GREEN BAY – On Thursday, the Pro Football Hall Fame announced former Packers head coach Mike Holmgren has advanced to the next stage of the selection process for the Class of 2025.
One coach will be selected as a finalist for enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2025.
The Hall's nine-member Coach Blue-Ribbon Committee narrowed its original list of 14 nominees to Holmgren, Bill Arnsparger, Tom Coughlin, Jeff Fisher, Alex Gibbs, Mike Holmgren, Chuck Knox, Richie Petitbon, Dan Reeves, Marty Schottenheimer, George Seifert, Mike Shanahan and Clark Shaughnessy.
Each Blue-Ribbon Committee member will cast an additional ballot later this month to reduce the list to nine semifinalists, with those results announced in about two weeks.
Holmgren served as the Packers' head coach from 1992-98 before leading the Green Bay Packers from 1992-98 and the Seattle Seahawks from 1999-2008. He won Super Bowl XXXI with the Packers and appeared in another as Seattle's head coach.
Over Holmgren's seven years in Green Bay, he led the Packers to their first Super Bowl title in 29 years; compiled a .670 winning percentage in the regular-season, a figure topped only by Vince Lombardi; and finished on the plus side of .500 every year, something the Packers had done only four times over their previous 24 years.
