Who Is The Winningest Coach In Nfl History?

The answer might surprise you – it’s not who you think it is! Check out our blog post to find out who the winningest coach in NFL history is.

George Halas

George Hallas was born on February 2, 1895, in Chicago, Illinois. He was an American Football player and coach. Halas was a charter member of the National Football League (NFL) and played for the Chicago Bears from 1920 to 1928. He then served as the team’s head coach from 1933 to 1942, 1945, and from 1958 to 1967. In Halas’ 32 seasons as the Bears’ head coach, he won six NFL championships.

Won 6 NFL Championships

George Stanley Halas Sr. (/ˈhɑːləs/; February 2, 1895 – October 31, 1983), nicknamed “Papa Bear” and “Mr. Everything”, was an American professional football player, coach, and team owner. He was one of the co-founders of the National Football League (NFL) and resided in the Chicago Bears franchise for over 50 years as a player, then as head coach, and finally as an owner until his death. He is credited with creating many of the game’s rule changes that continue to today. He was inducted into both the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1963) and the College Football Hall of Fame (1968).

As a player for Decatur Staleys and Chicago Bears, Halas was a member of one NFL Championship team for each franchise. As a head coach for the Bears from 1920 to 1967, he led his team to six NFL Championships including four consecutively between 1941 and 1946; compiling an overall record of 318 wins, 148 losses, 31 ties, and 9 losses in playoff games. In addition to his role in founding and helping shape professional football as both a player and head coach he did much to codify rule changes that continue to this day making him important in both professional football history and the history of American football in general.

Won 3 Super Bowls

George Stanley Halas Sr. (/ˈhɑːləs/; February 2, 1895 – October 31, 1983), nicknamed “Papa Bear” and “Mr. Everything”, was an American professional football player, coach, and team owner. He was the founder and head coach of the National Football League’s Chicago Bears. He is one of the co-founders of the National Football League and helped establish the rules of the game that still govern it today. He played college football for eight years in a career cut short by World War I before beginning a successful and multi-faceted 32-year coaching career in 1919 that included codesveloping the T formation with Clark Shaughnessy while serving as head coach at the University of Illinois in 1919 and 1920, compiling a documented record of 324 wins, 118 losses, 31 ties, and nine undefeated seasons during his 38 years as head coach for three different pro teams between 1920 and 1967.

Bill Belichick

Belichick has been the head coach of the New England Patriots since 2000, and has led the team to six Super Bowl wins, which is the most of any head coach in NFL history. Belichick has also been selected as the AP NFL Coach of the Year three times.

Won 5 NFL Championships

Belichick has won five Super Bowls as head coach of the Patriots, and in 2007, he became the first head coach in NFL history to win three Super Bowls in four years. He also led the Patriots to victory in Super Bowl XXXIX, making him one of only two coaches (along with Chuck Noll) to win four professional American football championships.

Belichick has coached the Patriots to an NFL-record eight consecutive AFC East division titles (2003–2010), and 12 division titles overall. He is one of only two head coaches (the other being San Francisco 49ers’ head coach Bill Walsh) who have led their team to more than four conference championships. As of 2017, he is tied with Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll for the most playoff wins by a head coach in NFL history, with 23.

Won 4 Super Bowls

The New England Patriots’ Bill Belichick is the winningest coach in NFL history. With a record of 261-103-0, he has won four Super Bowls, six AFC Championships, and 13 division titles. He is also the longest-tenured head coach in the NFL, having been with the Patriots since 2000.

Tom Landry

In his 29 years as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Tom Landry won 250 games, more than any other coach in NFL history at the time of his retirement. He led the Cowboys to five Super Bowl appearances, winning two of them. Landry was also named the NFL Coach of the Year in 1966 and the NFC Coach of the Year in 1975.

Won 2 NFL Championships

Landry won two NFL championships with the Cowboys, in 1971 and 1977. He also coached the team to five Super Bowl appearances, four of which were losses.

Won 2 Super Bowls

Landry coached the Dallas Cowboys for 29 seasons and is the only coach in NFL history to have led a team to five Super Bowl appearances, winning two. He is also one of only four head coaches to win at least 150 games with a single team.