Two-time Super Bowl-winning coaches Tom Coughlin, Mike Shanahan and George Seifert are among the coaching candidates being considered for the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.

Another Super Bowl winner, Mike Holmgren, also became eligible Thursday when the Hall’s nine-member Blue Ribbon Committee for Coaches narrowed the list of candidates to 12.

The committee will narrow the list to nine semi-finalists in the coming weeks, before selecting one finalist early next year to be presented to the Hall’s full selection committee for consideration.

One coaching candidate is grouped with a contributor and three senior candidates. Between one and three of these five finalists will reach the Hall based on obtaining at least 80% of the votes of the full committee.

Coughlin, Shanahan and Seifert are among 14 coaches to win multiple Super Bowls. Nine of those coaches are already in the room, with Bill Belichick and Andy Reid not yet eligible.

Coughlin coached the Jaguars and Giants for 20 years. He led the Jaguars to the AFC title game in their second season as a franchise and back again in the 1999 season. But his greatest success came after he took over the Giants in 2004.

He led the franchise to a Super Bowl title in the 2007 season, when New York upset the undefeated Patriots and defeated Belichick, Tom Brady and New England again four years later. Coughlin finished with a 170-150 regular season record.

Seifert helped the 49ers win two titles as defensive coordinator under Bill Walsh and then two more as head coach after taking over for Walsh in 1989.

He won at least 10 games in all eight seasons in charge of the 49ers, with his record of 98–30 (.766) the best for any coach on a single team with at least 100 games. But he was unable to duplicate that success in three seasons with the Panthers, going 16-32.

Shanahan was the offensive coordinator under Seifert on San Francisco’s 1994 championship team and then won back-to-back titles as head coach with the Broncos in 1997-98. Shanahan finished with a 170-138 record for the Raiders, Broncos and Washington and his impact on the game continues to be strong thanks to his disciples, including his son Kyle, who coaches San Francisco.

Four other current NFL head coaches worked under Shanahan in Washington – Sean McVay, Mike McDaniel, Matt LaFleur and Raheem Morris – and the offensive system he brought to the league, which aligned the outside zone run with the passing game, is still becoming the most common in the competition today.

Holmgren preceded Shanahan as offensive coordinator in San Francisco and also had a major impact on future coaches, with Reid and Jon Gruden going on to win Super Bowls after working under Holmgren with the Packers. Holmgren had a 161-111 record for the Packers and Seahawks, winning the title in 1996. He also reached the Super Bowl the following season in Green Bay and then again in the 2005 season in Seattle.

Among the other candidates are former Oilers, Titans and Rams coach Jeff Fisher; Chuck Knox, who won Coach of the Year awards with the Rams, Bills and Seahawks; Dan Reeves, who went to four Super Bowls with Denver and the Falcons; and Marty Schottenheimer, who won 200 regular-season games and made the playoffs 13 times in 20 full seasons as a head coach with the Browns, Chiefs, Washington and the Chargers.

The candidate list also includes several coaches known more for their work as assistants: Bill Arnsparger, the defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins’ perfect team in 1972 and Super Bowl winner the following season; Richie Petitbon, who called for the defense of three Super Bowl champions in Washington; and longtime offensive line coach Alex Gibbs, who helped Denver win two titles in the 1990s and popularized the zone blocking scheme.

The final candidate is the innovative Clark Shaughnessy, considered the “father of the T-formation” and a three-receiver set during his long career, including a stint as an advisor to Bears coach George Halas before a title game victory of 73-0. Washington in 1940, two years as head coach of the Rams and a stint as defensive coordinator for Halas in Chicago.