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Originally Posted by patteeu

How many super bowl winning coaches have gone on to coach another team? How many years did those coaches continue to coach without a championship? How many years do non-superbowl-winning coaches have to coach, on average, before winning their first championship?

The idea that we shouldn't hire a coach who already has a superbowl because there have never been any to repeat with another team is flawed, IMO, because of the small sample size.

Seiffert was coach of the Panthers for 3 years and didn't get another job because the last year he was there they won 1 game. Jimmy Johnson spent 4 years with the Dolphins and quit after his team was beaten 62-7 by Jax in the playoffs. Mike Ditka and Hank Stram both went to the Saints and burned hard there after 2 and 3 seasons respectively. Ditka pretty much burned bridges after trading his entire draft for Ricky Williams. Tom Flores spent three seasons with the Seahawks. Joe Gibbs proved you can't go home again with the Redskins after 4 seasons. Bill Parcelles had stints with the Patriots, Jets and Cowboys getting back to the Super Bowl but losing, a total of 11 seasons. Mike Holmgren spent 9 seasons with the Seahawks, losing in SB XL. Shanahan has spent the last 2 seasons destroying the Redskins. Don McCafferty was fired after refusing to bench Unitas and spent one season with the Lions where he died of a heart attack after his first season. Vince Lombardi had 2 seasons with the Redskins, one as GM and the other as coach before succumbing to cancer.

You don't think that is enough? Prior to the Super Bowl era, Weeb Ewbank is the only coach to win championships with two different teams. That's about 90 years of history.

Coaches generally win their first Super Bowl within five years of being with their team. Noll, Coughlin and Cowher would be the exceptions there.