Bill Belichick Proposes Renaming The Lombardi Trophy For Tom Brady

The Super Bowl trophy is named in honor of Vince Lombardi, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Packers to back-to-back wins in the first two Super Bowls.

Bill Belichick, who coached Tom Brady to six of his seven Super Bowl wins, argued that coaches alone don’t win games and proposed renaming the Lombardi trophy after the legendary quarterback.

Now coaching at the University of North Carolina after his decorated tenure with the Patriots, Belichick shared his thoughts on the Let’s Go! podcast this week while speaking with co-host Jim Gray.

He pointed out that players, not coaches, determine success, insisting that it’s impossible to succeed without talent on the field.

“Players win games. You can’t win games without good players. I don’t care who the coach is, it’s impossible. You can’t win without good players. You know, I found that out when I had [Lawrence] Taylor and [Carl] Banks and Harry Carson, Pepper Johnson, Jim Burt, Everson Walls, all those guys at the Giants. And same thing when we got good at Cleveland and then at New England. I mean, it’s [Tom] Brady, it’s [Willie] McGinest, it’s [Mike] Vrabel, it’s [Tedy] Bruschi, it’s Corey Dillon, it’s Randy Moss, Troy Brown, Lawyer Milloy, Ty Law, Rodney Harrison. Those are guys that won the games, man. I didn’t make any tackles. I didn’t make any kicks. That was [Adam] Vinatieri that made that kick in four inches of snow.

“You got to have good players and as a coach, you want to give your players a chance to win,” Belichick added. “You want to put them in a position where if they go out there and play well, they’ll have a chance to win. That’s what Coach [Bill] Parcells taught me, is there’s always a way to win. You just got to figure out what it is, and you have to give the players a chance.”

Gray was quick to note, “They don’t name it the Starr Trophy,”  referencing to Bart Starr, who quarterbacked the Packers to wins in the first two Super Bowls. “It’s named the Lombardi Trophy.”

Belichick countered, “Maybe they should name it the Brady Trophy. He won seven of them.”

Brady led the Patriots to six Super Bowl wins and one more with the Buccaneers. His five Super Bowl MVP awards stand as the most ever by a player.