Big...
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| x Harold "Tubby" Raymond |
Harold R. "Tubby" Raymond (born November 14, 1926) was University of Delaware head football coach (1966-2001) and College Football Hall of Fame inductee (2003).
Raymond, a native of Flint, MI, was a quarterback and linebacker at the University of...
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| x Benny Friedman |
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New York Giants |
Benjamin "Benny" Friedman (March 18, 1905 – November 24, 1982) was an American football quarterback who played for the University of Michigan (1924-1926), Cleveland Bulldogs (1927), Detroit Wolverines (1928), New York Giants (1929-1931), and...
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| x Rip Engle |
Charles A. "Rip" Engle (March 26, 1906 – March 7, 1983) was a head football coach at Brown University and Penn State. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973. Engle was born in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania....
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| x Charlie Ward |
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Charlie Ward, Jr. (born October 12, 1970 in Thomasville, Georgia) is a three sports retired American professional NBA basketball player, college football Heisman Trophy winner, Davey O'Brien Award winner and a Major League Baseball draftee. By some...
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| x Gary Moeller | Detroit Lions |
Gary O. Moeller (born January 26, 1941(1941-01-26) in Lima, Ohio) is an American football coach best known for being head coach at the University of Michigan from 1990 to 1994. During his five seasons at Michigan, he won 44 games, lost 13 and tied 3...
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| x Jeff Bower |
Jeff Bower (born May 28, 1953) is an American football coach, most recently at The University of Southern Mississippi. He assumed the role of head coach at Southern Miss on December 2, 1990, and held it for 17 years until November 26, 2007, when he...
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| x Ray Perkins | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Walter Ray Perkins (born December 6, 1941 in Petal, Mississippi) is a former American football wide receiver and coach at both the collegiate and professional levels.
Perkins attended the University of Alabama, playing football 1964-1966. He played...
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| x Robert Zuppke |
Robert Carl Zuppke (1879–1957) was the head football coach at the University of Illinois from 1913 until 1941. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951, Zuppke (related to Jordan Zuppke) coached his teams to national titles in 1914,...
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| x Bill Callahan | Oakland Raiders | Head coach |
Bill Callahan (born July 31, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is the Assistant Head Coach/Offense for the New York Jets. He was formerly the head coach of the Oakland Raiders for the 2002-2003 seasons and for the University of Nebraska for the 2004-2007...
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| x Ed Kezirian |
Ed Kezirian (born August 4, 1952 in Fresno, California) was the interim head coach of the UCLA Bruins football team for one game. As of the 2007 college football season, Kezirian is the Football Academic Coordinator at UCLA. Kezirian is known for...
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| x Jim Leavitt |
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Jim Leavitt (born December 5, 1956, in Harlingen, Texas) is the current head coach of the University of South Florida Bulls college football team, and its only head coach to date, having been with the program since its inception.
Leavitt grew up in...
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| x Joe Schmidt | Detroit Lions |
Joseph Paul Schmidt (born January 18, 1932) is a former American football player and coach at both the collegiate and professional levels. His 13-year career with the National Football League's Detroit Lions gained him a place in the Pro Football...
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| x Charles Bidwill |
Charles W. "Stormy" Bidwill, Sr. (September 16, 1895 – April 19, 1947), sometimes known as Charley Bidwill, was an owner of the NFL's Chicago Cardinals.
A successful businessman in Chicago, Illinois, Bidwill was also vice president of the Chicago...
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| x Cary Brewbaker |
Cary Brewbaker was an American high school and college football coach. He started coaching at Durham High School where his teams won or shared five state championships from 1938 - 1945. He then spent eighteen years as the defensive line coach on...
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| x Eddie Cameron |
Edmund McCullough "Eddie" Cameron (b. 1902 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 1988) was an American collegiate basketball coach and the namesake of Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke University. Cameron was part of Duke athletics from 1926 to 1972, the...
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| x Don James |
Don James (born December 31, 1932, in Massillon, Ohio) is a former college football head coach. He led Kent State for four seasons and Washington for eighteen, winning a national championship in 1991..
As a quarterback for the Miami Hurricanes,...
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| x Vince Dooley |
Vincent Joseph Dooley (born September 4, 1932 in Mobile, Alabama) was the head football coach (seasons 1964 through 1988) and athletic director (1979 to 2004) at the University of Georgia. During his 25 year coaching career at UGA, Dooley compiled a...
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| x Bob Waterfield | St. Louis Rams |
Robert "Bob" Stanton Waterfield (July 26, 1920 – March 25, 1983) was an American football player.
Waterfield attended Van Nuys High School, in Van Nuys, California and went on to play college football for UCLA. During his senior year at UCLA, he...
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| x Tim Lewis |
Tim Lewis (born December 18, 1961 in Quakertown, Pennsylvania) is the current defensive backs coach for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks, signing a contract on January 22, 2008 to replace Jim Mora, who was elevated to head coach. He is also a former...
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| x Dirk Koetter |
Dirk Koetter is an American football coach currently serving as the offensive coordinator of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars.
At Arizona State, Koetter compiled a 40-34 record, and four winning seasons in six years. His record versus other Pac-10...
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| x Glenn Scobey Warner |
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Glenn Scobey Warner (April 5, 1871 – September 7, 1954) was an American football coach, most commonly known as Pop Warner. During his 44-year career as a head coach, 1895–1938, Warner had 319 major NCAA college football wins. The 319 wins listed...
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| x Bennie Oosterbaan |
Benjamin Gaylord "Bennie" Oosterbaan (February 4, 1906–October 25, 1990) was a three-time first team All-American football end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-time All-American basketball player for the basketball team and an All-Big...
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| x Jeff Fisher |
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Tennessee Titans |
Jeffrey Michael "Jeff" Fisher (born February 25, 1958, in Culver City, California) is a football coach, currently the head coach of the Tennessee Titans of the NFL. Fisher has the longest tenure as head coach with one team among active head coaches...
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| x George Welsh |
George Welsh (born August 26, 1933) is a former American college football coach. Over the course of a 28-year career was the head coach at the United States Naval Academy and the University of Virginia.
Welsh was born in Coaldale, Pennsylvania. He...
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| x Lovie Smith |
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Chicago Bears |
Lovie Lee Smith (born May 8, 1958(1958-05-08)) is the head coach of the Chicago Bears professional football team of the NFL. Smith has been to the Super Bowl twice, as the defensive coordinator for the 2001 Saint Louis Rams and as the head coach for...
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| x John Rauch |
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Oakland Raiders | Head coach |
John "Johnny" Rauch (August 20, 1927 – June 10, 2008) was an American football player and coach.
Rauch's football playing career almost ended before it began. At the age of 14, he was diagnosed with a heart murmur and instructed to give up the sport...
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| x Paul Hines |
Paul Lorenzo Hines is a football coach and was the inspiration for Denzel Washington's character in the Disney film Remember the Titans.
He was born in Norfolk, Virginia to Isaiah and Lottie Hines. He attended Richard Allen Tucker Elementary School...
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| x Rocky Long |
Rocky Long (b. January 27, 1950, in Provo, Utah) is the defensive coordinator of the San Diego State Aztecs college football team. Long was previously the head coach at the University of New Mexico, having resigned that position in November 2008....
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| x Wallace William Wade |
William Wallace Wade (June 15, 1892–October 7, 1986) was an American collegiate athletics coach, primarily football in addition to baseball and basketball. He was born in Trenton, Tennessee.
Wade played football at Brown University. One of his...
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| x Ted Roof |
Terrence Edwin Roof, Jr. (born December 11, 1963 in Lawrenceville, Georgia) is the current defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for Auburn University. He is noted for his highly aggressive defenses and had most recently been the defensive...
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| x Carl Franks |
Carl Franks is a college football coach. He was born on December 1, 1960, and went on to become an Academic All-ACC player at Duke University. He later served as the 19th head coach of his alma mater, Duke, from 1998 to 2003. Appointed to the head...
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| x Dick Vermeil | Philadelphia Eagles |
Richard Albert "Dick" Vermeil (born October 30, 1936) is a former American head coach for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles (1976–1982), St. Louis Rams (1997-1999) and Kansas City Chiefs (2001-2005). He is in the Sid Gillman...
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| x Rick Neuheisel |
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UCLA Bruins Football |
Richard Gerald "Rick" Neuheisel, Jr. (pronounced /ˈnuːhaɪzəl/, German: [ˈnɔi̯haɪzl̩]; born February 7, 1961 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a football coach, currently the head coach of the UCLA Bruins college football team.
Before the UCLA coaching job,...
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| x Bill Mallory |
William G. "Bill" Mallory (born May 20, 1935) has served as the football head coach at NCAA Division I-A programs including Miami University, University of Colorado at Boulder, Northern Illinois University, and Indiana University (IU).
Mallory...
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| x Mike Stoops |
Michael J. Stoops (born December 31, 1961) is the head football coach at the University of Arizona, his first head coaching position. He previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University and the University of...
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| x Walt Kiesling | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Walter Andrew Kiesling (May 27, 1903 – March 2, 1962) was an American football player and coach.
A native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Kiesling played both offensive and defensive line at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota). His professional...
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| x Curley Byrd |
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Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd (1889-1970) was an American multi-sport athlete, football coach, and university president from 1935 to 1954 at the University of Maryland. He compiled a 119-82-15 record as head football coach. The main athletic facility...
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| x Sam Rutigliano |
Sam Rutigliano (b. July 1, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former National Football League head coach.
Rutigliano, the son of immigrants, played high school football at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. He played college football at Tennessee...
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| x Earle "Greasy" Neale |
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Philadelphia Eagles |
Alfred Earle "Greasy" Neale (November 5, 1891 - November 2, 1973) was an American football coach who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969. He was the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1941–1950. Neale was born in...
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| x John Robinson | St. Louis Rams |
John Alexander Robinson (born July 25, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American football coach best known for his two stints as head coach of the University of Southern California (USC) football team and for his tenure as head coach of the Los...
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| x Dick MacPherson |
Dick MacPherson (born in 1930 in Old Town, Maine) was the head coach of the Syracuse Orangemen (now simply Orange) football team from 1981–1991. His overall record at Syracuse was 66–46–4 and included an undefeated season in 1987, when his team...
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