Phil Handler: Worst Coach In NFL History May Have Been One of the Best!

<p>When Football Is Football is part of the <a href="https://sportshistorynetwork.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear</a>.</p><p><strong><u>NETWORK SPONSORS</u></strong></p><p><a href="https://sportshistorynetwork.com/row1/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Row One</a> - the vintage shop for sports history fans!</p><p><strong><u>EPISODE SUMMARY</u></strong></p><p>As you scroll through the list of NFL head coaches and their overall records throughout history, you’ll find his name last.</p><p>Dead last.</p><p>But if you check into his brilliant resume and his coaching accomplishments, you’ll discover that this two-time NFL champion may have been one of the most valuable performers in his chosen profession.</p><p>His name was Phil Handler and his coaching regimes included some awful head coaching stints balanced by some key unsung assistant roles that helped two different clubs claim NFL championships. In other words, his pertinent value was not always splashed among the headlines of the sports pages, but rather deep in the strategy rooms of the NFL.</p><p>Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this <a href="https://sportshistorynetwork.com/football/nfl/phil-handler" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">episode here</a>.</p><p><strong><u>WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND</u></strong></p><p>Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFL’s two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinals’ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! It’s NFL history—with a twist!. See