Occupation-Professional Football Coach

Super Bowl 41 (2007)
Super Bowl 41 was the first Super Bowl contest pitting teams led by two African American coaches, Tony Dungy, of...
February 3rd, 2025

Deion Luwynn Sanders (1967- )
Deion Luwynn Sanders is a college football coach, former professional football player, and baseball player. Sanders was born on August...
October 21st, 2023

Arthur “Art” Lee Shell, Jr. (1946- )
Collegiate, professional football player, coach, and advocate Arthur Lee Shell Jr. was born November 26, 1946, in North Charleston, South Carolina,...
May 22nd, 2021

Alonzo Smith “Jake” Gaither (1903-1994)
Alonzo Smith “Jake” Gaither, football coach, was born April 11, 1903 in Dayton, Tennessee to teacher Florence Kyle Gaither and...
May 15th, 2021

Mike Tomlin (1972- )
National Football League (NFL) head coach Mike Tomlin was born on March 15, 1972 in Hampton, Virginia to Julia and Ed Tomlin. Mike Tomlin’s...
March 25th, 2018

Dennis Earl Green (1949–2016)
Dennis Earl Green was an American football coach who was best known during his time in the National Football League...
August 10th, 2016

Doug Williams (1955- )
When Doug Williams took the field for the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XXII, it marked the first time in...
September 11th, 2013