Editing Dan Reeves (section)

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1944–2022)}}
{{About|the National Football League player and coach|the NFL owner|Dan Reeves (American football executive)|other people}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name               = Dan Reeves
| image              = Dan Reeves.JPG
| alt                =
| caption            = Reeves in 2014
| number             = 30
| position           = [[Running back]]
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1944|1|19}}
| birth_place        = [[Rome, Georgia]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2022|1|1|1944|1|19}}
| death_place        = [[Atlanta]], Georgia, U.S.
| height_ft          = 6
| height_in          = 2
| weight_lbs         = 200
| high_school        = [[Americus High School|Americus]] ([[Americus, Georgia]])
| college            = [[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]]
| undraftedyear      = 1965
| pastteams          = * [[Dallas Cowboys]] ({{NFL Year|1965}}–{{NFL Year|1972}})
| pastcoaching       = * [[Dallas Cowboys]] ({{NFL Year|1970}}–{{NFL Year|1980}})<br />Offensive coordinator & running backs coach
* [[Denver Broncos]] ({{NFL Year|1981}}–{{NFL Year|1992}})<br /> Head coach
* [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|1993}}–{{NFL Year|1996}})<br /> Head coach
* [[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|1997}}–{{NFL Year|2003}})<br /> Head coach
| highlights         = ; As player
* [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl VI|VI]])
* 2× Second-team All-[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] ([[1962 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team|1962]], [[1964 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team|1964]])
; As assistant coach
* Super Bowl champion ([[Super Bowl XII|XII]])
; As head coach
* 2× [[AP NFL Coach of the Year]] ([[1993 New York Giants season|1993]], [[1998 Atlanta Falcons season|1998]])
* 2x [[NFL Coach of the Year Award#The Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year|''The Sporting News'' NFL Coach of Year]] (1993, 1998)
* 3× [[NFL Coach of the Year Award#Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year|''Pro Football Weekly'' NFL Coach of Year]] (1984, 1993, 1998)
* 3x [[List of NFL Coach of the Year awards#UPI National Football League Coach of the Year|UPI Coach of the Year]]{{efn|2x for the AFC (1989, 1991) and 1x for the NFC (1993)}}
* 5× [[101 Awards#Coach of the Year awards|101 Awards Coach of the Year]]{{efn|3x for the AFC (1984, 1989, 1991) and 2x for the NFC (1993, 1998)}}
* [[NFL Coach of the Year Award#Greasy Neale Award (Maxwell Football Club)|Greasy Neale Award]] (1993)
* [[George Halas Award]] (1999)
* [[Denver Broncos Ring of Fame]]
| pfr                = ReevDa00
| statlabel1         = Rushing yards
| statvalue1         = 1,990
| statlabel2         = Yards per carry
| statvalue2         = 3.7
| statlabel3         = Rushing touchdowns
| statvalue3         = 25
| statlabel4         = Receptions
| statvalue4         = 129
| statlabel5         = Receiving yards
| statvalue5         = 1,693
| statlabel6         = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue6         = 17
| coachregrecord     = {{Winning percentage|190|165|2|record=y}}
| coachplayoffrecord = {{Winning percentage|11|9|record=y}}
| coachrecord        = {{Winning percentage|201|174|2|record=y}}
| pfrcoach           = ReevDa0 
}}

'''Daniel Edward Reeves''' (January 19, 1944 – January 1, 2022) was an American professional [[American football|football]] [[running back]] and coach in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). During his 38 years in the NFL, Reeves participated in nine [[Super Bowl]]s, the third most for an individual. He was a head coach for 23 seasons, a position he held with the [[Denver Broncos]] from 1981 to 1992, the [[New York Giants]] from 1993 to 1996, and the [[Atlanta Falcons]] from 1997 to 2003. As a player, he spent his eight-season career with the [[Dallas Cowboys]], who signed him as an [[undrafted free agent]] out of [[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]] in 1965.

Reeves played his [[college football]] for the South Carolina Gamecocks. He made his first two Super Bowl appearances during his playing career, winning one in [[Super Bowl VI]]. He began his coaching career in 1972 as an assistant for Cowboys, where he made three championship appearances and was part of the staff that won [[Super Bowl XII]]. As the head coach of the Broncos for twelve seasons, Reeves led the team to three championship appearances in [[Super Bowl XXI]], [[Super Bowl XXII]], and [[Super Bowl XXIV]], each of which ended in defeat. Following four seasons as the head coach of the Giants, Reeves served as the Falcons' head coach for seven seasons. His most successful season with the Falcons was in 1998, when he led the franchise to their championship debut in [[Super Bowl XXXIII]], in which he was defeated by his former team, the Broncos. He won the [[Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year Award]] for the second time after the season, the ninth coach to win the award on multiple occasions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Banks |first=Don |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2016/01/26/super-bowl-coaches-dick-vermeil-mike-holmgren-bill-parcells-john-fox-don-shula-dan-reeves |title=The six coaches who have led two different teams to Super Bowl - Sports Illustrated |publisher=Si.com |date=January 25, 2016 |accessdate=January 1, 2022}}</ref> For his accomplishments in Denver, Reeves was inducted to the [[Broncos Ring of Fame]] in 2014.

One of only thirteen NFL head coaches to [[List of National Football League head coaches with 200 wins|win 200 career games]], Reeves has the most playoff wins (eleven, tied with [[Marv Levy]]) and Super Bowl appearances (four, tied with Levy and [[Bud Grant]]) among NFL head coaches to not win a championship. He is also tied with [[Jeff Fisher]] & [[Bill Belichick]] for the most regular season losses in NFL history at 165, but has the second-most total losses at 174, behind Belichick at 178.  Reeves and [[Marty Schottenheimer]] are the only eligible NFL head coaches with 200 career wins that have not been inducted into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]].