Joe Gibbs
Joe Gibbs, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was one of the most successful head coaches in NFL history. A three-time Super Bowl champion with the Washington Redskins – each with a different quarterback – Gibbs was a master motivator and offensive innovator who won 154 regular season games and went 17-7 in the playoffs. Born in Mocksville, North Carolina in 1940, Gibbs was an offensive assistant coach in college and the NFL during the 1960s and 70s. As an offensive coordinator in 1979 and 1980, Gibbs made the Chargers the first team to regularly utilize an offense with a single back – a one-back offense – and they went 12-4 and 11-5 in those two seasons and led the league in passing. He instituted that offense upon becoming Redskins’ head coach in 1981, won the Super Bowl in his second year, and the single set back formation eventually became a staple in the NFL.