His overall winning percentage, including playoff games, ranks second in league history. Madden never had a losing season as a head coach. Madden is still the coach with the most wins in Raiders history. Madden retired after the 1978 season when the Raiders failed to make the playoffs.Īmong Madden’s accomplishments as a head coach were winning a Super Bowl, and becoming the youngest coach to reach 100 career regular-season victories, a record he compiled in only ten full seasons of coaching at the age of 42. The Raiders lost the AFC Championship Game in 1977 to the Denver Broncos. In 1977, Madden’s Raiders finally captured their first Super Bowl with a convincing 32–14 win over the Minnesota Vikings. The second round of the playoffs, they defeated the Steelers for the AFC Championship. In 1976, the Raiders went 13–1 in the regular season and escaped the first round of the playoffs with a dramatic and controversial victory over the New England Patriots. While at SDSU, Madden coached under Don Coryell, whom Madden credits as being an influence on his coaching and who he feels will one day be included in the Hall of Fame.

He ended up with a degree in teaching and his love for football meshed up even more with teaching.

His father, an auto mechanic, moved the Madden family to Daly City, California, a town just south of San Francisco, when John was young.Īfter Madden got hurt in his rookie year with the Philadelphia Eagles he would be watching films about football and teaching. Madden is the son of Earl Russell Madden and Mary Margaret. John Earl Madden was born on the 10th of April, 1936, in Austin, Minnesota. Madden won a Super Bowl as head coach of the Oakland Raiders, and after retiring from coaching became a well-known color commentator for NFL telecasts. John Earl Madden is a former American football coach and sportscaster from Austin, Minnesota. What is John Madden’s net worth? Net Worth:Īs of 2022, John Madden’s net worth is estimated to be $200 million.

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