Two-time winning Super Bowl coaches Tom Coughlin and Mike Shanahan among semifinalists for Hall of Fame
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Two-time winning Super Bowl coaches Tom Coughlin and Mike Shanahan and team owners Robert Kraft and Virginia McCaskey were among the 60 semifinalists announced Wednesday for the 2024 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The Hall’s 12-person Seniors Committee trimmed a list of eligible player nominees to 31. Each semifinalist played his last game in professional football no later than 1998.
Separately, the Hall’s 12-person Coach/Contributor Committee reduced the list of nominated candidates to 29 semifinalists.
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New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after his teams 21-17 win over the New England Patriots in the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis. Two-time winning Super Bowl coaches Coughlin and Mike Shanahan, owners Robert Kraft of the Patriots and 100-year-old Virginia McCloskey of the Bears headline the 60 semifinalists announced Wednesday, July 12, 2023, for the 2024 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Unlike in February when cornerback Darrelle Revis and offensive lineman Joe Thomas were selected for enshrinement in their first year of eligibility for the Hall of Fame, none of the 31 players appears to be a lock for induction.
Coughlin coached the New York Giants from 2004-15, leading them to Super Bowl victories over the New England Patriots after the 2007 and '11 seasons.
Shanahan led the Denver Broncos to Super Bowl titles after the 1997 and '98 seasons. He went 178-144 overall with three teams, including a 46-10 mark from 1996-1998, an NFL record for wins in a