Vincent Lombardi is a legendary football figure, best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers. The National Football League's Super Bowl trophy is named in his honor. Lombardi played American football at St. Francis Preparatory School, and later Fordham University. He began coaching as an assistant and later head coach at St. Cecilia, a Catholic high school in Englewood, New Jersey. He would later coach at Fordham and the U.S. Military Academy. His NFL coaching debut was as an offensive coordinator for the New York Giants, helping them win the NFL Championship Game. Lombardi was the head coach of the Green Bay Packers, winning five league championships during his nine years. Following a one-year retirement from coaching, he returned as head coach of the Washington Redskins for the season. Lombardi's record in the post-season was 9–1, the loss coming in the first of those games, the NFL Championship Game.
