{"id":1924,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1924","headline":"Belichick again a coach finalist for Hall of Fame, falls short for 2026","dek":"Bill Belichick joins Tom Coughlin, Mike Holmgren, Dan Reeves and Mike Shanahan as the five coach candidates for the 2027 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.","body":"Bill Belichick did not get the votes needed to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2026 class, but he is already back in the mix for 2027. He is one of five coaches still in the selection process for the next class, alongside Tom Coughlin, Mike Holmgren, Dan Reeves and Mike Shanahan.\n\nThe group represents a stretch of NFL coaching history that includes multiple Super Bowl winners and two men closely tied to the Broncos. Reeves and Shanahan both built their reputations in Denver before moving on to other stops, and their inclusion together highlights how much of that franchise's success is wrapped up in this ballot.\n\nBelichick's case is obvious on paper given his championship record, but the Hall's coach category tends to move slowly, with only a handful of finalists reaching enshrinement each cycle. For now, he remains a candidate rather than an inductee, with Coughlin, Holmgren, Reeves and Shanahan all competing for the same limited space.\n\nThe Hall of Fame has not yet named which, if any, of these five will advance further toward the Class of 2027.","published_at":"2026-11-05T22:49:59.635323+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Bill Belichick, Tom Coughlin among five coaches to advance in Hall of Fame selection process","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bill-belichick-tom-coughlin-among-five-coaches-to-advance-in-hall-of-fame-selection-process"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Belichick again among 5 coaching candidates for Pro Football Hall of Fame","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50390130/bill-belichick-5-coaching-candidates-hall-fame"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"2 Broncos greats among coach nominees for 2027 Pro Football Hall of Fame class","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/2-broncos-greats-among-coach-172449426.html"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Bill Belichick again is among five coaching candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bill-belichick-again-among-five-170120633.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Tom Coughlin advances in Pro Football Hall of Fame process for 2027 class","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/tom-coughlin-advances-pro-football-183042620.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Bill Belichick headlines Hall of Fame coach finalists with Mike Holmgren, Mike Shanahan","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7756711/2026/11/05/bill-belichick-hall-of-fame-coach-finalists/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Bill Belichick again is among five coaching candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bill-belichick-again-among-five-191721009.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Jaguars legend Tom Coughlin among five Hall of Fame coaching nominees","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/jaguars-legend-tom-coughlin-among-191816283.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Bill Belichick again nominated for Pro Football Hall of Fame after controversial 2026 omission","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bill-belichick-again-nominated-pro-194818720.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Bill Belichick, snubbed from Pro Football Hall of Fame last year, among 5 coach nominees advancing in candidacy for 2027 class","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/bill-belichick-snubbed-from-pro-football-hall-of-fame-last-year-among-5-coach-nominees-advancing-in-candidacy-for-2027-class-195913811.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Bill Belichick nominated for Pro Football Hall of Fame 2027 class after first-ballot snub","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bill-belichick-nominated-pro-football-210952745.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Patriots Legend Bill Belichick Gets Hall of Fame Update After Snub","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/patriots-legend-bill-belichick-gets-223925209.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ac1ef2f/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F718%2F563%2Fnbc_pft_wk9draft_261105.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. 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