Super Bowl: 10 Greatest coaches to never win the Lombardi Trophy

NFL history is littered with great head coaches that never won a Super Bowl and these are the top 10 who never hoisted the Lombardi Trophy.

There is a long list of players and coaches who never made it, much less won, the Super Bowl. Quarterback Fran Tarkenton played in a few and never won. For that matter, neither did Dan Marino, Warren Moon and especially Jim Kelly, who tried and failed four straight times.

A Super Bowl is that signature game that puts a fine point on a career. For a player or a head coach, it’s a discussion about legacy and, for better or worse, you fall into the category of either having won a Super Bowl, lost a Super Bowl, or never even got to the Super Bowl.

For teams like the New England Patriots, it almost seems too easy. The same was said for the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers — organizations that have significant representation in the Hall of Fame. For others who never hoisted the trophy, it’s almost akin to an asterisk, fair or not.

For head coaches, a win on Super Sunday is the summation to a career. It’s the headline during the introduction at any event on any show, be it a Hall of Fame induction ceremony or otherwise. It’s a ring that says you won the biggest game on the biggest stage on the biggest day of the sporting calendar. And yet, there are many head coaches that earned the title of “great” but never put that ring on their finger or hoisted the Lombardi Trophy.

Here are 10 amazing coaches to never get that win — great careers and great teams, but never enough to get that Super Bowl Ring ring.