| Don Shula, as coach of the Miami Dolphins, is known | | | | Miami Dolphins, amassed an impressive record of |
| as the most winning-est football coach of the NFL. | | | | feats. During this time his team played in a 6 Super |
| Donald Francis Shula was born in January 1930 in | | | | Bowl games, where he maintains the record for |
| Grand River, Ohio. Shula played football in high school | | | | having coached that number of games. They were |
| and then in college at John Carroll University. Ironically, | | | | only victorious in 2 of these events. Those games |
| Don was not a starting player. His first stint as a | | | | were in 1973 against the Washington Redskins 14-7 |
| professional player began in 1951 at the age of 21 for | | | | and in 1974 a 24-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings. |
| the Cleveland Browns. His career as a pro ended 7 | | | | Don Shula's record holds today at 300 career wins. |
| years later with the Washington Redskins. During | | | | The Miami Dolphins, in his 26 years of leadership, had |
| these 7 years he played in only 73 games. | | | | only 2 of those years below.500 and a total of 7 |
| His coaching career began at the college level for a | | | | straight winning seasons. Shula's team reached the |
| brief few years. It wasn't until 1963 that he became | | | | playoffs 20 times and won 10 of them in his 33 |
| head coach of the Baltimore Colts, where, over a 7 | | | | years of coaching. |
| year period, his record was 71 wins, 23 losses, a 7 | | | | Shula won Football Coach of the Year 3 times, in |
| year winning season. He left the Colts to coach a | | | | 1964 and 1968 as coach of the Baltimore Colts and in |
| then young team who were in their 5th season as a | | | | 1971 as coach of the Miami Dolphins. It wasn't until |
| professional team. This head coach job was for the | | | | 1997 that Don Shula was inducted into Pro Football's |
| Miami Dolphins where he spent the remaining years | | | | Hall of Fame, the winning-est coach of the National |
| of his coaching career. | | | | Football League. |
| From 1970 to 1995, Don Shula, as head coach of the | | | | |