When the New England Patriots take the field against the Tennessee Titans on Saturday night, head coach Bill Belichick will set an NFL record by coaching his 37th career postseason game.
Per Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk, Belichick (26-10) is currently tied with two other legendary head coaches in the Miami Dolphins' Don Shula (19-17) and the Dallas Cowboys' Tom Landry (20-16) for the most games coached in NFL playoff history. He already has six more postseason victories than the next closest coach, which you can see above is Landry.
Smith also noted that Belichick is the first coach in NFL history to take home at least one postseason win in six consecutive seasons, and he can add on to that streak to seven with a win over the Titans on Saturday.
Belichick's Patriots and the 1991-96 Cowboys are the only two teams to collect victories in six consecutive postseasons. The only difference? The Cowboys accomplished the feat with a pair of head coaches in Jimmy Johnson from 1991-93 and Barry Switzer from 1994-96, whereas New England has done it with just Belichick.
If Belichick leads the Patriots to their sixth Super Bowl title next month, the team will have 35 career postseason victories, which will be second all-time only to the Pittsburgh Steelers' 36 playoff wins (which will be 37 if they beat the Jaguars on Sunday).
For every contest Belichick wins in the playoffs from now until he eventually decides to retire, he is simply adding to his own legendary coaching career as the winningest playoff coach in the history of the league.
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