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The NFL was founded in 1920. In the course of its existence, it has merged with the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the American Football League (AFL) to create the current NFL. The AAFC merged with the NFL in 1950, and the AFL merged with the NFL in 1970. The history and records of the AFL were incorporated into the NFL.
Halas was the oldest person in NFL history to serve as a head coach, aged 72 years and 318 days when he coached the final game of his career in December 1967, a record that stood for over 50 years until Romeo Crennel became the interim head coach of the Houston Texans in October 2020, aged 73 years and 115 days.
Reid, Tomlin, Harbaugh, and McVay have won Super Bowls with their current teams, while McCarthy and Payton won with previous teams. Reid is the oldest active coach at 66 years old while the youngest is Mike Macdonald at 37. McVay at 30 was the youngest head coach at the time of hiring in modern NFL history and the youngest to win a Super Bowl ...
Romeo Crennel (born June 18, 1947) is a former American football coach. A former long-time coaching assistant to Bill Parcells, Crennel served as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns from 2005 to 2008 and the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012, as well an assistant coach for six NFL teams and four collegiate teams.
Thomas Wade Landry (September 11, 1924 – February 12, 2000) was an American professional football coach, player, and World War II veteran. Regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time, [1] he was the first head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL), a position he held for 29 seasons.
Jim Harbaugh's older brother, John, is the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, and they became the first pair of brothers to serve as head coaches in NFL history, facing each other in the Thanksgiving Classic game in 2011 and Super Bowl XLVII on February 3, 2013, both of which Jim eventually lost.
James Edward Fassel (August 31, 1949 – June 7, 2021) [1] was an American college and professional football player and coach. He was the head coach of the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) from 1997 to 2003.
After four years with the Bears, Lujack returned to Notre Dame as an assistant coach for 1952 and 1953 to repay Frank Leahy as a debt of gratitude for having given him a scholarship to Notre Dame. [ 8 ] [ 10 ] Leahy wanted Lujack to succeed him as the head coach of the Fighting Irish, but Terry Brennan was chosen instead by Reverend Theodore ...