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Andy Reid has risen up the coaching stratosphere in his 60s. Once the longtime head coach who couldn’t win a Super Bowl, Reid has captured his third Super Bowl championship in five seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs — ushering in the league’s newest dynasty.
Reid has entered the pantheon of the greatest head coaches. He’s the fifth head coach with three-or-more Super Bowl titles, joining Bill Belichick (six), Chuck Noll (four), Joe Gibbs (three) and Bill Walsh (three). Reid also joins Belichick and Noll as the only head coaches to win three Super Bowls in a five-season span. His 26 playoff wins trail only Belichick (31) for the most in NFL history.
Reid joined Belichick as the only coaches with 200+ wins and three Super Bowl titles, showcasing the rare air he’s in amongst the greatest head coaches in NFL history. His 258 regular season wins trail only Don Shula (328), George Halas (318), and Belichick (302) in NFL history. Reid’s 284 combined wins in the regular season and postseason trail only Shula (347), Belichick (343), and Halas (324) for the most in NFL history.
The 65-year old Reid still has a ways to go to move up the all-time list in coaching victories, but is Reid a top-five head coach in NFL history? The answer is yes, but where Reid stacks up amongst the greatest ever is up for debate:
5. Chuck Noll
Noll is just one of two head coaches with four Super Bowl titles, and he’s in the same company as Vince Lombardi and Guy Chamberlain as the only head coaches to win four titles in six years. While Noll has never lost a Super Bowl, he only had one double-digit win season and two playoff wins in his final 12 seasons coaching in the NFL.
In 23 seasons, Noll won four Super Bowl titles, four conference championships and eight division titles. He also had eight double-digit win seasons (the season didn’t expand to 16 games until 1978, and Noll had five of them in the 14-game…
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Author : Jeff Kerr
Publish date : 2024-02-12 21:28:17
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