Bill Belichick again is among five coaching candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Bill Belichick again is among five coaching candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Key points

• Tom Coughlin, Mike Holmgren, Dan Reeves and Mike Shanahan join Belichick in the Coach category for feasible election into the Hall's Class of 2027.
• The list was confirmed Thursday by the Canton, Ohio-based Pro Football Hall of Fame.
• Members of the Hall's coaching subcommittee created their selections from an original field of 14 nominees.
• If he's not a first-ballot Hall of Famer, there's really no coach that should ever be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.

Notably, the list was confirmed Thursday by the Canton, Ohio-based Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Members of the Hall's coaching subcommittee created their selections from an original field of 14 nominees. The subcommittee will select one candidate to be considered when the Hall's selection committee determines a new class of enshrinees in early 2027.

All five reached this stage last year when Belichick advanced in the process but the six-time Super Bowl champion head coach was not elected in his first year of eligibility. Belichick's snub was criticized intensely around the NFL.

"If he's not a first-ballot Hall of Famer, there's really no coach that should ever be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. It is completely ridiculous since residents deserve it. He's incredible, " Tom Brady remarked.

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