5 worst coaches to win the Super Bowl

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NFL Football – Mike Tirico of ABC Sports and St. Louis Rams owner Georgia Frontierre, head coach Dick Vermeil (holding Vince Lombardi Trophy) and Isaac Bruce at Super Bowl XXXIV on Jan. 30, 2000 in Atlanta. (Photo by Bob Leverone/Sporting News via Getty Images) /

player. 51. . St. Louis Rams. Super Bowl XXXIV. Dick Vermeil. 5

In all honesty, Dick Vermeil was by no means undeserving of leading The Greatest Show on Turf 1999 St. Louis Rams to a Super Bowl XXXIV Title over the Tennessee Titans. He was the perfect leader that the Rams could rally behind to achieve the franchise’s lone Super Bowl to date.

While Vermeil would win 120 games as an NFL coach with the Philadelphia Eagles (1976-82), the Rams (1997-99), and the Kansas City Chiefs (2001-05), his win-loss record as an NFL head coach isn’t all that impressive when compared to many of the other Super Bowl Champion head coaches.

Vermeil won 52.4% of his games during the regular season as an NFL head coach, going 120-109. While he did lead both the 1999 Rams and the 1980 Eagles to Super Bowls, he only boasted at 6-5 postseason record (54.5% winning percentage). Overall, Vermeil went 126-114 as a head coach in the NFL.

Taking 15 years off between NFL head coaching gigs in Philadelphia and St. Louis further complicates the overall legacy of Vermeil. While he did win at all three stops, there are plenty of Super Bowl winning coaches that won more than 52.5% of their games all time. Vermeil may end up in Canton one day, but he’s not one of the best coaches to have ever won a Super Bowl by any stretch of the imagination.

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