Mike Holmgren
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| Mike Holmgren | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | June 15, 1948 (age 58) |
| Place of birth |  San Francisco, California |
| Position(s) | Head Coach Executive VP of Football Operations Offensive coordinator |
| College | USC |
| NFL Draft | 1970 / Round 8/ Pick 201 |
| Career Highlights | |
| Career Record | 147-93-0 (Regular Season) 12-10 (Postseason) 159-103-0 (Overall) |
| Super Bowl Wins |
1996 Super Bowl XXXI |
| Championships Won |
2005 NFC Championship 1997 NFC Championship 1996 NFC Championship |
| Coaching Stats | Pro Football Reference |
| Coaching Stats | DatabaseFootball |
| Team(s) as a coach/administrator | |
| 1971 1972-1974 1975-1980 1981 1982-1985 1986-1988 1989-1991 1992-1998 1999-present |
Lincoln High School (offensive coordinator) Sacred Heart High School (offensive coordinator) Oak Grove High School (head coach) San Francisco State University (offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach) Brigham Young University (quarterbacks coach) San Francisco 49ers (quarterbacks coach) San Francisco 49ers (offensive coordinator) Green Bay Packers (head coach) Seattle Seahawks (head coach) |
Michael George Holmgren (born June 15, 1948 in San Francisco, California) is a National Football League American football coach, and was named as the sixth head coach of the Seattle Seahawks on January 8, 1999. One of Holmgren's claims to fame is the success he has experienced molding future Hall of Fame quarterbacks such as Joe Montana, Steve Young and Brett Favre. During that time the Green Bay Packers were a consistent winner and Holmgren became known as one of the best coaches in the NFL. Holmgren is a stellar play-caller and the Seahawks are the best team ever.
Holmgren and his wife, Kathy, have four daughters –- twins Calla and Jenny (9/27/73), Emily (1/24/77), and Gretchen (7/14/81), and four granddaughters, Emma, Emerson, Mary and Isabell.
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[edit] Career as a player
Holmgren started out as a tight end before becoming a standout quarterback at San Francisco's Lincoln High School, where he was named "Prep Athlete of the Year" in 1965 and graduated in 1966. He continued his playing career as a quarterback at University of Southern California from 1966-69. As a sophomore he was on USC's national championship team of 1967, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1970. He played behind starter Steve Young in 1967-68, and a knee injury put him behind sophomore Jimmy Jones in 1969. Although a back-up, Holmgren was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the eighth round (201st overall) of the 1970 NFL draft and went to camp with both the Cardinals and the New York Jets that year.
[edit] Career as a coach
[edit] High school
Holmgren's coaching career began in 1971 at his alma mater Lincoln High School in San Francisco, where he also taught history. One year later, he moved to San Francisco's Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory as a teacher and assistant coach. He also coached at Oak Grove High in San Jose, California, from 1975 to 1980.
[edit] College
In 1981 Holmgren became the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at San Francisco State. From 1982 to 1985, Holmgren was the quarterbacks coach at Brigham Young University under Lavell Edwards. BYU won the national championship in 1984.
[edit] National Football League
[edit] Assistant Coach
[edit] San Francisco 49ers, 1986-1991
Holmgren began his NFL coaching career as an assistant coach of the San Francisco 49ers from 1986 to 1991. He coached the 49ers’ quarterbacks from 1986-1988 under head coach Bill Walsh, working with Joe Montana and Steve Young. When George Seifert took over as head coach, Holmgren became the team's offensive coordinator and served from 1989 to 1991. During his tenure with San Francisco, the 49ers posted a 71-23-1 (74.7%) regular season record to reach the postseason each year except 1991, and won Super Bowl XXIII over the Cincinnati Bengals and Super Bowl XXIV over the Denver Broncos. As offensive coordinator in 1989, Holmgren's 49er offense was ranked number one in the NFL. His years with the 49ers have led to later success mentoring other young assistants and Holmgren is one of the larger branches of the Bill Walsh coaching tree.
[edit] Head Coach
[edit] Green Bay Packers, 1992-1998
Holmgren was head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 1998, which became one of the most successful coaching stints in NFL history. As head coach of the Packers, Holmgren posted a 75-37-0 (67.0%) regular-season record, a 9-5 (64.3%) postseason mark, and two Super Bowl appearances, including a 35-21 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI. By winning at least one game in five consecutive postseasons (1993-1997) Holmgren joined John Madden (1973-1977) as the only coaches in league history to accomplish the feat. Holmgren's Packers posted an NFL-best 48-16 (75.0%) record, finished first in the NFC Central Division three times, second once, and set a 7-3 mark in the playoffs between 1995 and 1998. By taking the Packers to six consecutive postseasons (1993-1998), Holmgren set a franchise record with a team that had had just two winning seasons in the 19 years before he was hired.
Many of Holmgren's 1992 assistant coaches, including Andy Reid, Steve Mariucci, Dick Jauron, Ray Rhodes and Jon Gruden, would go on to head coaching careers in the NFL. Marty Mornhinweg, an assistant hired later in Holmgren's tenure at Green Bay, also became an NFL head coach.
[edit] Seattle Seahawks, 1999-Present
Mike Holmgren resigned from the Green Bay Packers after the 1998 season to accept an eight year head coach contract offered by the Seattle Seahawks. Originally, Holmgren was the Executive Vice President/General Manager and Head Coach of the Seahawks. Following the 2002 season, Holmgren relinquished his duties as general manager to focus exclusively on coaching.
Holmgren took the Seahawks to their first postseason since 1988 during his first season with the club in 1999, breaking a 10-year playoff drought. Holmgren has posted a 72-56 (56.3%) regular-season record and a 3-4 (42.9%) postseason record, including an AFC West Division title (1999), one NFC Wildcard berth (2003), three consecutive NFC West Division titles (2004, 2005, and 2006), an NFC championship (2005), and the Seahawks' first-ever berth in a Super Bowl.
Holmgren's (and the Seahawks') best season to date was 2005. The team posted the best regular-season 13-3 (81.3%) record in franchise history, set a team record 11 consecutive wins, and won their first playoff game since 1984. Holmgren also molded former Green Bay backup quarterback Matt Hasselbeck into a Pro Bowl and Super Bowl quarterback in the 2005 NFL season (much as he did with Favre in the 90s), and coached Shaun Alexander to the NFL's MVP, a 2005 rushing title, and an NFL record 28 touchdowns in a single season.
With the 2005 NFC Championship win, Mike Holmgren became the fifth member of a small coaching fraternity that has taken two different NFL teams to the Super Bowl, joining Bill Parcells, Dan Reeves, Don Shula, and Dick Vermeil. Had the Seahawks won Super Bowl XL, he would have become the first head coach in NFL history to win a Super Bowl with two different teams, but Seattle fell short, losing 21-10 to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
[edit] Head Coach record
| Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | |||||||
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| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| GB | 1992 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 2nd in NFC Central | - | - | - | - |
| GB | 1993 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 3rd in NFC Central | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Dallas Cowboys in Divisional Round. |
| GB | 1994 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 2nd in NFC Central | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Dallas Cowboys in Divisional Round. |
| GB | 1995 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 1st in NFC Central | 2 | 1 | .667 | Lost to Dallas Cowboys in Conference Final. |
| GB | 1996 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 1st in NFC Central | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | Won Super Bowl XXXI. |
| GB | 1997 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 1st in NFC Central | 2 | 1 | .667 | Lost to Denver Broncos at Super Bowl XXXII. |
| GB | 1998 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 2nd in NFC Central | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to San Francisco 49ers in Wild Card Round. |
| Packers' Total | 75 | 37 | 0 | .670 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 Super Bowl | ||
| SEA | 1999 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 1st in AFC West | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Miami Dolphins in Wild Card Round. |
| SEA | 2000 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 4th in AFC West | - | - | - | - |
| SEA | 2001 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 2nd in AFC West | - | - | - | - |
| SEA | 2002 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 3rd in NFC West | - | - | - | - |
| SEA | 2003 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 2nd in NFC West | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Green Bay Packers in Wild Card Round. |
| SEA | 2004 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 1st in NFC West | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to St. Louis Rams in Wild Card Round |
| SEA | 2005 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 1st in NFC West | 2 | 1 | .667 | Lost to Pittsburgh Steelers at Super Bowl XL. |
| SEA | 2006 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 1st in NFC West | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to the Chicago Bears in Divisional Round. |
| Seahawks' Total | 72 | 56 | 0 | .563 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 1 NFC Championship | ||
| Total | 147 | 93 | 0 | .613 | 12 | 10 | .545 | 1 Super Bowl | ||
[edit] Trivia
- "Holmgren Way" is a street in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin near Lambeau Field. Named for Mike Holmgren the street shares intersections with "Lombardi Ave." and "Brett Favre Pass".
- He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
- After winning Super Bowl XXXI, He became the last coach to be carried off the field after winning the Super Bowl until Tony Dungy did it after the Colts' Super Bowl XLI victory.
[edit] External links
- Seattle Seahawks coaches - Mike Holmgren
- Pro-Football-Reference.com statistics - Mike Holmgren
- 1970 NFL draft Mike Holmgren St. Louis Cardinals 8th round
- The Classroom History of Mr. Holmgren - The Seattle Times 05-Nov-2006, by Greg Bishop
- Native Son - Mike Holmgren - S.F. Chronicle - 04-Feb-2006, by Tom FitzGerald
- Mike Holmgren profile - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 29-Jan-2006
- College Football Data Warehouse.com - USC Trojans 1965-69 results
| Preceded by Dennis Erickson |
Seattle Seahawks Head Coaches 1999–present |
Succeeded by Current coach |
| Preceded by Lindy Infante |
Green Bay Packers Head Coaches 1992–1998 |
Succeeded by Ray Rhodes |
| Preceded by Barry Switzer |
Super Bowl winning Head Coaches Super Bowl XXXI, 1997 |
Succeeded by Mike Shanahan |
| Green Bay Packers Head Coaches |
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| Lambeau • Ronzani • Devore • McLean • Blackbourn • McLean • Lombardi • Bengtson • Devine • Starr • Gregg • Infante • Holmgren • Rhodes • Sherman • McCarthy |
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| Patera • McCormack • Knox • Flores • Erickson • Holmgren |
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