The Top NFL Coaches of All Time

Published on 11/17/2017
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Lovie Smith

As you should know, Smith is the head football coach at the University of Illinois. Previously he was the head coach of the Chicago Bears from 2004 to 2012, and the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2014 to 2015. He’s been to the Super Bowl twice, as the defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams and as the head coach for the Bears in 2006.

Lovie Smith

Lovie Smith

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Jimmy Conzelman

Conzelman seems to have done it all, he was a football player and coach, a baseball executive, and an advertising executive. From 1932 to 1939, he was the head football coach at Washington University Bears football football team, leading the program to Missouri Valley Conference championships in 1934, 1935, and 1939. He went on to serve as head coach for the NFL’s Chicago Cardinals from 1940 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1948. He would go on to lead the Cardinals to an NFL championship in 1947 and the Western Division championships in 1947 and 1948.

Jimmy Conzelman

Jimmy Conzelman

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