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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | January 19, 1944 Rome, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died: | January 1, 2022 (aged 77) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Americus (Americus, Georgia) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | South Carolina | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1965 | ||||||||||||||
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| Regular season: | 190–165–2 (.535) | ||||||||||||||
| Postseason: | 11–9 (.550) | ||||||||||||||
| Career: | 201–174–2 (.536) | ||||||||||||||
| Record at Pro Football Reference | |||||||||||||||
Daniel Edward Reeves (January 19, 1944 – January 1, 2022) was an American professional football running back and coach in the National Football League (NFL). During his 38 years in the NFL, Reeves participated in nine Super Bowls, the third most for an individual. He was a head coach for 23 seasons, a position he held with the Denver Broncos from 1981 to 1992, the New York Giants from 1993 to 1996, and the Atlanta Falcons from 1997 to 2003. As a player, he spent his eight-season career with the Dallas Cowboys, who signed him as an undrafted free agent out of South Carolina in 1965.
Reeves played his college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks. He made his first two Super Bowl appearances during his playing career, winning one in Super Bowl VI. He began his coaching career in 1972 as an assistant for Cowboys, where he made three championship appearances and was part of the staff that won Super Bowl XII. As the head coach of the Broncos for twelve seasons, Reeves led the team to three championship appearances in Super Bowl XXI, Super Bowl XXII, and Super Bowl XXIV, each of which ended in defeat. Following four seasons as the head coach of the Giants, Reeves served as the Falcons' head coach for seven seasons. His most successful season with the Falcons was in 1998, when he led the franchise to their championship debut in Super Bowl XXXIII, in which he was defeated by his former team, the Broncos. He won the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year Award for the second time after the season, the ninth coach to win the award on multiple occasions.[1] For his accomplishments in Denver, Reeves was inducted to the Broncos Ring of Fame in 2014.
One of only thirteen NFL head coaches to win 200 career games, Reeves has the most playoff wins (eleven, tied with Marv Levy) and Super Bowl appearances (four, tied with Levy and Bud Grant) among NFL head coaches to not win a championship. He is also tied with Jeff Fisher & Bill Belichick for the most regular season losses in NFL history at 165, but has the second-most total losses at 174, behind Belichick at 178. Reeves and Marty Schottenheimer are the only eligible NFL head coaches with 200 career wins that have not been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
- ^ Banks, Don (January 25, 2016). "The six coaches who have led two different teams to Super Bowl - Sports Illustrated". Si.com. Retrieved January 1, 2022.