As the NFL season enters November, coaches are becoming a hot topic in league circles. Some coaches, like Aaron Glenn of the New York Jets and Dan Quinn of the Washington Commanders, are facing pressure to turn things around quickly before potentially losing their jobs by the end of the season. NFL coaches make a big difference for teams when it comes to scheme, culture building, and game management.
Veteran coaches like Mike McCarthy (Pittsburgh Steelers) and John Harbaugh (New York Giants) are enjoying quick successes with their new teams. There are plenty of greatest head coaches of all time lists. This one is a little different.
We'll be looking at the best head coaches in the modern era (since the salary cap was instituted in 1994). This is the first Mount Rushmore feature on the greatest in the league. We'll look at agents, general managers, and others in future weeks.
After talking to several sources around the league, here are the top four head coaches of all time in the modern era and four coaches who could eventually get on that list. Reid has made the Super Bowl with two different franchises, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. He's won three Super Bowls with the Chiefs.
Reid is an offensive innovator and will go down as one of the best play designers in league history. Reid has the Chiefs 5-1 through the first seven weeks, and Kansas City looks to be a factor in the Super Bowl conversation again this year. Modern era or not, Belichick will go down as the greatest head coach of all time in the NFL.
Belichick's six Super Bowls are the most by any head coach ever in the league and two more than Chuck Noll's four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Belichick posted a .647 winning percentage in the regular season and a .705 winning percentage in the postseason. He made a total of nine Super Bowls as head coach.
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