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George Seifert
George Gerald Seifert (born January 22, 1940) is an American former football coach. He served as the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers and the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). Seifert owned the second-greatest winning percentage in NFL history by a head coach at the time of his resignation as the 49ers head coach, second to Guy Chamberlin. Among coaches with at least 100 wins, his winning percentage is fifth best in football history.
Seifert was born and raised in San Francisco. He ushered at 49ers home games at Kezar Stadium while he attended San Francisco Polytechnic High School across the street. Seifert planned to attend the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo but a few days before being scheduled to attend classes in August 1958, he was offered a scholarship at the University of Utah. He played guard and linebacker for the Utes.
He served as graduate assistant at his alma mater for a year before being hired as head coach of Westminster College in Salt Lake City at age 25, where he led the Parsons to a 3–3 record.
After working as an assistant at the University of Iowa, the University of Oregon, and Stanford University, Seifert was hired as head coach at Cornell University, then fired in November 1976 after going 3–15 (.167) in two seasons. He then returned to Stanford in 1977, where he met Bill Walsh. When Walsh moved to the 49ers in 1979, Seifert joined his coaching staff the following year as the team's defensive backs coach. Seifert was promoted to defensive coordinator in 1983.
As a 49er assistant, Seifert defenses finished in the top ten in fewest points allowed in each of his six seasons in that capacity: fourth in 1983, first in 1984, second in 1985, third in 1986 and 1987, and eighth in 1988. His final two defenses, 1987 and 1988, finished first and third in fewest yards allowed, respectively.
On Seifert's 49th birthday, the 49ers won Super Bowl XXIII. Four days later, on January 26, 1989, Seifert was promoted to succeed Walsh as 49ers head coach as Walsh moved to the front office; owner Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. wanted a "name coach" but Walsh's push for Seifert won out, which happened as the Cleveland Browns wanted to interview Seifert for the job. He would soon be characterized as a coach with intense focus and superstition, whether that involved bluntness or not walking across the 49ers helmet spraypainted on the practice turf. Seifert coached his first game as a head coach against the Indianapolis Colts and saw a 30–24 victory that got the ball rolling for a dominant season. Bolstered by an MVP season from Joe Montana to go with a highly ranked defense, the 49ers went 14–2 (losing those two games by a combined total of five points) to clinch the #1 seed in the playoffs. They defeated their opponents in the Divisional Round and NFC championship to reach Super Bowl XXIV. They beat the Denver Broncos 55–10, the worst defeat for a team in Super Bowl history; that Niners team is considered one of the best ever. Seifert was the first rookie head coach to win the Super Bowl since Don McCafferty in Super Bowl V.
The 1990 team tried to return to the Super Bowl for a possible "three-peat", which started with ten straight wins to start the season. They finished with a record of 14–2, handily above the second seed New York Giants. The two teams would meet in the NFC Championship at Candlestick Park for a highly contested defensive affair; the teams were tied 6–6 at halftime. Montana was knocked out of the game on a rough hit while trying to preserve a 13–9 lead in which New York did not score a touchdown, but a late Roger Craig fumble got the Giants another chance and they drove down the field to kick a game-winning field goal and end the 49ers season; it was only the second postseason loss at home since 1981. As it would turn out, it was the last postseason game for Montana and Craig as 49ers, as an elbow injury knocked Montana out of 1991 and most of 1992 and Craig left in free agency. Steve Young went on to become the starting quarterback for the Niners, with Montana getting traded in 1993.
The 1991 season saw the departure of Craig and Ronnie Lott. The 49ers lost four of their first six games. A narrow 10–3 loss to the New Orleans Saints had the team at 4–6. From that point, the 49ers won the last six games in a row, but in the last game of the year, they did not control their playoff hopes. Atlanta held the tiebreaker with their two wins over San Francisco to sneak in as the sixth seed, while New Orleans had 11 wins to win the division. San Francisco missed the playoffs for the first time since 1982.
George Seifert
George Gerald Seifert (born January 22, 1940) is an American former football coach. He served as the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers and the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). Seifert owned the second-greatest winning percentage in NFL history by a head coach at the time of his resignation as the 49ers head coach, second to Guy Chamberlin. Among coaches with at least 100 wins, his winning percentage is fifth best in football history.
Seifert was born and raised in San Francisco. He ushered at 49ers home games at Kezar Stadium while he attended San Francisco Polytechnic High School across the street. Seifert planned to attend the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo but a few days before being scheduled to attend classes in August 1958, he was offered a scholarship at the University of Utah. He played guard and linebacker for the Utes.
He served as graduate assistant at his alma mater for a year before being hired as head coach of Westminster College in Salt Lake City at age 25, where he led the Parsons to a 3–3 record.
After working as an assistant at the University of Iowa, the University of Oregon, and Stanford University, Seifert was hired as head coach at Cornell University, then fired in November 1976 after going 3–15 (.167) in two seasons. He then returned to Stanford in 1977, where he met Bill Walsh. When Walsh moved to the 49ers in 1979, Seifert joined his coaching staff the following year as the team's defensive backs coach. Seifert was promoted to defensive coordinator in 1983.
As a 49er assistant, Seifert defenses finished in the top ten in fewest points allowed in each of his six seasons in that capacity: fourth in 1983, first in 1984, second in 1985, third in 1986 and 1987, and eighth in 1988. His final two defenses, 1987 and 1988, finished first and third in fewest yards allowed, respectively.
On Seifert's 49th birthday, the 49ers won Super Bowl XXIII. Four days later, on January 26, 1989, Seifert was promoted to succeed Walsh as 49ers head coach as Walsh moved to the front office; owner Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. wanted a "name coach" but Walsh's push for Seifert won out, which happened as the Cleveland Browns wanted to interview Seifert for the job. He would soon be characterized as a coach with intense focus and superstition, whether that involved bluntness or not walking across the 49ers helmet spraypainted on the practice turf. Seifert coached his first game as a head coach against the Indianapolis Colts and saw a 30–24 victory that got the ball rolling for a dominant season. Bolstered by an MVP season from Joe Montana to go with a highly ranked defense, the 49ers went 14–2 (losing those two games by a combined total of five points) to clinch the #1 seed in the playoffs. They defeated their opponents in the Divisional Round and NFC championship to reach Super Bowl XXIV. They beat the Denver Broncos 55–10, the worst defeat for a team in Super Bowl history; that Niners team is considered one of the best ever. Seifert was the first rookie head coach to win the Super Bowl since Don McCafferty in Super Bowl V.
The 1990 team tried to return to the Super Bowl for a possible "three-peat", which started with ten straight wins to start the season. They finished with a record of 14–2, handily above the second seed New York Giants. The two teams would meet in the NFC Championship at Candlestick Park for a highly contested defensive affair; the teams were tied 6–6 at halftime. Montana was knocked out of the game on a rough hit while trying to preserve a 13–9 lead in which New York did not score a touchdown, but a late Roger Craig fumble got the Giants another chance and they drove down the field to kick a game-winning field goal and end the 49ers season; it was only the second postseason loss at home since 1981. As it would turn out, it was the last postseason game for Montana and Craig as 49ers, as an elbow injury knocked Montana out of 1991 and most of 1992 and Craig left in free agency. Steve Young went on to become the starting quarterback for the Niners, with Montana getting traded in 1993.
The 1991 season saw the departure of Craig and Ronnie Lott. The 49ers lost four of their first six games. A narrow 10–3 loss to the New Orleans Saints had the team at 4–6. From that point, the 49ers won the last six games in a row, but in the last game of the year, they did not control their playoff hopes. Atlanta held the tiebreaker with their two wins over San Francisco to sneak in as the sixth seed, while New Orleans had 11 wins to win the division. San Francisco missed the playoffs for the first time since 1982.