(USA Today) Don Shula, a two-time Super Bowl champion who won more games than any other coach in NFL history, died Monday, the Miami Dolphins announced. He was 90.
“Don Shula was the patriarch of the Miami Dolphins for 50 years,” the Dolphins said in a statement. “He brought the winning edge to our franchise and put the Dolphins and the city of Miami in the national sports scene. Our deepest thoughts and prayers go out to Mary Anne along with his children Dave, Donna, Sharon, Anne and Mike.”
A native of a small town in Ohio who became a coaching legend in South Florida, Shula spent more than four decades in the NFL, in one capacity or another. He played defensive back for three different teams but will be best remembered as a coach, most notably with the Miami Dolphins.
A devoutly religious man, Shula once acknowledged to People magazine that he seriously considered becoming a priest at one point.