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Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr. (May 20, 1927 – March 11, 2023) was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL).
Van Brocklin's successor, Bud Grant, is the only coach to have had more than one tenure with the franchise, and also the only one to have won an NFL championship with the team, at the 1969 NFL Championship Game. [4] [5] Grant is the all-time leader in games coached (243), wins (151), and winning percentage (.620). [4]
One moment summed up Bud Grant and his legend in Minnesota, and it came long after he was done coaching. In 2016, the Minnesota Vikings played a wild-card playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks.
He was the head coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes from 1961 to 1965, compiling a record of 16–27–2, and for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) from 1986 to 1991, tallying a mark of 52–43 in the regular season, and 3–3 in the postseason. [1]
The 1969 season was the Minnesota Vikings' ninth season in the National Football League (NFL) and their third under head coach Bud Grant. With a 12–2 record, the best in the league, the Vikings won the NFL Central division title, to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row. This was the first of three consecutive seasons as the ...
Carroll may not have gotten back in the NFL after getting fired out of it following just one season, if not for Hartman in 1985. Seahawks’ Pete Carroll ties Bud Grant, thanks to Minnesota sports ...
The 1985 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 25th in the National Football League.Under returning head coach Bud Grant, they finished with a 7–9 record and missed the playoffs for a third season in a row.
He coached the Los Angeles Rams (1973 to 1977), Buffalo Bills (1978 to 1982), Seattle Seahawks (1983 to 1991), and Los Angeles Rams again (1992 to 1994), with no Super Bowl appearances or Hall of Fame nomination despite three AP NFL Coach of the Year Awards. Bud Grant and Marv Levy are the only coaches to lead teams to both Grey Cup Finals and ...