Six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach Bill Belichick is among 12 coaches advancing to the next stage of voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026, the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Super Bowl champions Mike Shanahan, George Seifert, Mike Holmgren and Tom Coughlin also made the list that was narrowed from 15 nominees by the Coach Blue-Ribbon Committee.
Bill Arnsparger, Alex Gibbs, Chuck Knox, Buddy Parker, Dan Reeves, Marty Schottenheimer and Clark Shaughnessy also advanced.
The list will be reduced by committee ballot to nine semifinalists later this month and will be announced in early November. The committee then will meet virtually in mid-November to select one finalist to join the Class of 2026, to be enshrined in August in Canton, Ohio.
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