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Fantastic NFL trivia question

Postby The Legend » May 19, '15, 6:58 am

There's 32 head coaches in the NFL. All but one of them can be traced back to one man's coaching tree. Two part question: Who is the one coach whose coaching tree is almost solely responsible for today's NFL coaches? Who is the one coach that can't be traced back to this man?
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Re: Fantastic NFL trivia question

Postby DBSoT » May 19, '15, 7:25 am

I believe its Bill Parcels and Chip Kelly.
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Re: Fantastic NFL trivia question

Postby The Legend » May 19, '15, 7:27 am

DBSoT wrote:I believe its Bill Parcels and Chip Kelly.


Chip Kelly is correct. Bill Parcells is not.
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Re: Fantastic NFL trivia question

Postby The Legend » May 19, '15, 7:30 am

Hint: Parcells is in this man's greater coaching tree. Three coaching generations removed.
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Re: Fantastic NFL trivia question

Postby Everlong » May 19, '15, 7:40 am

My first guess was Paul Brown and Chip Kelly.
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Re: Fantastic NFL trivia question

Postby The Legend » May 19, '15, 7:48 am

Everlong wrote:My first guess was Paul Brown and Chip Kelly.


Tim nailed it!
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Re: Fantastic NFL trivia question

Postby Everlong » May 19, '15, 7:49 am

That is a really awesome statistic though. 31 of 32 coaches with some sort of tie back to Paul Brown. Shows how influential the guy was.
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Re: Fantastic NFL trivia question

Postby The Legend » May 19, '15, 7:57 am

Everlong wrote:That is a really awesome statistic though. 31 of 32 coaches with some sort of tie back to Paul Brown. Shows how influential the guy was.


It does. For those interested in NFL history, I heard this morning that the NFL Network is going to do "A Football Life" on Paul Brown this season that's currently scheduled to air on November 6 (the day after the Browns and Bengals play on Thursday Night this season).
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Re: Fantastic NFL trivia question

Postby The Legend » May 19, '15, 8:05 am

Basically every "coaching tree" you hear spoke of in the NFL today is actually just a limb on Paul Brown's coaching tree. Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Bill Walsh, Tony Dungy, Buddy Ryan, Marty Schottenheimer, Bill Parcells, Jeff Fisher, Bill Cowher, Bill Belichick. They all tie back to Paul Brown.
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Re: Fantastic NFL trivia question

Postby MotorCitySaint » Jun 02, '15, 7:37 pm

The Legend wrote:Basically every "coaching tree" you hear spoke of in the NFL today is actually just a limb on Paul Brown's coaching tree. Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Bill Walsh, Tony Dungy, Buddy Ryan, Marty Schottenheimer, Bill Parcells, Jeff Fisher, Bill Cowher, Bill Belichick. They all tie back to Paul Brown.


NFL.com's Chris Wesseling wrote a nice piece about Brown, Walsh, and the Ohio River Offense (which we know today as the West Coast Offense). Worth the read if you have the time.

http://www.nfl.com/ohioriveroffense

Also, my initial guesses were Walsh and Chip Kelly.
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