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New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick on the sidelines in 2023. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nSix-time Super Bowl-winning head coach Bill Belichick is among nine coaches still in the running for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The nine semifinalists announced Wednesday are Belichick, Tom Coughlin, Mike Holmgren, Chuck Knox, Buddy Parker, Dan Reeves, Marty Schottenheimer, George Seifert and Mike Shanahan.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Coach Blue-Ribbon Committee initially narrowed the list from 15 nominees to 12 in late October. The committee will meet virtually in mid-November to select one finalist for the Class of 2026, to be enshrined in August in Canton, Ohio.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Coaches previously had to be retired for at least five years before becoming eligible, but the Hall of Fame announced in August 2024 the rule was changed to one year.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Belichick, who parted ways with the New England Patriots in January 2024, was not eligible for the 2025 class because the selection process already had begun.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Only Don Shula (328-156-6) and George Halas (318-148-31) have more regular-season wins in NFL history than Belichick, who was 302-165 in 29 seasons with the Cleveland Browns (1991-95) and Patriots (2000-23). He has the most career playoff wins (31-13 record) in collecting Super Bowl titles with the Patriots in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016 and 2018.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Belichick, 73, currently is the head coach at the University of North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Six of the nine coaches in the semifinals won at least one Super Bowl or NFL title game: Coughlin (2007, 2011), Holmgren (1996), Seifert (1989, 1994), Shanahan (1997, 1998) and Parker (league championships in 1952, 1953).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Holmgren was the finalist for the Class of 2025, Parker in 2020 and 2024, and Reeves in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Voting for modern-era players, seniors and contributors also is taking place, with 20 finalists eventually submitted for the selection committee’s annual meeting in advance of the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The selection committee will vote on 15 modern-era players, three seniors, one coach and one contributor, but no set number is required to be enshrined — only a range of four to eight to be selected.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n