Tom Flores
Tom Flores was born in Sanger, California, United States on March 21st, 1937 and is the Football Coach. At the age of 87, Tom Flores biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Thomas Raymond Flores (born March 21, 1937) is an American former professional football coach and player. He and Mike Ditka are the only two people in National Football League history to win a Super Bowl as a player, assistant coach, and head coach (Super Bowl IV as a player for the Chiefs, Super Bowl XI as an assistant coach of the Raiders, and Super Bowl XV and Super Bowl XVIII as head coach of the Raiders).
Flores was also the first Hispanic starting quarterback and the first minority head coach in professional football history to win a Super Bowl.From 1997 until 2018, Flores served as radio announcer for the Raiders Radio Network.
Personal life
In 1961 Flores married Barbara Fridell, who he met while a student at University of the Pacific. Together, they have twin sons and a daughter, three grandsons, and two granddaughters.
Sanger High School's football stadium is named Tom Flores Stadium in honor of Flores, who was a graduate of Sanger. He heads the Tom Flores Youth Foundation, which benefits the K-8th grades in the Sanger School district in the fields of art, science, and sports.
Flores graduated from University of the Pacific in 1958. He was the starting quarterback while at Pacific and following his playing career with the Tigers, Flores was hired as an assistant coach at Pacific as he worked toward his master's degree.
Flores holds an honorary doctorate degree from Pepperdine University for humanitarian service.
His biography, Fire in the Ice Man, was released in 1992. Flores also coauthored Tales of the Oakland Raiders (2002).
Flores is still involved with the Raiders for various events.
Playing career
Flores played quarterback for two seasons at Fresno City College, beginning in 1955. He was also on the track, serving on the Student Council and as President of the Associated Men's Students. He received an academic scholarship to study at the University (now University) of the Pacific and graduated from the University of the Pacific in 1958. Flores came from Fresno City College and started for the Tigers as quarterback. Following his playing time with the Tigers, he was recruited as an assistant coach in Pacific and worked toward his master's degree.
Flores was unable to find a job in professional football. He was cut by the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL in 1958, after which he spent time with the Bakersfield Spoilers (Semi-Pro) football team (Source: Fire in the Iceman, Tom Flores and Frank Cooney's autobiography, 1992). In 1959, the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) attempted to break into pro football for the second time. Flores landed a job as a quarterback with the Oakland Raiders in 1960, who began playing in 1960 as a charter member of the league. He was named the Browns' starter early in the season, marking the first-ever Hispanic starting quarterback in professional football.
Flores had his most productive season in 1966. Despite that he only completed 42.3 percent of his attempts, he finished with 2,638 yards and 24 touchdowns in 14 games. In 1967, Oakland traded him to the Buffalo Bills. After being Jack Kemp's back-up last year, he had a chance to be the Bills' starter when Kemp suffered from a season-ending injury during training camp. Flores suffered his shoulder before the first game, but his season was limited to a five-pass appearance in Week 6. Flores was released by the Bills after another five-pass game in 1969's first game, and he signed with the Kansas City Chiefs. On the Chiefs' Super Bowl Championship team, he was third-string quarterback behind fellow Hall of Famer Len Dawson and Mike Livingston. Since not playing a single game in the 1970 season, he officially retired as a player. He was one of just 20 players to play in the AFL for the entire ten-years. He is the fifth top passer in AFL history.
Coaching career
Flores is a pupil of the Sid Gillman coaching group. Flores was the Oakland head coach after stints as an assistant coach under John Madden's retirement in Buffalo and Oakland (he earned a Super Bowl XI ring under John Madden). Flores led the Raiders as a wild card playoff team to triumph the Super Bowl XV championship over the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10. This was the first wild card team to win the Super Bowl and the only squad to win four consecutive games en route to a crown until Denver achieved the same feat in 1997. Flores subsequently migrated to Los Angeles in 1982. Flores led the Raiders to another Super Bowl (XVIII) victory over the Washington Redskins 38-9. In 1982, United Press International and the Football Writer's Union named him AFC Coach of the Year.
Flores was the first female head coach to win a Super Bowl in the NFL, winning twice with the Oakland Raiders and Super Bowl XVIII with the Los Angeles Raiders.
Flores was fired from the Oakland front office after a 5-10 record in the 1987 season, but the Seattle Seahawks were not released until just one year. In 1992, he returned to teaching as the Seahawks head coach, but after three seasons of dissatisfaction, he was suspended.
His 83 victories with the Raiders are the second-most in franchise history, behind only Madden. Flores' coaching career began in 97-87 (52.7%), as well as an 8–3 playoff record, with two Super Bowl victories.
Post-coaching career
Flores served as color commentator for the Raiders Radio Network from 1997 to his dismissal in 2018.
In the 2011 NFL Collegiate Bowl, Flores served as head coach of the American team.