Vermeil won a Super Bowl with the St. Louis Rams and later coached the Kansas City Chiefs. But Philly is home and he’s going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as an Eagle.
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After two more seasons, Vermeil retired from coaching because he was burned out. He spent the next 15 seasons in the broadcast booth. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie tried to convince Vermeil to return to coach Philadelphia in 1995 but they couldn’t reach a contract agreement. The Rams hired him in 1997 and Vermeil helped assemble “The Greatest Show on Turf” teams. Led by first-year starting quarterback Kurt Warner, the Rams beat the Tennessee Titans 23-16 in the Super Bowl following the 1999 season.
“I can’t tell you how many times that I have walked down the street in Philadelphia and had some little, old, gray-haired lady — my hair now — come up and stop me and want to talk to me and tell me how much they enjoyed the job I did and going to the games with their husband or their sons and that kind of stuff,” Vermeil said. “I’m not bragging when I say this, but I had a great feelings for Kansas City and St. Louis. I didn’t get to stay in St.
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