NFL Coaching Tree: January 2007

Friday, January 26, 2007

Marty Schottenheimer

I know there should be some more coaches in Marty's downline. Who are they?

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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Tony Dungy

Here's my start on the Tony Dungy tree. One thing I need to consider, and would like input on. Tony Dungy coached under Schottenheimer, Dennis Green and Chuck Noll. His first coordinator gig was in Minnesota under Dennis Green.

Should Dungy get uplines to all 3 coaches, or just the coach where he was defensive coordinator?

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Friday, January 19, 2007

Bill Belichick

NFL Head Coaches who worked on Belichick's staff before getting his first head coaching job:

Eric Mangini
Romeo Crennel
Nick Saban

Can you name any I'm missing?

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Bill Walsh

NFL Head Coaches who worked on Walsh's staff before getting his first head coaching job:

Mike Holmgren
Mike Shanahan
George Seifert
Dennis Green

Can you name any I'm missing?

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Bill Parcells

NFL Head Coaches who worked on Parcells' staff before getting his first head coaching job:

Tom Coughlin
Sean Payton
Bill Belichick
Ray Handley

Can you name any I'm missing?

# posted by Richie @ 12:40 PM 0 comments

Getting Started

I've always thought it was cool the way various coaches in the NFL have history working on coaching staffs of other coaches before getting their starts.

I want to try and start tracking the history of NFL coaching trees. I will need help filling in some gaps. I also need to figure a way to do a graphic representation of the tree.

For instance, New Orleans' Sean Payton worked on the staffs of Bill Parcells and Jim Fassel before getting his first head coaching job in the NFL, so he would have uplines to both coaches.

However, Eric Mangini only worked on the Bill Belichick staff, so he would have just one upline.

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