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4-Time Super Bowl-Winning Coach Has Tragically Died

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This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.

Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Vince Lombardi Trophy. Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

The NFL mourns the loss of Sherman Lewis, a legendary coach who spent over two decades working in the league. The coach passed away on Friday at the age of 83. He left a huge mark on Michigan State before embarking on a fruitful coaching career in the NFL.

The Spartans announced the bad news with a statement remembering how impactful Lewis was for them.

“We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Sherman Lewis. Lewis, a first-team All-American in 1963, served as an assistant coach at MSU before a decorated NFL coaching career that included four Super Bowl titles. We send our deepest condolences to the Lewis family,” they said in a statement.

Cowboys Insider Says Racism Prevented Sherman Lewis From Getting NFL Head-Coaching Job

Sherman Lewis.
Sherman Lewis. Credit: Geoff Burke-US PRESSWIRE

As tributes poured for Lewis, Dallas Cowboys reporter Clarence Hill Jr. found his own way to celebrate the late coach. He said Lewis should have gotten a head-coaching job if it weren’t for racism.

“So sad. Sherm was supposed to get a head coaching job, but racism and rumors got Sherm. He didn’t call plays. No coach under holmgren called plays yet they got jobs. Just like Eric Bieniemy. The previous OCs under Andy Reid didn’t call plays but got jobs but it was used against EB. RIP Sherm,” Hill wrote.

Lewis played for the Spartans from 1960 through 1963, finishing third in the 1963 Heisman Trophy voting. He also earned All-Big Ten selections three times while becoming a consensus All-American in 1963.

He won three Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers and one with the Green Bay Packers.

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