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Coaches That Were Fired After Winning Super Bowls
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:56 pm
by Todd Pence
Well, it appears that Tom Coughlin is once again spared the axe in New York, at least for this year. I have the list of past coaches who were eventually fired by the teams they had previously won Super Bowls with at eight. Have I left anyone out?
Hank Stram (Chiefs)
Don McCafferty (Colts)
Tom Landry (Cowboys)
Mike Ditka (Bears)
Mike Shanahan (Broncos)
Brian Billick (Ravens)
Jon Gruden (Bucs)
Re: Coaches That Were Fired After Winning Super Bowls
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:12 am
by Jeremy Crowhurst
Then you got the guys that were forced out -- Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer, possibly Tom Flores, George Seifert....
Re: Coaches That Were Fired After Winning Super Bowls
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 10:47 am
by BD Sullivan
Jeremy Crowhurst wrote:Then you got the guys that were forced out -- Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer, possibly Tom Flores, George Seifert....
Guys who retired: Lombardi, Walsh and Parcells. Walsh came back to coach in college, while Parcells came back with the Pats and Cowboys.
Re: Coaches That Were Fired After Winning Super Bowls
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:27 pm
by 7DnBrnc53
I don't think that Jimmy Johnson was forced out, was he? I heard that he wanted to leave after being there for five seasons. Allegedly, he was talking to the Jaguars during that season.
Re: Coaches That Were Fired After Winning Super Bowls
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 9:35 pm
by Jeremy Crowhurst
7DnBrnc53 wrote:I don't think that Jimmy Johnson was forced out, was he? I heard that he wanted to leave after being there for five seasons. Allegedly, he was talking to the Jaguars during that season.
The relationship had gotten toxic, JJ basically engineered his termination, though it wasn't ever called that.
Re: Coaches That Were Fired After Winning Super Bowls
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 11:01 pm
by conace21
Jimmy Johnson said years later he was planning to leave and had written the resignation date on a list or calendar. However, Jerry Jones rushed those plans at a hotel bar during league meetings. Johnson was drinking with Norv Turner and some people Jones had fired. Jerry raised a toast and was chillingly ignored by Johnson. A peeved Jerry ranted to several writers later that night that 500 coaches could have won the Super Bowl with the talent on the Cowboys. The JJ's met for a few days and announced by mutual agreement that Johnson would be leaving Dallas.