The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2020 Centennial Slate Finalists on Thursday, and two former Seattle Seahawks coaches made the cut.
Mike Holmgren and Tom Flores were among the eight coaches named finalists. Only two of those eight will be elected into the Hall of Fame however, and the Blue Ribbon Panel will determine the inductees sometime in January.
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Holmgren was an NFL head coach for 17 seasons, seven with the Packers and the final 10 with the Seahawks from 1999 to 2008.
He posted a 161-111 record and coached in 24 playoff games, going 13-11 and appearing in three Super Bowls, winning one with the Packers in 1996 and leading Seattle to their first ever appearance in 2006.
Flores coached in the NFL for 12 seasons, his final three in Seattle. He didn’t have a lot of success in the Emerald City, going just 14-34 from 1992-1994, but he won two Super Bowls while coaching the Raiders in the 1980’s.
14-year head coach Don Coryell is on the ballot as well. While he never worked with the Seahawks, he is a native of Seattle and attended school at the University of Washington.
Flores and Holmgren join three former Seahawks’ players as Hall of Fame eligible this year – Edgerrin James, Steve Hutchinson and Ricky Watters – who are all on the modern era committee list.
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