(01-28-2026, 10:11 PM)Mick Wrote: There are five NFL head coaches who were first-ballot NFL Hall of Fame members. Famously, six-time Super Bowl winner (most by two wins) Bill Belichick was not among them.
Who are the five? Hint: They were the #8, #10, #18, #31, and #44 head coaches in terms of career winning percentage.
I'm assuming these coaches weren't inducted into the Hall as players?
If so, here are my likely wrong guesses:
Bill Walsh
Vince Lombardi
Hank Stram (sue me, I'm a Chiefs fan)
Tom Landry
Chuck Noll
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)