Strategies to coach a football team and strategies that famous coaches have used to be a successful coach.

In all of the years that the game of pro football has been played there have only been twenty-two coaches that have made it into the hall of fame which means that they have done a significant amount of work in the coaching industry and made a huge impact on the game (Positions). The strategies that they have used to be such a great coach must have been incredibly good. A lot of people wonder what the strategies to coach a football team and strategies that famous coaches have used to be a successful coach are. Two of the most well-known coaches are Vince Lombardi and John Madden; they were the best coaches to ever coach the game in people’s opinion because their play strategies were so incredibly good. They had the best run plays and pass plays for offense. They also had the best defensive formations for defense, the man coverage, zone coverage, four three coverage, and the three four coverage. They had the best plays for both shotgun and pistol formation plays. They even had the best special team type plays from fake field goals to onside kick returns. John Madden and Vince Lombardi are the best National Football League coaches to ever coach in the National Football League because of all of these great plays that they used to get so high in the coaching industry. There are probably a lot more well-known and great coaches, but they have not done as much or close as what these two brilliant coaches have done to entertain the world in the game of football. Not only did they have the best play types and strategies to use, they both also had a great variety of players on their teams. If Lombardi was not as good of a coach as people say, then he would not have a trophy named after him for the team that wins the annual super bowl each ye...

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...d because if they lose, a majority of the blame goes on the coach and could get fired, or a lot of hate could build up and no other team would want the coach as a head coach for you.

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