Each year, the two National Football League teams that compete for the league championship in the Super Bowl are led by a team of coaches, including one head coach. Throughout the years many coaches who have appeared in the Super Bowl, either as a winner or loser, have gone on to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.aspx?release_id=1293
In the 2010 NFL season, two coaches will meet in Super Bowl XLV with their teams to determine the winner of the 2010-11 NFL Playoffs. Those teams and coaches will be determined as the NFL Playoffs play out between the 2011 NFL Wild Card Weekend starting on January 8, 2011, and the NFC Championship Games, which take place on January 23, 2011. The winners of the championship games, and their coaches, will continue on to the Super Bowl, played on February 6, 2011, in Arlington, Texas.http://www.nfl.com/schedules?seasonType=POST#Week
Recent Super Bowl Coaches
Super Bowl XLIV featured Sean Payton leading the New Orleans Saints and Jim Caldwell leading the Indianapolis Colts, with the Saints defeating the Colts 31-17. While neither have been head coach of an NFL team playing in the Super Bowl, Caldwell was the quarterbacks coach and assistant head coach under Tony Dungy when the Colts won Super Bowl XLI on February 4, 2007.http://bleacherreport.com/articles/339233-rookie-head-coach-jim-caldwell-aims-for-history-at-super-bowl-xliv http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.aspx?release_id=1293
Super Bowl XLIII was the first Super Bowl as head coach for each of the coaches, Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Ken Whisenhunt of the Arizona Cardinals. As the Steelers defeated the Cardinals, Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin became the youngest coach to lead a team to a Super Bowl, as well as the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl.http://www.latimes.com/sports/football/nfl/la-sp-super-bowl-notes2-2009feb02,0,2737746.story
Super Bowl Winning Coaches
- Super Bowl I: Vince Lombardi, Green Bay Packers
- Super Bowl II: Vince Lombardi, Green Bay Packers
- Super Bowl III: Weeb Ewbank, New York Jets
- Super Bowl IV: Hank Stram, Kansas City Chiefs
- Super Bowl V: Don McCafferty, Indianapolis Colts
- Super Bowl VI: Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys
- Super Bowl VII: Don Shula, Miami Dolphins
- Super Bowl VIII: Don Shula, Miami Dolphins
- Super Bowl IX: Chuck Noll, Philadelphia Steelers
- Super Bowl X: Chuck Noll, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Super Bowl XI: John Madden, Oakland Raiders
- Super Bowl XII: Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys
- Super Bowl XIII: Chuck Noll, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Super Bowl XIV: Chuck Noll, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Super Bowl XV: Tom Flores, Oakland Raiders
- Super Bowl XVI: Bill Walsh, San Francisco 49ers
- Super Bowl XVII: Joe Gibbs, Washington Redskins
- Super Bowl XVIII: Tom Flores, Oakland Raiders
- Super Bowl XIX: Bill Walsh, San Francisco 49ers
- Super Bowl XX: Mike Ditka, Chicago Bears
- Super Bowl XXI: Bill Parcells, New York Giants
- Super Bowl XXII: Joe Gibbs, Washington Redskins
- Super Bowl XXIII: Bill Walsh, San Francisco 49ers
- Super Bowl XXIV: George Seifert, San Francisco 49ers
- Super Bowl XXV: Bill Parcells, New York Giants
- Super Bowl XXVI: Joe Gibbs, Washington Redskins
- Super Bowl XXVII: Jimmy Johnson, Dallas Cowboys
- Super Bowl XXVIII: Jimmy Johnson, Dallas Cowboys
- Super Bowl XXIX: George Seifert, San Francisco 49ers
- Super Bowl XXX: Barry Switzer, Dallas Cowboys
- Super Bowl XXXI: Mike Holmgren, Green Bay Packers
- Super Bowl XXXII: Mike Shanahan, Denver Broncos
- Super Bowl XXXIII: Mike Shanahan, Denver Broncos
- Super Bowl XXXIV: Dick Vermeil, St. Louis Rams
- Super Bowl XXXV: Brian Billick, Baltimore Ravens
- Super Bowl XXXVI: Bill Belichick, New England Patriots
- Super Bowl XXXVII: Jon Gruden, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Super Bowl XXXVIII: Bill Belichick, New England Patriots
- Super Bowl XXXIX: Bill Belichick, New England Patriots
- Super Bowl XL: Bill Cowher, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Super Bowl XLI: Tony Dungy, Indianapolis Colts
- Super Bowl XLII: Tom Coughlin, New York Giants
- Super Bowl XLIII: Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Super Bowl XLIV: Sean Payton, New Orleans Saintshttp://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.aspx?release_id=1293
Super Bowl Coaches for Big Brothers Big Sisters
Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, coaches in Super Bowl XLI for the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears respectively, appear in a public service announcement to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters. The coaches appear with the Lombardi Trophy, given to the Super Bowl winner, as they urge fans to become a mentor to children who are not as fortunate.
