Part II: Walsh to Coryell on Super Bowl XVI: Old Man Winter spared the 49ers

PHOTO: San Diego Chargers coach Don Coryell revolutionized the passing game on his way to the College Football Hall of Fame and now the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report Click here: Coryell’s influence on first-time Cardinals and Chargers Pro Bowlers Click here: Part I: Air Coryell's flight to Pro Fooball Hall of Fame began with simple team meeting on a day that turned tragic Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM…

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The Rooney Rule needs a Schottenheimer addendum

By TOM SHANAHAN Pro Football Hall of Famers Bill Walsh of the San Francisco 49ers and Chuck Noll of the Pittsburgh Steelers receive the lion’s share of credit among NFL coaches for having provided Black coaching opportunities. And rightly so. The NFL, left on its own, moved at a glacial pace. It needed to be prodded. When Jimmy Raye was hired in 1977 by then-49ers head coach Ken Meyer, there were only seven other Black assistants in a…

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