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If Bill Cowher returns to the sidelines, he’ll try to become the first coach to win a Super Bowl with two different franchises. [...] There is one caveat that bears noting in our examination of later-career results of Super Bowl coaches. [1]

A job in TV is nice, he said, but like Parcells and Joe Gibbs before them, he expects the crop of unemployed Super Bowl-winning coaches to return to the NFL. [2]

So I looked at a set of 13 famed coaches and compared them with this year’s Super Bowl coaches. [...] The Super Bowl match up between the Steelers and Cardinals provides us the opportunity to examine the football question closest to nature vs. nurture. [3]

Over the final 49 minutes, Kelvin Hayden and the Colts defense outscored the Bears offense. [...] And there they stood in the rain, the winning Super Bowl coach and the MVP, finally savoring a moment that was a long time coming. [4]

“The Lord set this up in a way that no one would believe it,” Dungy told reporters after his Indianapolis Colts beat the New England Patriots to qualify for Super Bowl XLI. [5]

Having an unpredecented six former Super Bowl-winning head coaches, at least theoretically, on the job market at the same time figures to drive this year’s NFL hiring season and produce some juicy headlines. [...] Within a few weeks, if not sooner, a multi-million-dollar bidding battle likely will be touched off between teams trying to land one of the two big fishes expected to dominate this year’s coaching pool: ex-Broncos coach Mike Shanahan and ex-Steelers coach Bill Cowher. [1]

MIAMI (Feb. 4, 2007) — Tony Dungy, beaming and sporting an NFL champions cap, waded through the mob on the soggy field until he found his quarterback, Peyton Manning. [4]

MIAMI - While much has been made about NFL head coaches Tony Dungy’s and Lovie Smith’s skin color, they’ve got a stronger bond than being the first African-American head coaches to lead their teams to the Super Bowl. [5]

The Colts were far less sloppy, particularly their star quarterback, who proved he can indeed win the big game — the biggest game. [4]

Back in 2004, Smith said he had no complaints about his life, despite growing up in a depressed East Texas town with an alcoholic father. [...] For Dungy, despite his athletic success as a player and a coach, the 51-year once considered leaving coaching to work in prison ministry. [5]

Sources:
[1] Hiring Super Bowl-winning coach offers no guarantees of NFL
[2] New era for NFL head coaches: Super Bowl winners must sit
[3] Super Bowl Coaching Carousel | National Football Post
[4] NFL.com - Official Site of the National Football League
[5] Super Bowl coaches show Christian faith

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