Don Shula through the years: NFL's winningest coach dead at 90
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Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula played six years in the NFL, finishing his career in 1957 with the Washington Redskins. (Nate Fine/Getty Images)
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula and Howard Schnellenberger were assistants on Blanton Collier's staff at Kentucky in 1959. (Associated Press)
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula, as an assitant with the Detroit Lions reads the riot act to Jim Steffen for missing a block against the Los Angeles Rams in 1961. (Associated Press)
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula meets with reporters after being named coach of the Baltimore Colts in 1963. (Associated Press )
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula was carried off the field after the Colts win the NFL's Western Division in 1964. The Colts would lose the NFL title to the Cleveland Browns. (Associated Press )
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years. Guess who lost? Don Shula glumly walks off the field after shaking hands with Green Bay coach Vince Lombardi in 1965. (Associated Press)
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula and quarterback Johnny Unitas (19) coexisted but never got along. (Associated Press)
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula shows his daughters Donna, left, and Sharon the finer points of football during the mid-1960s. (Associated Press )
Don Shula at 90: The NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula meets with New York Jets coach Weeb Ewbank. left, before Super Bowl III in Miami. Shula replaced Ewbank as Baltimore's coach, but suffered a stunning defeat at the Orange Bowl in January 1969. (Focus On Sport/Getty Images)
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula makes a point to an official during a 1972 game. (Associated Press )
Don Shula at 90: The NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula is flanked by his parents, Dan and Mary, in 1974. (Harry Cabluck/Associated Press)
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula directs the Miami Dolphins to a 24-7 victory against the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl VIII at Houston's Rice Stadium. (Associated Press )
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula stands atop a toll booth the day an expressway in Miami was named for him in 1983. (Kathy Willems/Associated Press)
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula waves to the crowd at the Orange Bowl after the Miami Dolphins beat Pittsburgh to clinch a berth in Super Bowl XIX -- Shula's sixth trip to the NFL's biggest game. (Mark Foley/Associated Press )
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula confers with quarterback Dan Marino during Super Bowl XIX in Palo Alto, California. (Associated Press)
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula is carried off the field after notching career victory No. 325, making him the all-time winningest coach in NFL history. Miami beat the Eagles in Philadelphia, 19-14, in 1993. (George Ardman/Associated Press )
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame, flanked by his sons, David, left, and Mike, in 1997 in Canton, Ohio. (Mark Duncan/Associated Press)
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula enjoys a laugh on the occasion of his 80th birthday in January 2010. (jeffrey M. Boan/Associated Press )
Don Shula at 90: NFL winningest coach through the years Don Shula holds an autographed 'Undefeated 72' Miami Dolphins jersey with President Barack Obama at the White House in 2013. Former quarterback Bob Griese, left, is also holding the jersey. (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press)
Don Shula at 90: NFL's winningest coach through the years Don Shula relaxes in a golf cart before the Dolphins face New England in December 2018. (Wildredo Lee/Associated Press)
Don Shula: At 90, NFL’s winningest coach still casts a long shadow Former Dolphins coach Don Shula greets his players during Miami's season finale last month. (Brynn Anderson/Associated Press)