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Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach and four-time Super Bowl champion Chuck Noll came in at No. 7 on CBS Sports’ greatest NFL coaches of all time list. Only George Halas, Don Shula, Paul Brown, Bill Walsh, Vince Lombardi and Bill Belichick were a head of Noll.
Noll’s four Super Bowl titles in the 1970s rank second to Belichick’s six with New England. Lombardi won five NFL championships during his tenure as head coach of the Green Bay Packers, three NFL Championships and two Super Bowls.
“At 37, and with no prior head coaching experience, Noll took on the daunting task of turning around a Steelers franchise that had not won a playoff game during its first 36 years of existence. A decade after taking the job, Noll had turned the Steelers from laughingstock into NFL royalty,” Bryan DeArdo of CBS Sports wrote.
“How did Noll do it? By drafting talented players and molding them in the “Steeler way.”
“Noll, legendary scout Bill Nunn and personnel director Art Rooney Jr. spearheaded the creation of arguably the most talented roster in NFL history, a roster that would feature 10 future Hall of Famers and several other players worthy of enshrinement. Those players would help the Steelers win four Super Bowls over a six-year span, making them the dominant team of the 1970s.
“The only coach to win four Super Bowls without a loss, Noll is also the only coach to win back-to-back Super Bowls twice. His playoff record included a Super Bowl win over Grant’s Vikings, a 3-2 mark against Madden’s Raiders, and a 2-0 record against Landry’s Cowboys in the Super Bowl.”
Six CBS Sports NFL reporters voted on the greatest coaches in league history. Former Steelers head coaches Mike Tomlin and Bill Cowher did not make CBS Sports’ top 20 list, but they did make two individual reporters list.
Tomlin came in at No. 20 on John Breech’s list, while Jordan Dajani had Cowher listed at No. 17.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Where Does Chuck Noll Rank Among Greatest NFL Coaches of All Time?
