Earle "Greasy" Neale Award

The Earle "Greasy" Neale Award is presented by the Maxwell Football Clubto the NFL head coach who has done the most outstanding job of working with the talent he has it his disposal, making it a variation of the NFL Coach of the Year Award.

NOTES: Bold entries denote coaches who went on to become members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame; Year fields link to the NFL season in review page, winner's names link to the player's page and team name links to the official roster for the year in which the player won the Earle Greasy Neale Award.

"What Andy Reid has done is remarkable, especially in light of the salary cap and free agency and the inability to maintain continuity. What I like most about him is he's level headed. It doesn't concern him who gets the credit. He's not concerned with puffery. His teams are sound fundamentally, and most important, he picked a great coaching staff for them. I admire the man." - Hall of Fame Coach Marv Levy on PhiladelphiaEagles.com (link)

Earle "Greasy" Neale Award Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of the Year Award on Football Almanac
Year	Winner^(Quantity)	Team / Roster^{(Franchise Quantity)}
1989	Chuck Noll⁽¹⁾	1989 Pittsburgh Steelers⁽¹⁾
1990	Art Shell⁽¹⁾	1990 Los Angeles Raiders⁽¹⁾
1991	Wayne Fontes⁽¹⁾	1991 Detroit Lions⁽¹⁾
1992	Bobby Ross⁽¹⁾	1992 San Diego Chargers⁽¹⁾
1993	Dan Reeves⁽¹⁾	1993 New York Giants⁽¹⁾
1994	Bill Parcells⁽¹⁾	1994 New England Patriots⁽¹⁾
1995	Ray Rhodes⁽¹⁾	1995 Philadelphia Eagles⁽¹⁾
1996	Dom Capers⁽¹⁾	1996 Carolina Panthers⁽¹⁾
1997	Tony Dungy⁽¹⁾	1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers⁽¹⁾
1998	Dennis Green⁽¹⁾	1998 Minnesota Vikings⁽¹⁾
1999	Dick Vermeil⁽¹⁾	1999 St. Louis Rams⁽¹⁾
2000	Andy Reid⁽¹⁾	2000 Philadelphia Eagles⁽²⁾
2001	Dick Jauron⁽¹⁾	2001 Chicago Bears⁽¹⁾
2002	Andy Reid⁽²⁾	2002 Philadelphia Eagles⁽³⁾
2003	Dick Vermeil⁽²⁾	2003 Kansas City Chiefs⁽¹⁾
2004	Marty Schottenheimer⁽¹⁾	2004 San Diego Chargers⁽²⁾
2005	Tony Dungy⁽²⁾	2005 Indianapolis Colts⁽¹⁾
2006	Sean Payton⁽¹⁾	2006 New Orleans Saints⁽¹⁾
2007	Bill Belichick⁽²⁾	2007 New England Patriots⁽²⁾
2008	Jeff Fisher⁽¹⁾	2008 Tennesse Titans⁽¹⁾
2009	Sean Payton⁽²⁾	2009 New Orleans Saints⁽²⁾
2010	Not Yet Announced^(01-2011)	--
Year	Winner^(Quantity)	Team / Roster^{(Franchise Quantity)}
Earle "Greasy" Neale Award on Football Almanac

Did you know that on the chart above, if the name is a link, they Earle Greasy Neale recipient was a former player in the National Football League (those without links did not play in the NFL)?

A breakdown of other official NFL Coach of the Year awards: The UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1955-1997), the AP NFL Coach of the Year (1989-Today), the Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year (1947-2006), and the Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year (1968-Today).

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