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The 49ers came from behind to win the game on Joe Montana's pass completion to Dwight Clark for a touchdown, a play that came to be known simply as The Catch, propelling Walsh to his first appearance in a Super Bowl. Walsh would later write that the 49ers' two wins over the Rams showed a shift of power in their division, while the wins over the Walsh twice served as the 49ers' general manager, and coach George Seifert led San Francisco to two more Super Bowl titles after Walsh left the sideline. Walsh also coached Stanford during two In 1979 Walsh returned to the NFL as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. The team struggled to a 2–14–0 record in his first season but by 1981 had emerged as NFL champions with a victory in Super Bowl XVI. Under Walsh the 49ers also won Super Bowls XIX (1985) and XXIII (1989) and registered a record of 102–63–1. Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh, who won three Super Bowls with the 49ers, dead at 75 1984 and 1988 as Walsh built a consistent winner and became an icon with his inventive offense and thinking Bill Walsh was celebrated as the best NFL coach of the last quarter-century, Yet his first 49er Super Bowl winner had three rookies starting in the secondary, one of them Lott, who became a Walsh developed the “West Coast” offense that quickly turned the 49ers from basement dwellers to Super Bowl winners. In 10 seasons as San Francisco’s head coach, Walsh compiled a 102-63-1 record, led the team to six NFC Western Division titles, and victories in Super Bowls XVI, XIX, and XXIII. Bill Walsh’s HOF Bio>>> Finally, Walsh vindicated himself with a convincing win over the Bengals in the Super Bowl. Under Walsh, the 49ers became the "Team of the 1980s," winning a second Super Bowl in 1984 by demolishing the Miami Dolphins 34–16, and a third in 1989, defeating the Bengals 20–16 with a dramatic last-minute touchdown drive. But Walsh was up to the challenge and in just three years provided the 49ers with their first-ever National Football League championship with a 26-21 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI. It was the first of a great string of successes for Walsh. WALSH1/C/1SEPT99/SP/EL 49er General Manager Bill Walsh with his Super Bowl victory football from 1982. BY ERIC LUSE/THE CHRONICLE Ran on: 07-31-2007 Super hero: Walsh, who won three Super Bowls Bill Walsh, who guided the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl championships and six NFC West division titles in his 10 years as head coach, has died at the age of 75. San Francisco 49ers head coach Bill Walsh holds his head following his team's Super Bowl win over the Cincinnati Bengals at Joe Robbie Stadium, during a post-game press conference in Miami, Fla Bill Walsh, who guided the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl championships and six NFC West division titles in his 10 years as head coach, has died at the age of 75. Just two years before the 49ers first Super Bowl appearance, Bill Walsh rescued a flailing club and breathed life into a downtrodden crew of football misfits. Bill Belichick is doing something only one other Super Bowl-winning coach has ever done.. The six-time Super Bowl winner is set to take over as the head coach at North Carolina.Belichick has spent The 49ers won Super Bowl XIX after a 15-1 season in 1984 and beat the Bengals again in Super Bowl XXIII at the end of the 1989 season. Walsh stepped down as the 49ers’ head coach after that game San Francisco 49ers players carry their coach Bill Walsh off the field after they won the 1985 Doug Williams became the first African American starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl, earning SAN FRANCISCO – Bill Walsh, the groundbreaking football coach who won three Super Bowls and perfected the ingenious schemes that became known as the West Coast offense during a Hall of Fame Bill Walsh, who coached the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl championships in the 1980’s and became one of pro football’s most influential figures, his passing schemes emulated long Walsh retired after Super Bowl XXIII in January 1989, but the 49ers -- coached by his former defensive coordinator George Seifert -- returned to the Super Bowl the following season and won. Bill Walsh, who coached the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl championships in the 1980s and became one of professional football’s most influential figures, devising passing strategies
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