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Alvis Forrest Gregg (October 18, 1933 – April 12, 2019) was an American professional football player and coach. A Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle for 16 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), he was a part of six NFL championships, five of them with the Green Bay Packers before closing out his tenure with the Dallas Cowboys with a win in Super Bowl VI.
Gregg leads all coaches in winning percentage with .561. [3] Dick LeBeau had the lowest winning percentage, with .267. [4] Of the nine Bengals head coaches, three have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Paul Brown, Forrest Gregg, and Dick LeBeau (although only Brown was inducted as a coach, the other two were inducted as players). [5]
Five coaches have won Coach of the Year awards: Brown (1949, 1951, 1953, 1957), Forrest Gregg , Sam Rutigliano (1979, 1980), Marty Schottenheimer , and Kevin Stefanski (2020, 2023). Since their reactivation in 1999, the Browns have had significant turnover at the head coaching position.
Forrest Gregg, one of the standouts of the great Green Bay Packers dynasty of the 1960s, died at age 85 according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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The 1978 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 29th season with the National Football League (NFL). After nearly three years of struggling offensively – and not making the playoffs—while posting just one winning record under ultra-strict, disciplinarian head coach Forrest Gregg, the Browns in 1978 decided to take a softer approach to liven up their attack – and their team.
Bart Starr and Forrest Gregg were also inducted into the Hall of Fame, although they were recognized for their contributions as players, not coaches. [20] Four coaches have been recognized as coach of the year by major news organizations: Lombardi in 1959 and 1961, Devine in 1972, Infante in 1989 and McCarthy in 2011.
The 1983 season was the Cincinnati Bengals' 14th season in the National Football League, their 16th overall, and their fourth and final under head coach Forrest Gregg. Cincinnati lost six of their first seven games, then won six of nine to finish at 7–9.