Shula, Landry and Noll rank 1, 2, 3, respectively, in career wins among active NFL coaches. They are 2, 3 and 5 in victories among NFL coaches dead or alive. They've been to 14 Super Bowls and won eight. Landry, 64, the only coach Dallas has ever had, is in his 29th season with the Cowboys. Noll, 56, is in his 20th with the Steelers. Shula, 58, is in his 19th with the Dolphins, after having coached the Baltimore Colts for seven. All three were winning NFL games before Mike Shanahan, the Los Angeles Raider coach, got his learner's permit. One hundred ninety-seven NFL head coaches have come and gone since Landry was hired. Maybe the story isn't how these guys finally let things slip, but how in creation they kept it together so long.
