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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
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
LEN FORD
FRANK GATSKI
OTTO GRAHAM
LOU GROZA
GENE HICKERSON
LEROY KELLY
DANTE LAVELLI
MIKE McCORMACK
BOBBY MITCHELL
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
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
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
Paul Hornung
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
Deacon Jones
Tom Mack
Bob Brown
Bill George
John Madden
Fred Biletnikoff
George Blanda
Willie Brown
Ray Guy
Ted Hendricks
Jim Otto
Art Shell
Ken Stabler
Gene Upshaw
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
Arnie Weinmeister
Ray Flaherty
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
John Mackey
Hank Stram
Bobby Bell
Buck Buchanan
Curley Culp
Willie Lanier
Bill Walsh
Fred Dean
Charles Haley
Ronnie Lott
Joe Montana
Jerry Rice
Steve Young
O.J. Simpson