Ohio State coaches to win a Super Bowl Mike Vrabel has chance to join exclusive grou
Mike Vrabel's coaching career started at his alma mater Ohio State. Vrabel, however, admitted that it was not the best start at a Super Bowl 60 pre s conference on Tuesday. The coach detailed a story he tells coaches who ask about the interview proce s. "Nobody is going to have a worse first interview than I did," Vrabel said at his pre s conference. "I wasn't prepared. I sat down with Urban Meyer in front of a staff, interviewed for a position and completely bombed it and had no idea." "That's probably my first adversity." It's safe to say Vrabel has figured it out. The former Ohio State All-American got his first coaching job with the Buckeyes, and he has worked his way into a chance to become the second former Ohio State player to win a Super Bowl as a head coach when the Patriots face the in Super Bowl 60 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday. Who was the other coach? That's an interesting trivia question. MORE: Vrabel played defensive line at Ohio State from 1993-96. He was a two-time All-American who still holds the school's career record with 36 sacks. He set a school record with 13 sacks in 1995, which stood until 2007. The Buckeyes were 22-3 in Vrabel's final two seasons, including a 12-1 record in his senior season. That Ohio State team featured Hall of Fame tackle Orlando Pace and a defensive line led by Matt Finkes and Luke Fickell, now the coach at Wisconsin. Ohio State Nickeil Alexander-Walker Jersey lost the regular-season finale to No. 21 Michigan 13-9 but beat No. 2 Arizona State 20-17 in the 1997 Rose Bowl. Vrabel did not win a national championship as a player at Ohio State. He coached for the Buckeyes as a defensive line and linebackers coach from 2011-13 before taking a job as a linebackers coach with the in 2013. Ohio State won the national championship the following season under Meyer. MORE: Mike Vrabel and Ohio State coaches who won Super Bowl Ohio State has five coaches who won national championships in college in Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Jim Tre sel, Urban Meyer and Ryan Day. Brown led the Buckeyes to a national championship in 1942 as a head coach before winning three NFL championships with the in 1950, 1954 and 1955. Brown also was the owner of the from 1967-91 and the franchise made two Super Bowl appearances in 1981 and 1988. Brown, however, never won the Super Bowl as a head coach. One of Brown's former players did. Don McCafferty played offensive line for Paul Brown on that 1942 national championship team. McCafferty was the head coach for the Baltimore in Super Bowl 5 on Jan 17, 1971. Baltimore beat Dallas 16-13 on a field goal by Jim O'Brien with five seconds remaining. So, Vrabel would be the first coach from Ohio State to win a Super Bowl since McCafferty, which is a nice piece of Super Bowl trivia ahead of Sunday's game. MORE: Super Bowl coaches by college Here is a look at every Super Bowl coach and the college they attended. Miami, Ohio, has the most Super Bowl coaches with three, a group that includes Weeb Ewbank, John Harbaugh and Sean McVay. Coaches are in alphabetical order by college: COACH SUPER BOWLS COLLEGE Jimmy Johnson 27, 28 Arkansas Barry Switzer 30 Arkansas Ray Malavasi 14 Army, Mi si sippi State Mike McCarthy 45 Baker Bill Callahan 37 Benedictine (Ill.) Brian Billick 35 BYU Andy Reid 39, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59 BYU Ron Rivera 50 Cal Chuck Noll 9, 10, 13, 14 Dayton Kyle Shanahan 54, 58 Duke, Texas Mike Shanahan 32, 33 Eastern Illinois Sean Payton 44 Eastern Illinois Vince Lombardi 1, 2 Fordham Tom Flores 15, 18 Fresno City, Pacific Mike Martz 36 Fresno State Sam Wyche 23 Furman John Rauch 2 Georgia Michael Macdonald 60 Georgia Ken Whisenhunt 43 Georgia Tech Jim Caldwell 44 Iowa Don Shula 3, 6, 7, 8, 17, 19 John Carroll Jim Fa sel 35 Long Beach State Pete Carroll 48, 49 Marin, Pacific Weeb Ewbank 3 Miami, Ohio John Harbaugh 47 Miami, Ohio Sean McVay 53, 56 Miami, Ohio Jim Harbaugh 47 Michigan George Allen 7 Eastern Michigan, Michigan Bud Grant 4, 8, 9, 11 Minnesota Tony Dungy 41 Minnesota Nick Sirianni 57, 59 Mount Union Jon Gruden 37 Muskingum, Dayton Bill Cowher 30, 40 NC State Doug Pederson 52 Northeast Louisiana Don McCafferty 5 Ohio State Mike Vrabel 60 Ohio State John Madden 11 Oregon, San Mateo, Grays Harbor, Cal Poly Mike Ditka 20 Pitt Hank Stram 1, 4 Purdue Dan Quinn 51 Salisbury Joe Gibbs 17, 18, 22, 26 San Diego State Dick Vermeil 15, 34 San Jose State Bill Walsh 16, 19, 23 San Jose State Raymond Berry 20 Schreiner, SMU ForrestGregg 16 SMU Dan Reeves 21, 22, 24, 33 South Carolina John Fox 38, 48 Southwestern, San Diego State Tom Coughlin 42, 46 Syracuse Tom Landry 5, 6, 10, 12, 13 Texas Gary Kubiak 50 Texas A&M Lovie Smith 41 Tulsa Mike Holmgren 31, 32, 40 USC Jeff Fisher 34 USC George Seifert 24, 29 Utah Bruce Arians 55 Virginia Tech Bobby Ro s 29 VMI Zac Taylor 56 Wake Forest, Butler (Kan.), Nebraska Bill Belichick 36, 38, 39, 42, 46, 49, 51, 52, 53 Wesleyan Red Miller 12 Western Illinois Bill Parcells 21, 25, 31 Wichita State Mike Tomlin 43, 45 William & Mary Marv Levy 25, 26, 27, 28 Wyoming, Coe Zion Williamson Jersey
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