There have been many coaches to win multiple Super Bowls and others who have lost more than one. A look at the history of coaches who have made it to the big game. The year the game is actually played is what is being used as the foundation for the information, not the regular season.
Super Bowl I: 1967
Vince Lombardi and Hank Stram were the respective coaches for the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs in the game played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
II: 1968
Lombardi led the Packers to back-to-back championships against the Oakland Raiders, who were coached by John Rauch. Amazingly, Rauch was 33-8-1 in three seasons with Oakland. He was 25-3 combined in his second and third seasons. Overall with the Raiders, Rauch had a .798 winning percentage.
III: 1969
Weeb Ewbank coached the Baltimore Colts to the NFL championship in 1958 and ’59. He moved to the New York Jets in 1963 and led them to the great upset of the Colts behind Joe Namath at the Orange Bowl
IV: 1970
Hank Stram and the Chiefs made a return engagement to the Super Bowl and came away with a surprise victory over Bud Grant and the Minnesota Vikings in a game played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans.
V: 1971
Don McCafferty took over for Don Shula and the rookie coach became a Super Bowl winner when Jim O’Brien kicked a late field goal to sink Tom Landry and the Dallas Cowboys.
VI: 1972
Tom Landry suffered the agony of defeat in Super Bowl V. It was his turn to win the game the next season as Dallas downed Miami, which was coached by former Colts head coach Don Shula.
VII: 1973
Don Shula went from on the short side of a Super Bowl to champion as his Miami Dolphins completed the lone perfect season in NFL history, downing George Allen and Washington, 14-7, in a game played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
VIII: 1974
The Vikings came up on the short end of another Super Bowl as Don Shula and the Dolphins won their second straight title, 24-7. Miami allowed 14 points in winning two straight Super Bowls.
IX: 1975
Hate to rub it in but the game’s history is what it is. Chuck Noll led the Steelers to their first Super Bowl title by shutting down Grant and the Vikings, 16-6, at Tulane Stadium.
X: 1976
Coaches that had already won Super Bowls met as Noll and the Steelers won for the second straight year. They defeated Tom Landry’s Cowboys, 21-17, in a game played at the Orange Bowl in Miami.
XI: 1977
John Madden and the Oakland Raiders added another loss to Bud Grant and the Vikings’ Super Bowl history, 32-14, in the Rose Bowl. This was the game that saw the famous Pick-Six return by Willie Brown of the Raiders.
XII: 1978
Tom Landry had Dallas back in the Super Bowl and he faced a new foe, the Denver Broncos, who were coached by Red Miller.
XIII: 1979
Chuck Noll and Tom Landry met again and the result was the same as in X with the Steelers defeating the Cowboys. This time, the score was 35-31, at the Orange Bowl.
XIV: 1980
Chuck Noll and the Steelers earned ring No. 4 with the victims being Ray Malavasi and the Los Angeles Rams, 31-19, at the Rose Bowl.
XV: 1981
Tom Flores and the Silver and Black of the Oakland Raiders got the measure of Dick Vermeil and the Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10, at the Superdome in New Orleans. It would take a while for Vermeil to get his ring.
XVI: 1982
The Super Bowl was played indoors, again, this time in a cold-weather scenario outside, the Pontiac Silverdome. Bill Walsh and Forrest Gregg dueled as the San Francisco 49ers met the Cincinnati Bengals. “The Genius” came out on top, 26-21.
XVII: 1983
Coaching greats met as Joe Gibbs and Washington hooked up with Don Shula and Miami at the Rose Bowl. Gibbs came out on top, 27-17.
XVIII: 1984
Marcus Allen was the star of the show as the Oakland Raiders got Tom Flores another ring with a 38-9 thrashing of Joe Gibbs and Washington in a game played at Tampa Stadium.
XIX: 1985
Another classic coaching matchup saw Bill Walsh get the best of Don Shula in what proved to be the lone Super Bowl appearance in the Hall-of-Fame career of Dan Marino. The Niners won, 38-16, at Stanford Stadium.
XX: 1986
Mike Ditka and the Chicago Bears throttled Raymond Berry and the New England Patriots, 46-10, in the Superdome. The game is remembered for William “The Refrigerator” Perry scoring a touchdown.
XXI: 1987
The New York Giants made their first Super Bowl appearance a successful one, toppling Dan Reeves and the Denver Broncos for Bill Parcells. Phil Simms was 22-of-25 in the 39-20 victory. For Denver, John Elways threw for a TD and ran for one. Reeves would go on to coach the Giants later in his career.
XXII: 1988
It was the second year in a row for Dan Reeves to come out on the short end of a Super Bowl as Joe Gibbs and Washington clobbered the Broncos, 42-10 at San Diego’s Jack Murphy Stadium. Doug Williams threw four TD passes in the second quarter when Washington erupted for 35 points.
XXIII: 1989
Bill Walsh and the San Francisco 49ers won another Super Bowl at the expense of the Cincinnati Bengals. This time the coach who came up on the losing side was Sam Wyche, who passed away recently. The night before this game Bengals RB Stanley Wilson was caught using cocaine in his hotel room.
XXIV: 1990
There was a new face on the sidelines for the San Francisco 49ers but the result was the same as George Seifert replaced Bill Walsh and led the team to the championship. Dan Reeves once again came away on the wrong side of the final score.
XXV: 1991
The Buffalo Bills began their streak of four consecutive Super Bowl appearances. This time they met the New York Giants and Bill Parcells at Tampa Stadium. Marv Levy saw Scott Norwood’s kick go wide right and Big Blue had its second ring.
XXVI: 1992
This game was played inside the Metrodome in Minneapolis and brought together Joe Gibbs and Washington against Levy and the Bills. Buffalo went from losing by a poin to the Giants to falling, 37-24.
XXVII: 1993
For the third year in a row, Levy and the Bills suffered a loss against an NFC East opponent. This time, Jimmy Johnson and the Dallas Cowboys pasted Buffalo, 52-17, at the Rose Bowl.
XXVIII: 1994
The Bills cut the deficit by more than half, going from losing by 35 to losing 30-13. It mattered not as Johnson got the best of Levy, again, with Dallas winning its second straight Super Bowl.
XXIX: 1995
The routs kept on going as George Seifert and the Niners clocked Bobby Ross and the San Diego Chargers, 49-26, in a game played at Miami’s Joe Robbie Stadium.
XXX: 1996
New faces met in the Super Bowl with Barry Switzer getting the best of Bill Cowher as the Cowboys downed the Steelers, 27-17, at Arizona’s Sun Devil Stadium.
XXXI: 1997
Mike Holmgren led the Green Bay Packers to the Super Bowl against Bill Parcells and the New England Patriots. Green Bay came away with a 35-21 victory as Desmond Howard starred.
XXXII: 1998
Holmgren and the Packers looked to repeat but it was not to be as Mike Shanahan and the Broncos came away with a 31-24 victory at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium. Holmgren made the late decision to let Denver score, hoping to get the ball back but the strategy did not work.
XXXIII: 1999
Shanahan and the Broncos won for the second straight year as they got the best of Reeves and the Atlanta Falcons, 34-19, in a game played at Pro Player Stadium in Miami.
XXXIV: 2000
One of the all-time Super Bowl thrillers saw Dick Vermeil and the St. Louis Rams hang on by a yard over Jeff Fisher and the Tennessee Titans, 23-16, at the Georgia Dome.
XXXV: 2001
The Baltimore Ravens won their first Super Bowl in emphatic fashion, crushing Jim Fassel and the New York Giants, 34-7. Brian Billick earned his Super Bowl championship in a romp at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium.
XXXVI: 2002
A name that will pop up many times going forward, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots stunned Mike Martz and the St. Louis Rams, 20-17, at the Superdome on Adam Vinatieri’s last-second field goal.
XXXVII: 2003
Jon Gruden got the best of his former team as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers crushed the Oakland Raiders, 48-21, at Qualcomm Stadium. The coach on the short side was Bill Callahan.
XXXVIII: 2004
The Patriots return to the Super Bowl and escape with another three-point victory, 32-29, as Belichick outdoes John Fox at Reliant Stadium in Houston.
XXXIX: 2005
Belichick, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots find another victim. This time it is Andy Reid and the Philadelphia Eagles, 24-21, at Jacksonville’s Alltel Stadium.
XL: 2006
Bill Cowher and the Steelers topple Mike Holmgren and the Seattle Seahawks, 21-10, as the Super Bowl returns to Detroit. This game was played at Ford Field.
XLI: 2007
Dolphin Stadium was the host site as Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts overcame Devin Hester’s kickoff return for a touchdown with the opening kickoff. The Colts downed the Bears, 29-17, as Tony Dungy got the best of Lovie Smith.
XLII: 2008
Oh the pain for Belichick and the Patriots as they attempted to complete a perfect season with a victory over Tom Coughlin and the New York Giants at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ). Eli Manning and Big Blue pulled off one of the biggest Super Bowl upsets, 17-14.
XLIII: 2009
Another thrilling finish saw Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers get the victory over Ken Whisenhunt and the Arizona Cardinals, 27-23, at Raymond James Stadium when Ben Roethlisberger found Santonio Holmes for a late touchdown pass.
XLIV: 2010
Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens (FL) was the site where Sean Payton and Drew Brees led the New Orleans Saints to a 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. The game is remembered for Payton’s decision to have Thomas Morstead attempt an onside kick — it worked — to start the second half.
XLV: 2011
Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers got their Super Bowl by downing Tomlin and the Steelers, 31-25, at Cowboys Stadium in Texas.
XLVI: 2012
The game was a rematch of Super Bowl XLII and Coughlin and the New York Giants got the best of Bill Belichick and the Patriots, again, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, 21-17.
XLVII: 2013
The Superdome was the site as the Harbaugh Bros. met up in the title game. John and the Ravens bested Jim and the 49ers in a game remembered for a power failure in the third quarter. Baltimore held on as San Francisco made a late charge that came up short, 34-31.
XLVIII: 2014
Talk about one of the biggest blowouts in Super Bowl history. Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks destroyed John Fox and the Denver Broncos, 43-8, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford (NJ).
XLIX: 2015
The Seattle Seahawks appeared to be ready to go back-to-back and then Malcolm Butler picked off Russell Wilson to turn Belichick into a champ again and Carroll into lifetime fodder for Monday Morning Quarterbacks.
50: 2016
Gary Kubiak and the Broncos upended Ron Rivera and the Panthers, 24-10, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, (CA). The loss was only the second for Carolina on the entire season.
LI: 2017
The day Dan Quinn and the Atlanta Falcons would love to erase from NFL history. Atlanta surged to a 28-3 lead at Houston’s NRG Stadium only to see Brady and Belichick launch an historic rally to win the game, 34-28, in overtime. Ouch.
LII: 2018
Philadelphia finally got its Super Bowl championship as Doug Pederson rode Nick Foles’ hot hand to dethrone Belichick, Brady and the Patriots, 41-33, at Minnesota’s U.S. Bank Stadium.
LIII: 2019
Bill Belichick and the Patriots got another ring, this time at the expense of the Los Angeles Rams and Sean McVay. The final score was 13-3 at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
LIV: 2020
The coaches that will meet Sunday in this year’s Super Bowl are Reid of Kansas City and Kyle Shanahan of the 49ers. The site will be Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens as Shanahan looks to join his dad, Mike, as coach of a Super Bowl champion.
