First Black Coach To Win Super Bowl

That s because both competing coaches tony dungy of the indianapolis colts and the.

Dungy will always be the first african american coach to win a super bowl in 2009 mike tomlin led the pittsburgh steelers to a superbowl xliii victory at the age of 36 making him not only the. If you need to flag this entry as abusive send us an email. This season seven of the 32 head coaches or just over 21 percent were african americans with 161. The following season he lead the boston celtics to victory becoming the first black coach to win a professional championship.

Well before the opening kickoff it is already clear that super bowl xli will be one for the history books. In the modern era art shell became the first african american nfl head coach in 1989. In 1967 my dad nba legend bill russell broke the color barrier becoming the first black coach in professional sports. Their longtime friendship made the day even more poignant.

He was the third black head coach to win a pro football championship in north america behind darren arbet of the san jose sabercats arena football league who won arenabowl xvi in 2002 and pinball clemons of the toronto argonauts canadian football league who won the 92nd grey. Just four hours after the chicago bears lovie smith became the first black head coach to lead his team to the nfl s promised land the. In descending order the tiebreakers are 1 better win percentage 2 earliest super bowl. They are tony dungy of the indianapolis colts who was the first black head coach to ever win a super bowl and most recently mike tomlin of the pittsburgh steelers whose team beat the arizona.

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Black history month dungy first black coach to win super bowl the game itself was decided late into the third quarter as the indianapolis colts slowly inexorably pulled away in victory over the chicago bears in super bowl xli. Answers for first black head coach to win a super bowl crossword clue. Xxxvi xxxviii xxxix xlii xlvi xlix li lii liii.