Two-time Super Bowl champion and Ring of Fame Head Coach Mike Shanahan could soon earn pro football’s highest honor.
Pro Football Hall of Fame voter and Coach/Contributor Selection Committee member Charean Williams said in late March she believes Shanahan is the next coach who should be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
“To me, he’s the next guy who should go in,” Williams told DenverBroncos.com at the NFL Annual Meeting in late March.
Williams is one of a dozen members of the Coach/Contributor Selection Committee who will nominate an individual as the finalist for the Class of 2025, and she said Shanahan’s coaching success should earn him a spot in Canton, Ohio.
“I think he’s probably the first coach I look at to say he needs to be the next one into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, as [far as] coaches go,” Williams said. “I just think when you look at his record, his number of wins — 170 wins — ranks right up there. Of the coaches who aren’t in the Hall of Fame who are eligible, he’s at the top of that list. And just the two Super Bowls and really what he did in his time in Denver I think was fantastic. [There are] a number of Hall of Famers that he coached and players that he developed. I just think he’s a Hall of Fame coach.”
The winningest coach in Broncos history, Shanahan is one of just seven coaches to win back-to-back titles. Four of the coaches to accomplish that feat have been elected to the Hall of Fame, while Andy Reid and Bill Belichick remained active coaches in 2023. Shanahan also oversaw one of the most successful periods in NFL history, as Denver won 46 games and two championships from 1996-98.
Following John Elway’s retirement, Shanahan continued to find success as he helped the Broncos earn four more playoff appearances and advance to the 2005 AFC Championship.
“[The back-to-back Super Bowls are] definitely the highlight of his resume,” Coach/Contributor Selection…
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