GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Former Packers head coach Mike Holmgren is one of nine semifinalists in the Coach category for Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
Six head coaches in the National Football League whose teams won at least one Super Bowl (or NFL title game) are among the nine individuals who have been named as Semifinalists in the Coach category for possible election as part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Wednesday.
Members of the Coach Blue-Ribbon Committee made their selections from a list they earlier had reduced to 12 candidates. The committee will discuss the nine Semifinalists at length when it meets virtually Nov. 18 to select one Finalist to present to the full Selection Committee for its consideration when it casts ballots for a new class of enshrinees in early 2026.
The nine Semifinalists in the Coach category this year are: Bill Belichick, Tom Coughlin, Mike Holmgren, Chuck Knox, Buddy Parker, Dan Reeves, Marty Schottenheimer, George Seifert and Mike Shanahan.
Holmgren was the lone finalist last year but did not receive enough votes to make the Class of 2025. He also had been a Finalist with the Centennial Class of 2020.
Holmgren was the head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1992-98 and the Seattle Seahawks from 1999-2008. Holmgren won a Super Bowl ring with the Packers and appeared in another Super Bowl as head coach of the Seahawks.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026 will be announced at “NFL Honors” in San Francisco in February and enshrined in August in Canton.
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