Dick Vermeil
Vermeil in 2010
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| Date of birth: | October 30, 1936 |
| Place of birth: | Calistoga, California |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Calistoga High School |
| College: | San Jose State |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | 120–109–0 (.524) |
| Postseason: | 6–5 (.545) |
| Career: | 126–114-0 (.525) |
| Coaching stats at PFR | |
Richard Albert "Dick" Vermeil (/vərˈmiːl/; born October 30, 1936) is a former American head coach for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles (1976–1982), St. Louis Rams (1997–1999) and Kansas City Chiefs (2001–2005). He coached the Rams to their only world title in St. Louis over the Tennessee Titans. He is in the Sid Gillman coaching tree and has coached at every level; Vermeil owns the distinction of being named "Coach of the Year" on four levels: High School, Junior College, NCAA Division I and Professional Football.
In all three of his stops as an NFL head coach, Vermeil has taken every team—Philadelphia, St. Louis and Kansas City, each of which had a losing record before he arrived—and brought them to the playoffs by his third season at the helm.
Vermeil graduated in 1959 with an M.A. from San Jose State University, where he was the backup quarterback. After serving as assistant coach for San Jose's Del Mar High School football team for one season, he served for three seasons as head coach at Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, California He then became an assistant coach at College of San Mateo, a community college, under head coach Cliff Griffon.
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