Dan Reeves was a valued member in the NFL both as a player, with the Dallas Cowboys, and as a coach, with the Denver Broncos, New York Giants and the Atlanta Falcons.
Regrettably, his family issued a press release, via Aaron Salkin, former Falcons media director, in which they announced his death at the age of 77 due to complications with dementia.
Reeves’ legacy is unmatched in the NFL as he played nine Super Bowlss: one as a running back coach, two as a player, two as an offensive coordinator, and four as a head coach. As a player he won the VI edition, when he wore the colors of the Dallas Cowboys and in 1977 he obtained his second Vince Lombardi trophy as offensive coordinator of the American team.
What’s more, was key in the development of John Elway as an elite quarterback after having recruited him in 1983 with the first global selection.
Reeves as a player
Although he was not drafted into the draft, the Rome, Georgia, native He played eight seasons as a running back with the Dallas Cowboys. In his lifetime, he participated in 100 games and amassed 1,990 yards and 25 touchdowns after 535 carries and 1,693 yards and 17 touchdowns after 129 receptions.
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His time on the sidelines began in 1975 as a backfield coach for the Dallas Cowboys. In 1977 he took the reins of the attack and became the offensive coordinator of the Cowboys.
His first opportunity as head coach in the NFL was obtained with the Denver Broncos beginning in the 1981 season.. With the Colorado franchise he signed a regular season record of 110 wins, 73 losses and a draw. With the Broncos he reached three Super Bowls (XXI, XXII and XXIV), but could not win any and was fired after 12 seasons with the team.
New York was his next destination. Reeves spent four seasons, between 1993 and 1996, with the Giants. In the Big Apple he only won 31 of the 64 games that he coached the team. In his first season with the ‘G-Men’ he won the Coach of the Year award and was the only one in which he reached the playoffs after losing in the divisional round against the San Francisco 49ers after beating the Minnesota Vikings in the wild card. .
Starting in 1997, he took maximum responsibility for the Atlanta Falcons as he served as the team’s head coach and general manager. of the state in which you were born. Of the seven seasons he spent in Georgia, only two finished with a winning record. In 1998, the year he won his second Coach of the Year award, he advanced to the Super Bowl, but lost it to his former team, the Broncos. His record as the Falcons head coach was 49-59-1 in the regular season and 3-2 in the postseason.
