Coaches with no championships in the NFL/AFL/AAFC

[SeahawkFever]

I made a poll on a retro NFL Facebook page asking people who is the best NFL coach who did not win a championship (Pre-or post Super Bowl) in their career.

The choices I gave them are:

Bud Grant
Marv Levy
Dan Reeves
Marty Schottenheimer
George Allen
Chuck Knox
Don Coryell
Someone else

For the record, their responses are:

Grant (27%)
Levy (39%)
Reeves (5%)
Schottenheimer (15%)
Allen (2%)
Knox (3%)
Coryell (4%)
Someone else (1%)

Out of curiosity, how would you all answer that question, and how would you rank the seven coaches I listed?

[JuggernautJ]

Technically, Bud Grant did win an NFL Championship.
The first four Super Bowls (pre-merger) were world championship games between the champions of the NFL and AFL.
They were even called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
Grant's Vikings were the 1969 NFL Champions.

[SeahawkFever]

Technically, Bud Grant did win an NFL Championship.
The first four Super Bowls (pre-merger) were world championship games between the champions of the NFL and AFL.
They were even called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
Grant's Vikings were the 1969 NFL Champions.

If we are being technical, yes.

But in my opinion the NFL championship is not the championship of the season once the Super Bowl starts.

[Brian wolf]

Chuck Knox ... Ted Marchibroda might have been the best coach with a losing record.

[Crazy Packers Fan]

Technically, Bud Grant did win an NFL Championship.
The first four Super Bowls (pre-merger) were world championship games between the champions of the NFL and AFL.
They were even called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
Grant's Vikings were the 1969 NFL Champions.

If we are being technical, yes.

But in my opinion the NFL championship is not the championship of the season once the Super Bowl starts.

The best way to phrase it is "never to win a world championship." Though I'd personally go with someone who never even made the Super Bowl: Marty Schottenheimer.

[SeahawkFever]

Technically, Bud Grant did win an NFL Championship.
The first four Super Bowls (pre-merger) were world championship games between the champions of the NFL and AFL.
They were even called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
Grant's Vikings were the 1969 NFL Champions.

If we are being technical, yes.

But in my opinion the NFL championship is not the championship of the season once the Super Bowl starts.

The best way to phrase it is "never to win a world championship." Though I'd personally go with someone who never even made the Super Bowl: Marty Schottenheimer.

Interesting, why Schottenheimer first of those seven?