Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 | Marty Schottenheimer among 12 coach candidates

Marty Schottenheimer and Mike Holmgren are among 12 candidates under consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 in the revised coach category.

Schottenheimer compiled a 200-126-1 regular-season record in a head coaching career that began with him leading the Cleveland Browns to AFC championship games with Bernie Kosar at quarterback in the 1986 and 1987 seasons.

Holmgren ended his NFL career as president of the Browns, having joined the organization after posting a 161-111 head coaching record in Green Bay and Seattle. He won a Super Bowl with the Packers.

Earlier this year, the Hall of Fame enacted a split in the coach/contributor category, which had been combined in recent years. In the change, there will be one nominee in the coach category and one in the contributor category . They are under separate committees.

According to the Hall of Fame, the one nominee in the coach category will be determined over the next “several weeks.”

Joining Schottenheimer and Holmgren as coach candidates are Bill Arnsparger, Tom Coughlin, Jeff Fisher, Alex Gibbs, Chuck Knox, Richie Petitbon, Dan Reeves, George Seifert, Mike Shanahan and Clark Shaughnessy.

Schottenheimer — who died in 2021 after battling Alzheimer’s disease — ranks eighth all-time in regular-season wins at 200, trailing Don Shula (328), George Halas (318), Bill Belichick (302), Andy Reid (263), Tom Landry (250), Curly Lambeau (226) and Paul Brown (213).

Immediately behind Schottenheimer are Hall of Famer Chuck Noll (193), Reeves (190), Knox (186), Mike Tomlin (177) and Fisher (173).

Unlike some of the other candidates, Schottenheimer never got to a Super Bowl. He came closest with Cleveland teams that lost AFC title games to Reeves’ Broncos in games remembered for “The Drive” and “The Fumble.”

He was fired by Art Modell, a candidate in the contributor category, despite making the playoffs in 1988 with injury-replacement quarterbacks, a year after making the 1987 AFC finals.

Schottenheimer was hired soon after by Kansas City where he went 101-58-1 in 10 seasons. In the last of his 21 head coaching seasons, his 2006 San Diego Chargers went 14-2.

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Holmgren became president of the Browns in 2010, five years after making it to his third Super Bowl, in which his Seahawks lost to Pittsburgh. He was dismissed in 2012 after Jimmy Haslam bought the Browns from Randy Lerner.

Here's a quick look at each of the 12 in short bios, courtesy of the Hall of Fame:

Coach candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025

• Bill Arnsparger: Longtime defensive coordinator. Won two Super Bowl titles with Miami Dolphins and appeared in two other Super Bowls (Miami and San Diego). Also head coach of New York Giants.
• Tom Coughlin: Spent 20 years as an NFL head coach with Jacksonville Jaguars (1995-2002) and New York Giants (2004-2015), totaling 170 wins and leading the Giants to two Super Bowl titles.
• Jeff Fisher: NFL head coach for 22 seasons with Houston Texans, Tennessee Titans and St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams.
• Alex Gibbs: Assistant head coach and/or offensive line coach for 27 NFL seasons with seven different clubs.
• Mike Holmgren: Head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1992-98 and the Seattle Seahawks from 1999-2008. Won a Super Bowl and appeared in another as a head coach.

• Chuck Knox: NFL Coach of the Year in 1973, 1980 and 1984. He went 186-147-1 during 22 regular seasons as an NFL head coach for the Rams, Bills and Seahawks.
• Richie Petitbon: Promoted to Washington’s defensive coordinator in 1981. Joe Gibbs ran the offense and Petitbon the defense on a team that would win three Super Bowls over the next 11 seasons.
• Dan Reeves: Head coach of the Denver Broncos from 1981-1992, New York Giants from 1993-96 and Atlanta Falcons from 1997-2003.
• Marty Schottenheimer: Head coach of the Cleveland Browns from 1984-88, Kansas City Chiefs from 1989-1998, Washington in 2001 and San Diego Chargers from 2002-06.

• George Seifert: Two-time Super Bowl champion head coach with the San Francisco 49ers. Coached 11 years with 49ers and Carolina Panthers.
• Mike Shanahan: Head coach of the Los Angeles Raiders from 1988-89, Denver Broncos from 1995-2008 and Washington from 2010-13. Won two Super Bowls.
• Clark Shaughnessy: Head coach of the Los Angeles Rams from 1948-49 and assistant coach for the Washington from 1944-47 and Chicago Bears from 1951-1962.

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