An assistant coach for 33 years, he never fulfilled his dream of becoming a head coach, a rarity for a Black man. But he pressed the league to open the door for future minority coaches.

43 coaches twice and seven coaches three times. Chuck Knox, Ted Marchibroda and Art Shell are the only head coaches to have been fired multiple times by the same team. Head coach firings on the ...

Mike Tomlin took over the position in 2007 and remains the team's head coach today.Across divisions, the NFC has fired 14 more coaches than the AFC. In total, NFL teams have fired 157 coaches once, 43 ...