Dan Reeves
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Born | January 19, 1944 Rome, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died | January 1, 2022 (aged 77) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Americus (Americus, Georgia) | ||||||||||||
| College | South Carolina | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1965: undrafted | ||||||||||||
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| Regular season | 190–165–2 (.535) | ||||||||||||
| Postseason | 11–9 (.550) | ||||||||||||
| Career | 201–174–2 (.536) | ||||||||||||
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Daniel Edward Reeves (January 19, 1944 – January 1, 2022) was an American professional football running back and coach in the National Football League (NFL). During his 38 years in the NFL, Reeves participated in nine Super Bowls, the third most for an individual. He was a head coach for 23 seasons, a position he held with the Denver Broncos from 1981 to 1992, the New York Giants from 1993 to 1996, and the Atlanta Falcons from 1997 to 2003. As a player, he spent his eight-season career with the Dallas Cowboys, who signed him as an undrafted free agent in 1965.
Reeves made his first two Super Bowl appearances during his playing career, winning one in Super Bowl VI. He began his coaching career in 1972 as an assistant for Cowboys, where he made three championship appearances and was part of the staff that won Super Bowl XII. As the head coach of the Broncos for 12 seasons, Reeves led the team to three championship appearances in Super Bowl XXI, Super Bowl XXII, and Super Bowl XXIV, each of which ended in defeat. He spent his next four seasons as the head coach of the Giants, winning NFL Coach of the Year in 1993 after bringing the team to the playoffs that season, although they would not qualify again under him. In his final seven seasons, Reeves was the head coach of the Falcons. His most successful season with the Falcons was in 1998 when he led them to their championship debut in Super Bowl XXXIII, in which he was defeated by his former team, the Broncos. He also won NFL Coach of the Year a second time, making him the ninth coach to win the award multiple times and the first Falcons coach to receive it. For his accomplishments in Denver, Reeves was inducted to the Broncos Ring of Fame in 2014.
One of only 13 NFL head coaches to win 200 career games, Reeves has the most playoff wins (11, tied with Marv Levy) and Super Bowl appearances (four, tied with Levy and Bud Grant) among NFL head coaches to not win a championship. He is also tied with Jeff Fisher and Bill Belichick for the most regular season losses in NFL history at 165. Reeves, Belichick, and Marty Schottenheimer are the only eligible NFL head coaches with 200 career wins who have not been inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.