Dan Reeves
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Daniel Edward Reeves (born January 19, 1944) is a former American football running back and coach in the National Football League (NFL).
Over the course of his 38 years in the NFL, Reeves participated in a combined nine Super Bowls as player and coach, the second-most in league history behind Bill Belichick's eleven.
He served as a head coach for 23 seasons, primarily with the Denver Broncos and the Atlanta Falcons.
As a player, he spent the entirety of his eight-season career with the Dallas Cowboys. Reeves made his first two Super Bowl appearances during his playing career, winning one in VI.
He began his coaching career as an assistant coach for Cowboys, where he made three more championship appearances and was part of the team that won XII.
As the head coach of the Broncos for 12 seasons, Reeves led the team to three Super Bowls in XXI, XXII, and XXIV, each of which ended in defeat.
Following four seasons as the head coach of the New York Giants, Reeves served as the Falcons' head coach for seven seasons.
With the Falcons, he led the franchise to their first championship appearance in XXXIII, in which he was defeated by his former team, the Broncos. As a head coach, Reeves is only one of six to lead two different franchises to a Super Bowl appearance, and has the most Super Bowl appearances without a victory at four, along with Bud Grant and Marv Levy.
He is also tied with Jeff Fisher for the NFL record of most regular-season losses as a head coach at 165, although both have overall winning records.
Early years
Born in Rome, Georgia, Reeves grew up in Americus, Georgia. He attended Americus High School, where he participated in football, baseball, and basketball.
After Reeves missed four games with a broken collarbone during his senior season, only the University of South Carolina was interested enough to offer him a football scholarship. The interest from other schools came later, when he won the MVP trophy at the Georgia High School football All-star game, but he decided to stay with his first choice. Reeves also was selected to the All-state basketball team in 1961.
Personal life and death
Reeves was married to Pam Reeves, and had three children and six grandchildren. Reeves and his future wife dated in high school, where she was a cheerleader. While coaching for the Giants, Reeves and his wife were residents of Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. He was a Christian.
Reeves' nephew is David Andrews, who plays in the NFL.
Reeves died from complications of dementia at his home in Atlanta on the morning of January 1, 2022, aged 77.
College career
Reeves played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks, where he was a three-year starter at quarterback from 1962 to 1964. Reeves became the starting quarterback in 1962 in his sophomore year and was voted second-team All-conference after his junior and senior years.
Despite having only produced an 8–21–4 (.303) record, Reeves ended his college career as the best passer in Gamecock history, totaling 2,561 yards, to go along with sixteen touchdowns and three games with 100 rushing yards. Reeves has also played for the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team.
Reeves was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977. In 2006, he was inducted into the State of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.
Professional playing career
Despite being undrafted after graduation, Reeves received professional sports offers from the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL), the San Diego Chargers in the American Football League (AFL), and the Pittsburgh Pirates in Major League Baseball. Reeves joined the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 1965 to play properly, but the team was later dropped to halfback when a string of injuries depleted the team's depth during training camp.
In 1966, Tom Landry, who wanted more power on running back, switched All-Pro safety Mel Renfro to offense. Renfro was hurt in the first game against the New York Giants, but the Reeves took advantage of his opportunity by having a breakout season, leading the team in passing with 757 yards and scoring with 96 points, while finishing second in receiving with 557 yards. The Cowboys were able to shift some of the running load from fullback Don Perkins to their first championship game thanks to his efforts. Reeves led the NFL in touchdowns, eighth rushing, and eighth receiving, with over 1,300 all-purpose yards. At the end of the year, he was also elected to the Sporting News All-Pro team.
Reeves' offense ranked second on the team in rushing with 603 yards and third in receiving with 490 yards in 1967. He set a franchise record by scoring four touchdowns in a week eight game against the Atlanta Falcons. Reeves scored touchdowns rushing, receiving, and passing in the same game as Week 13 against the Philadelphia Eagles. He continued as a starter until Week 4 of the 1968 season, when he tore ligaments in his left knee and was out of office for the season.
Reeves were hampered for the remainder of his career and prevented his mobility because of the injury. Head coach Tom Landry began playing him in spots and asked him to become a player-coach, while being led by Calvin Hill and Duane Thomas on the depth chart. Reeves served in the role for three years before retiring as an active player to become a full-time assistant coach on February 22, 1972.
Reeves spent eight seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, totaling 1,990 passing yards, 1,693 yards, and 42 touchdowns. Following the 1971 season, the Cowboys made the playoffs every year, winning the Super Bowl twice twice and culminating in a 24-3 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI. In Super Bowl V, with the Cowboys and Colts tied at 13 in the last two minutes, he let a pass pass go through his hands that had been intercepted, establishing the Colts in Dallas, Texas. With five seconds remaining, the Colts won the game on a 32-yard field goal from Jim O'Brien. In the Cowboys' losing effort in the legendary subzero Ice Bowl against the Green Bay Packers for the 1967 NFL championship, he threw a touchdown pass.
In 2010, Reeves was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
Coaching career
When Reeves joined the Denver Broncos in 1981 as vice president and head coach, he became the youngest head coach in the NFL. Reeves led the Broncos to six post-season appearances, five divisional titles, three AFC championships, and three Super Bowl appearances during his twelve years as quarterback John Elway's trade. He was the only AFC coach in the 1980s to lead his team to consecutive Super Bowl berths, and the Broncos played in the Super Bowl three times over a span of four years. To the point where quarterback Tommy Maddox was drafted by the Broncos in the first round of the 1992 draft, Reeves and Elway did not always see eye to eye. This came after Reeves fired offensive coordinator and quarterback Mike Shanahan for "insubordination," as Reeves argued Shanahan was causing a wedge between him and Elway, who wrote about him in 1990. Reeves was fired early in the season and was replaced by his protégé and friend Wade Phillips, who was then the Broncos' defensive coordinator. Elway said Reeves was a "winner" on his 2022 death and that he owes a substantial portion of his career to Reeves.
Reeves was hired as head coach by the New York Giants for the 1993 season. He led the Giants to an 11-05 record and a berth in the playoffs in his first season. Reeves' 1993 season record was the best for a first-year Giants coach, and he was named the 1993 Associated Press Coach of the Year after assisting them in their rise from a 6–10 record in 1992. After the Giants went 5–11 in 1995 and 6–10 in 1996, Reeves was fired.
Reeves was named as the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons in 1997. The team, which had been running with a 3–13 record in 1996, had steadily increased under his leadership. The Falcons went 14–2 in 1998, winning their first NFC championship after going 7-9 in his first season. He was Bill Parcells and Chuck Knox, Bill Parcells, and Chuck Knox) to lead three franchises to the playoffs. The Falcons sled the Falcons to a 12-2 record before being hospitalized in December for the last two regular season games. The Reeves returned to the sidelines just three weeks later, leading the Falcons to victory in their first NFC Championship. The Falcons of Reeves were pitched against his former club, the defending champion Denver Broncos, during their last season without Shanahan as head coach during Super Bowl XXXIII. The Falcons lost 34-19. As Reeves was named the 1998 NFL Coach of the Year, he received some of the best coaching awards in the process. Reeves demanded to be released after winning just three of the first thirteen games, and the Falcons installed Wade Phillips as interim coach for three games.
Reeves was instrumental in the establishment of Georgia State University's football program in 2007. Reeves interviewed with the San Francisco 49ers in January 2009 for their offensive coordinator position. Reeves became a consultant for the Dallas Cowboys in February 2009. This position was brief, and only for two days until Reeves took the keys to his office and left. Reeves' association with the Cowboys is unclear, and the Cowboys seem to have yet to reach a decision regarding Reeves' association with the team. It was revealed in the days that it came down to a labor clause defining a number of hours per week to be worked, which Reeves branded insulting.
Broadcast career
For the second Sunday afternoon game on the Westwood One radio network, Reeves covered NFL games as a color analyst (associated with play-by-play man Bill Rosinski).