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	Commanders Post at The Warpath > Commanders Football > Locker Room Main Forum > Bill Walsh died PDA Bill Walsh died Pages : 1 2 3 4 5 [6] Oakland Red 07-31-2007, 01:22 AM One of the contributions Bill Walsh made was to hold yearly camps for minority coaches, to give them training as coaches and so forth, and help develop their careers. Many African American coaches came through Walsh's program. saden1 07-31-2007, 03:52 AM Bill Walsh was a great coach and a better human being. May he RIP. If he isn't the best coach ever I don't know who is. Redskins8588 07-31-2007, 06:29 AM What I find to be amazing is how many current coaches in the league have roots that go back to Bill Walsh. Almost half of the coaches in the NFL have roots back to him. Mike Holmgren - SEA Andy Reid - PHI Brad Childress - MIN John Fox - CAR Mike McCarthy - GB Jon Gruden - TB Mike Shanahan - DEN Gary Kubiak - HOU Jeff Fisher - TEN Brian Billick - BAL Jack Del Rio - JAX Scott Linehan - STL Tony Dungy - IND Lovie Smith - CHI Mike Tomlin - PIT Rod Marinelli - DET And that doesn't count the other coaches under the Bill Walsh coaching tree that held Head Coach positions at some point in the NFL. Bill Walsh's coaching tree produced 28 head coaches, with 16 of them currently coaching in the NFL. Also, his coaching tree produced 8 super bowl championship teams, not to mention the 3 super bowl championship teams that he coached. I have to admit that I am truely amazed how much of an influence this man has had in the NFL. Maybe someday there will be a "Bill Walsh Trophy"... Image:Walsh Coaching Tree3.GIF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Walsh_Coaching_Tree3.GIF) birdz4gibbs 07-31-2007, 11:55 AM RIP bill...you are truly one of the best in the history of the nfl.. sad indeed..another legend taken from us.. jsarno 07-31-2007, 01:54 PM What I find to be amazing is how many current coaches in the league have roots that go back to Bill Walsh. Almost half of the coaches in the NFL have roots back to him. Mike Holmgren - SEA Andy Reid - PHI Brad Childress - MIN John Fox - CAR Mike McCarthy - GB Jon Gruden - TB Mike Shanahan - DEN Gary Kubiak - HOU Jeff Fisher - TEN Brian Billick - BAL Jack Del Rio - JAX Scott Linehan - STL Tony Dungy - IND Lovie Smith - CHI Mike Tomlin - PIT Rod Marinelli - DET And that doesn't count the other coaches under the Bill Walsh coaching tree that held Head Coach positions at some point in the NFL. Bill Walsh's coaching tree produced 28 head coaches, with 16 of them currently coaching in the NFL. Also, his coaching tree produced 8 super bowl championship teams, not to mention the 3 super bowl championship teams that he coached. I have to admit that I am truely amazed how much of an influence this man has had in the NFL. Maybe someday there will be a "Bill Walsh Trophy"... Image:Walsh Coaching Tree3.GIF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Walsh_Coaching_Tree3.GIF) That's an impressive list. MTK 07-31-2007, 02:19 PM Walsh, perhaps more than any other coach in recent memory, has had an incredibly significant and long lasting impact on the game of football. He's really going to be missed. 4mrusmc 07-31-2007, 09:10 PM This guy was truely a class act back in the day. When we played them when he was the coach, I was always a nervous wreck. Him and Joe G. and yes Mr. Landry, made the NFC a force to be feared. He got to impact alot of lives in a special way. R.I.P. Mr. Walsh.