Tom Coughlin, Mike Holmgren, Dan Reeves and Mike Shanahan join Belichick in the Coach category for possible election into the Hall’s Class of 2027.
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The list was announced Thursday by the Canton, Ohio-based Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Members of the Hall’s coaching subcommittee made their selections from an original field of 14 nominees.
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The subcommittee will select one candidate to be considered when the Hall’s selection committee determines a new class of enshrinees in early 2027.
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All five reached this stage last year when Belichick advanced in the process but the six-time Super Bowl champion head coach was not elected in his first year of eligibility.
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Belichick’s snub was criticized intensely around the NFL.
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“If he’s not a first-ballot Hall of Famer, there’s really no coach that should ever be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, which is completely ridiculous because people deserve it.
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He’s incredible,” Tom Brady said.
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Belichick and Brady won six Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.
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Belichick also won two as a defensive assistant coach with the New York Giants.
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Belichick’s career included a sign-stealing scandal dubbed “Spygate” in the 2007 season.
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He was fined $500,000 after the team was caught filming defensive signals from the New York Jets during a game.
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He’s in his second season coaching in college at North Carolina.
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Coughlin won two Super Bowls with the Giants, beating Belichick, Brady and the Patriots both times.
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Coughlin also won a title with Giants as an assistant coach.
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Holmgren led the Green Bay Packers to one Super Bowl title and was 174-122, including postseason, in 17 seasons with the Packers and Seattle Seahawks.
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He also won two Super Bowls as an assistant with the San Francisco 49ers.
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He led the Broncos to the Super Bowl three times and the Falcons once, going 0-4.
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Reeves won a title as an assistant with the Dallas Cowboys.
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Shanahan won back-to-back Super Bowls with Denver and was 178-144 in 20 seasons with the Broncos and Washington Redskins.
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He also won a title with the 49ers as an assistant coach.
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On Wednesday, the Hall of Fame announced the five contributors who have advanced in the process: Ralph Hay, Robert Kraft, Virginia McCaskey, Doug Williams and John Wooten.
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The final list of 15 candidates will include one contributor, one coach and 13 modern-era players.
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The group will be reduced to 10 and then seven candidates.
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A 25-person selection committee will be able to vote for six people, with 80% of support needed.
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The Hall said that would lead to a range of three to seven Hall of Famers each year, with by far the most likely number to get the necessary support being either five or six people.
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The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2027 will be announced at “NFL Honors” in Los Angeles in February and enshrined next August in Canton.
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