{"id":457154,"date":"2026-02-06T07:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/457154\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T07:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:28:21","slug":"how-mike-vrabel-can-make-nfl-history-with-patriots-super-bowl-win-as-player-and-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/457154\/","title":{"rendered":"How Mike Vrabel can make NFL history with Patriots’ Super Bowl win as player and coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Mike Vrabel can make NFL history with Patriots’ Super Bowl win as player and coach<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mike Vrabel has a chance to join a unique fraternity if the Patriots<\/a> win Super Bowl 60.<\/p>\n

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A total of four players in NFL history have won the Super Bowl as a player and a coach. Vrabel \u2013 who was a three-time Super Bowl champion in eight seasons as a linebacker with the Patriots from 2001-08 \u2013 was asked how he will use that experience as a player to coach against the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> in Super Bowl 60 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“I think I always try to use every experience that I’ve had over the course of 30 years of experience in this league whether that’s as a player as a coach to help the team and to help individual players do their job,” Vrabel said at his Tuesday press conference.<\/p>\n

“You only have so many opportunities to make a play,” he said. \u201cYou have to be ready.”<\/p>\n

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Vrabel took advantage of those chances as a player. Will he do the same as a coach?<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Revisting Mike Vrabel’s time as a Patriots linebacker<\/a><\/p>\n

How many Super Bowl winners as player and coach?<\/p>\n

Vrabel would become the fifth player to win the Super Bowl as a player and coach.\u00a0A look at those other four individuals:<\/p>\n

Tom Flores<\/p>\n

Flores was a backup quarterback for the Chiefs<\/a> when they won Super Bowl 4 against Minnesota. He led the Raiders<\/a> to victories in Super Bowl 15 and Super Bowl 18 as a head coach. He also was an assistant under John Madden when Oakland won Super Bowl 11.<\/p>\n

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Mike Ditka<\/p>\n

Ditka played in two Super Bowls for the Cowboys<\/a> \u2013 who were 1-1 in those games. He had two catches for 28 yards and a TD for Dallas in a 24-3 victory against Miami in Super Bowl 6. As a coach, he led the Chicago Bears<\/a> to a 46-10 victory against New England in Super Bowl 20.<\/p>\n

Tony Dungy<\/p>\n

Dungy had a tackle for Pittsburgh in a 35-31 victory against Dallas in Super Bowl 13. As a coach, he led the Colts<\/a> to a 29-17 victory against Chicago in Super Bowl 41.<\/p>\n

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Doug Pederson<\/p>\n

Pederson was the backup quarterback for Green Bay behind Brett Favre in Super Bowl 31. As a coach,\u00a0 Pederson led Philadelphia to a 41-33 victory against New England in Super Bowl 42.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Inside Mike Vrabel’s playoff record as a coach<\/a><\/p>\n

Other Super Bowl participants as player and coach<\/p>\n

Three other individuals have been in the Super Bowl as a player and coach:<\/p>\n

Dan Reeves<\/p>\n

Reeves played in two Super Bowls for Dallas. He had one carry for seven yards in the 24-3 victory against Miami in Super Bowl 6. Reeves was 0-4 in the Super Bowl as a coach. He led Denver to three Super Bowl appearances (21, 22, 24) and Atlanta to one Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl 33 \u2013 a 34-19 loss to Denver.<\/p>\n

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Ron Rivera<\/p>\n

Rivera played for Chicago under Ditka in Super Bowl 20 and won a championship as a player. As a coach, he led Carolina to an appearance in Super Bowl 50. The Panthers<\/a> lost 24-10 to Denver.<\/p>\n

Gary Kubiak<\/p>\n

Kubiak was a backup quarterback for John Elway in three Super Bowl losses (21, 22, 24) and he was an assistant coach in three Super Bowl victories (29, 32, 33). Kubiak led Denver to the Super Bowl 50 victory against Carolina.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Complete coaching timeline for Mike Vrabel, from Ohio State to Patriots<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mike Vrabel Super Bowl history<\/p>\n

Vrabel played in four Super Bowls with the Patriots and won three Super Bowls as a player. A look at his performance in those games.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl 36<\/p>\n

Vrabel completed his first season with the Patriots with four tackles \u2013 including a tackle for loss \u2013 in a 20-17 victory against the Rams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl 38<\/p>\n

Vrabel had six tackles and two sacks in a 32-29 victory against Carolina. Vrabel caught a 1-yard TD pass from Tom Brady with 2:51 left in the fourth quarter to give New England a 29-22 lead.<\/p>\n

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Super Bowl 39<\/p>\n

Vrabel caught a 2-yard TD pass from Brady to give the Patriots a 21-14 lead against the Eagles<\/a> in the third quarter. He had six tackles in a 24-21 victory.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl 42<\/p>\n

Vrabel had two tackles in a 17-14 loss to the New York Giants, the Patriots’ only loss of the season. Vrabel would play one more season in New England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How Mike Vrabel can make NFL history with Patriots’ Super Bowl win as player and coach originally appeared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[505,49,48,1735,8825,1172,13276,7236,1990,6390,187347,23065,2598,19260,1728,514,8821,13269,1518,4847,1739,82,19501,12486],"class_list":["post-457154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-atlanta","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chicago-bears","tag-chiefs","tag-coach","tag-colts","tag-dallas","tag-denver","tag-miami","tag-mike-ditka","tag-mike-vrabel","tag-minnesota","tag-new-england","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-panthers","tag-patriots","tag-philadelphia","tag-pittsburgh","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-super-bowl","tag-tom-brady"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}