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5 greatest NFL head coaches to never win the Super Bowl

By Matt Graves

CINCINNATI, OH - CIRCA 1971: Head Coach Paul Brown of the Cincinnati Bengals looks on from the sidelines with quarterback Ken Anderson #14 during an NFL Football game circa 1971 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. Brown coached the Bengals from 1968-75. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
CINCINNATI, OH - CIRCA 1971: Head Coach Paul Brown of the Cincinnati Bengals looks on from the sidelines with quarterback Ken Anderson #14 during an NFL Football game circa 1971 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. Brown coached the Bengals from 1968-75. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /
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6 SEP 1992: BUFFALO BILLS HEAD COACH MARV LEVY WALKS THE SIDELINES DURING THE BILLS 40-7 WIN OVER THE LOS ANGELES RAMS AT RICH STADIUM IN ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK. Mandatory Credit: Rick Stewart/ALLSPORT
6 SEP 1992: BUFFALO BILLS HEAD COACH MARV LEVY WALKS THE SIDELINES DURING THE BILLS 40-7 WIN OVER THE LOS ANGELES RAMS AT RICH STADIUM IN ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK. Mandatory Credit: Rick Stewart/ALLSPORT /

Greatest coaches to never win a Super Bowl: Marv Levy

Kansas City Chiefs (1978-1982)

Buffalo Bills (1986-1997)

Regular-season record: 143-112 (.561)

Postseason record: 19-11 (.579)

Marv Levy is the only head coach to lead his team to four consecutive Super Bowls. Before he got the Buffalo Bills there, Levy coached the Montreal Alouettes to two Grey Cups (1974, 1977). Levy returned to the NFL in 1978 as the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs for five seasons.

Following a two-year hiatus from coaching, Levy took over the Bills midway through the 1986 season. Four years after Buffalo hired him, Levy had his team in the first of four Super Bowls. The Bills would have won the first won if Scott Norwood’s field goal attempt didn’t go to the right.

The next three Super Bowls Buffalo appeared in were nothing but blowouts, losing to the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys twice.

Levy doesn’t have that many wins, but the fact that he accomplished something no other coach has done is enough for him to be on this list. He was the Sporting News NFL Coach of 1988 and a three-time AFC Coach of the Year recipient (1988, 1993, 1995). From 1988-97, the Bills were first in the AFC in winning percentage, second only overall to the 49ers.

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