In, Dick Vermeil was hired from UCLA to coach the Eagles, who had only one winning season from 1962 – 1975.

This, along with injury problems and a coaching change ( Super Bowl winning coach Dick Vermeil left the team and was replaced by Mike Martz ), caused the Rams to slip to a 10 – 6 record in 2000.

Marceau was made a commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, an Officer of the Légion d ' honneur, and in 1978 he received the Médaille Vermeil de la Ville de Paris.

In November 2007, Auriemma was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, in a class that included Dick Vermeil, Mike Scioscia, Fred Couples, and others.

Dick Vermeil was his replacement in that event.

With a young Dick Vermeil as his coach, he was given the opportunity to start for the up-and-coming Eagles.

Slowly, Vermeil built the Eagles into a Super Bowl team, and Jaworski was its leader on offense.

He was part of ESPN's broadcasting team for the second half of its opening-night Monday Night Football doubleheader on September 11, 2006, with Brad Nessler and Dick Vermeil.

When a high school football coach saw him that day, they talked and the coach was a personal friend of Dick Vermeil and arranged a tryout with the Philadelphia Eagles the next day.

Johnson was drafted over the objection of head coach Dick Vermeil, who wanted to select a defensive player, and despite the lack of recent NFL success by Penn State running backs.

In 1999, Martz was hired as the offensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams by Dick Vermeil, who went on to win Super Bowl XXXIV that season.

Martz was named head coach of the Rams on February 2, 2000, after Dick Vermeil retired ( he later changed his mind and coached across the state at Kansas City ).

Prior to his role at Texas, he was defensive coordinator for three teams in the National Football League: the Kansas City Chiefs under Dick Vermeil, the Denver Broncos under Mike Shanahan, where his team won two Super Bowl championships in 1997 and 1998, and the New York Jets under Pete Carroll.

When Mora was 12, his father left Colorado after the 1973 football season to join the staff at UCLA under Dick Vermeil.

This special features two new segments: The story of two teams whose history was filled with follies-the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the lovable losers the New Orleans Saints, who had gone 78-203 in their history with only one season at. 500 ( both teams would win Super Bowls in the decades following the special ); the special also included outtakes from the NFL's Best Ever Coaches ( produced in 1981 ), focusing on head coaches ( notably Dick Vermeil and Hank Stram at Super Bowl IV ) who were wired for sound.

* Kansas City Chiefs – Dick Vermeil ; replaced Gunther Cunningham who was fired following the 2000 season

* St. Louis Rams – Dick Vermeil ; replaced Rich Brooks who was fired after the 1996 season.

Vermeil was hired as the NFL's first ever Special Teams coach by George Allen's Los Angeles Rams in 1969.

Vermeil was actually once reprimanded by the NFL when during a game he promised kicker ( and fellow wine connoisseur ) Morten Andersen a bottle of Bryant Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon if he could kick the game-winning field goal versus Oakland.

Andersen made the kick, but upon hearing about the offer, the NFL reminded Vermeil and the Chiefs that the $ 500 bottle of wine was considered a performance-based incentive bonus not written into Andersen's contract, and the gift was disallowed.

Vermeil was portrayed in the 2006 film Invincible by Greg Kinnear.

The film showed Vermeil when he was head coach of Philadelphia and gave Vince Papale an opportunity to play for the Eagles.

On November 2, 2008, Vermeil was honored by the St. Louis Rams organization with the placing of his name on the " Ring of Honor " around the inside of the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.

* St. Louis Rams Head coach Dick Vermeil named NFL Coach of the Year

He is in the Sid Gillman coaching tree and has coached at every level ; Vermeil owns the distinction of being named “ Coach of the Year ” on four levels: High School, Junior College, NCAA Division I and Professional Football.

True to his Napa Valley roots, Vermeil partnered with OnTheEdge Winery and produced his own self-proclaimed “ Garage Cabernet ” wine, named in honor of his father, Jean Louis Vermeil.

Villa di Roma, an Italian restaurant in Philadelphia, named one of its signature dishes “ Steak Vermeil ” in Vermeil ’ s honor.

Vermeil returned with the Chiefs for the 2005 season with one of the NFL's best offenses, and an improved defense.

Under Head Coach Dick Vermeil, Philadelphia advanced to their first ever Super Bowl in team history, and had not played in a league championship game since their 1960 NFL championship.

Starting in 1978, head coach Dick Vermeil and quarterback Ron Jaworski led the team to four consecutive playoff appearances.

Vermeil compiled a 15 – 5 – 3 record in two seasons ( 1974 – 1975 ) as head coach at UCLA, including a 9 – 2 – 1 record in 1975 when Vermeil led the Bruins to their first conference championship in 10 years, and a win in the Rose Bowl over an undefeated and number 1 ranked Ohio State team.

Vermeil led the Rams to their first ever Super Bowl victory in Super Bowl XXXIV later that season with a 23-16 win over the Tennessee Titans.

On December 31, Vermeil announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the 2005 season, and the next day he led the Chiefs to a 37 – 3 rout over the Cincinnati Bengals.

Things were not easy for the young quarterback, but Vermeil stood by his developing signal caller, and soon the Eagles became a playoff team.

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Richard Albert " Dick " Vermeil (; born October 30, 1936 ) is a former American head coach for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles ( 1976 – 1982 ), St. Louis Rams ( 1997 – 1999 ) and Kansas City Chiefs ( 2001 – 2005 ).

Vermeil began his NFL head coaching career in 1976 with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Due to bad trades by past Eagles coaches, Vermeil did not have a 1st round draft pick until 1978.

Following the 1994 season, the Eagles fired Rich Kotite and owner Jeffrey Lurie inquired about bringing back Vermeil as coach.

However, the Eagles and Vermeil could not come to a contractual agreement.

'" Vermeil also served on the Honorary Board of Sandusky's Second Mile children's foundation, along with Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid, Matt Millen from ESPN, actor Mark Wahlberg and football player Franco Harris, among others.

1978 was also viewed as an important season for head coach Dick Vermeil, as there was little doubt the Eagles were playing much better under his watch, but there was also a great deal of local impatience for concrete results.

On the sidelines, a disgusted Eagles coach Dick Vermeil was turning his attention away from the field and toward the postgame press conference, where he would have to explain to reporters why his team had fallen to an inferior opponent.