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Moving On Up: Head Coach Bill Belichick

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick made history last night during the prime-time matchup against the Houston Texans. His team defeated the Texans 27-0, giving Belichick his 226th regular season victory as a head coach. In doing so, he became the fourth coach in NFL history to reach 226 wins. He is now tied with Hall of Fame head coach Curly Lambeau for fourth place all-time in regular-season victories.

Belichick is part of an impressive list. The top 10 regular season victory list includes seven Hall of Fame coaches. Belichick is the only active coach on that list. Only Don Shula, George Halas and Tom Landry have more wins.

Most Regular Season Wins

*Indicates Hall of Famers

  1. *Don Shula – 328
  2. *George Halas – 318
  3. *Tom Landry – 250
  4. Bill Belichick – 226
  5. *Curley Lambeau – 226
  6. Marty Schotteaheimer – 200
  7. *Chuck Noll – 193
  8. *Dan Reeves – 190
  9. Chuck Knox – 186
  10. *Bill Parcells - 172

Out of all the coaches to reach 226 victories, Shula did so the fastest in 314 games. It took Halas 335 games, Belichick 339 games, Landry 359 games and Lambeau 379 games.

Shula won his 226th game during the 1984 season (12-9-1984) when the Miami Dolphins defeated the Indianapolis Colts 35-17.

Halas won his 226th game during the 1953 season (11-15-1953) when the Chicago Bears defeated the Washington Redskins 27-24.


Landry won his 226th game during the 1985 season (09-29-1985) when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Houston Oilers 17-10.

Lambeau won his 226th game during the 1953 season (12-06-1953) when the Washington Redskins defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 10-0.

Belichick has an advantage with his record, playing in a 16-game regular season. The other coaches played in a 14 or less regular-game season at some point in their career.

Belichick has only coached one Hall of Famer, Junior Seau (Class of 2015), many of his players will be eligible in the future, including players like Tom Brady and Randy Moss. Ty Law, who played for Belichick, has been eligible and has made the semifinalist list the past two years and has a good chance to make the cut-down this year.

Here are the Hall of Fame coaches who have coached Hall of Fame players throughout their tenure.

George Halas 

 

DOUG ATKINS

GEORGE BLANDA

DICK BUTKUS

GEORGE CONNOR

MIKE DITKA

JOHN “PADDY” DRISCOLL

DAN FORTMANN

BILL GEORGE

HAROLD “RED” GRANGE

ED HEALEY

BILL HEWITT

STAN JONES

SID LUCKMAN

LINK LYMAN

GEORGE McAFEE

GEORGE MUSSO

BRONKO NAGURSKI

WALTER PAYTON

GALE SAYERS

JOE STYDAHAR

GEORGE TRAFTON

CLYDE “BULLDOG” TURNER

Guy Chamberlin

Jimmy Conzelman

Walt Kiesling

Bobby Layne

 

PAUL BROWN

  

JIM BROWN

PAUL BROWN

LEN FORD

FRANK GATSKI

OTTO GRAHAM

LOU GROZA

GENE HICKERSON

LEROY KELLY

DANTE LAVELLI

MIKE McCORMACK

BOBBY MITCHELL

MARION MOTLEY

  

MARION MOTLEY

  

BILL WILLIS

Doug Atkins

Willie Davis

Len Dawson

Henry Jordan

 

Weeb Ewbank

Raymond Berry

 

Art Donovan

 

Gino Marchetti

 

Lenny Moore

 

Jim Parker

  

 

Johnny Unitas

 

Joe Perry

  

 

Don Maynard

 

John Riggins

 

Joe Namath

 
         

 

Joe Gibbs

  
   

Darrell Green

 

Russ Grimm

 

Art Monk

  

John Riggins

 

Sid Gillman

  
   

TomFears

  

Elroy Hirsch

Ollie Matson

LesRichter

  

Norm Van Brocklin

Andy Robustelli

 

 

Bud Grant

  
   

Carl Eller

  

Paul Krause

AlanPage

  

Fran Takenton

Mick Tingelhoff

Ron Yary

  

Dave Casper

JimLanger

  

Jan Stenedrud

 

Curley Lambeau
   

Tony Canadeo

Arnie Herber

Clark Hinkle

Cal Hubbard

Don Hutson

John McNally

Mike Michalske

Walt Kiesling

Bill Dudley

  

 

Tom Landry
   

Tony Dorsett

Bob Hayes

  

Bob Lilly

  

Mel Renfro

  

Roger Staubach

Randy White

Rayfield Wright

Herb Adderley

Lance Alworth

Mike Ditka

  

Forrest Gregg

Tommy McDonald

Jackie Smith

 

Marv Levy

  
   

Jan Stenerud

Emmitt Thomas

Jim Kelly

  

AndreReed

  

Bruce Smith

Thurman Thomas

James Lofton

 

Vince Lombardi
 

Herb Adderley

Willie Davis

Forrest Gregg

Paul Hornung

Henry Jordan

Ray Nitschke

Jim Ringo

Dave Robinson

Bart Starr

Jim Taylor

Willie Wood

Emlen Tunnell

Charley Taylor

Sonny Jurgenen

Sam Huff

Ken Houston

Chris Hanburger

 

George Allen
   

Charley Taylor

Sonny Jurgenen

Sam Huff

  

Ken Houston

Chris Hanburger

John Riggins

Deacon Jones

Dave Robinson

Tom Mack

  

Bob Brown

  

Bill George

  

Tommy McDonald

 

John Madden
 

Fred Biletnikoff

George Blanda

Willie Brown

Dave Casper

Ray Guy

Ted Hendricks

Jim Otto

Art Shell

Ken Stabler

Gene Upshaw

Bob Brown

Ron Mix

 

Chuck Noll

  
   

Mel Blount

  

Terry Bradshaw

Dermontti Dawson

Joe Greene

  

Jack Ham

  

Franco Harris

Jack Lambert

John Stallworth

Lynn Swann

Mike Webster

Rod Woodson

 

Steve Owen
   

Red Badgro

  

Roosevelt Brown

Benny Friedman

Frank Gifford

Mel Hein

  

Tuffy Leemans

Ken Strong

  

Emlen Tunnell

Arnie Weinmeister

Ray Flaherty

Arnie Herber

Cal Hubbard

 

Greasy Neale
   

Chuck Bednarik

Pete Pihos

  

Steve Van Buren

Alex Wojciechowicz

 

Bill Parcells

  
   

Harry Carson

Lawrence Taylor

Curtis Martin

 

Don Shula
 

Nick Buoniconti

Larry Csonka

Bob Griese

Jim Langer

Larry Little

Dan Marino

Dwight Stephenson

Paul Warfield

Ted Hendricks

John Mackey

Gino Marchetti

Lenny Moore

Jim Parker

Johnny Unitas

 

Hank Stram
   

Bobby Bell

  

Buck Buchanan

Curley Culp

  

Len Dawson

Willie Lanier

Jan Stenerud

Emmitt Thomas

 

Bill Walsh

  
   

Fred Dean

  

Charles Haley

 

Ronnie Lott

  

Joe Montana

 

Jerry Rice

  

Steve Young

 

O.J. Simpson

 
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