Ranking The Greatest NFL Head Coaches from All 32 Teams

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Oct 4, 2015; Cincinnati, OH, USA; A general view of a Kansas City Chiefs helmet on the sidelines during a game of the Kansas City Chiefs against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. The Bengals won 36-21. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports /

#21: Hank Stram (Kansas City Chiefs)

The mark of a great head coach is one who is willing to do things differently in the name of helping his team win. Hank Stram was a breath of fresh air right when football needed it. Entertaining personality aside, the man had innovation in his blood. He crafted new styles of offense and defense that had never been seen before or widely utilized before and also was at the forefront of roster integration. No coach had more black players on his roster in the 1960s than Stram. It’s not a coincidence that this open-mindedness led to success.

The Kansas City Chiefs were one of the great powers of the American Football League. Ten times they fielded an offense and defense that ranked in the top five. As the Dallas Texans they were champions in just their third year of existence, then reached the first ever Super Bowl in 1966. Everything came to a head three years later when the Chiefs rolled into Super Bowl IV where they became the last AFL team to win a championship before the two leagues merged in 1970. It took a while for Stram to be recognized for his accomplishments but soon landed in the Hall of Fame where he belonged.

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