Coughlin, Shanahan among HOF semifinalists

CANTON, Ohio — Two-time Tremendous Bowl-winning coaches Tom Coughlin and Mike Shanahan and staff house owners Robert Kraft and Virginia McCaskey have been among the many 60 semifinalists introduced Wednesday for the 2024 class of the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame.

The Corridor’s 12-person seniors committee trimmed an inventory of eligible participant nominees to 31. Every semifinalist performed his final sport in skilled soccer no later than 1998.

Individually, the Corridor’s 12-person coach/contributor committee diminished the checklist of nominated candidates to 29 semifinalists.

In contrast to in February when cornerback Darrelle Revis and offensive lineman Joe Thomas have been chosen for enshrinement of their first 12 months of eligibility for the Corridor of Fame, not one of the 31 gamers seems to be a lock for induction.

Coughlin coached the New York Giants from 2004 to ’15, main them to Tremendous Bowl victories over the New England Patriots after the 2007 and 2011 seasons.

Shanahan led the Denver Broncos to Tremendous Bowl titles after the 1997 and 1998 seasons. He went 178-144 general with three groups, together with a 46-10 mark from 1996 to ’98, an NFL document for wins in a three-year span.

McCaskey, who turned 100 on Jan. 5, grew to become principal proprietor of the Chicago Bears in 1983 upon the dying of her father, Corridor of Famer George Halas.

Kraft has owned the New England Patriots since 1994. His groups have received six Tremendous Bowls, all of them with coach Invoice Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady.

The respective choice committees now will contemplate the candidates and can vote to find out 12 finalists from every group. The outcomes of these votes might be introduced July 27.

Coach/contributor committee members will meet Aug. 15 to pick out one candidate for closing consideration for the subsequent 12 months’s Corridor of Fame class.

The seniors committee will meet Aug. 22 and will choose as much as three candidates for closing consideration.

Revis, Thomas, Ronde Barber, Chuck Howley, Joe Klecko, Ken Riley, Zach ThomasDeMarcus Ware and Don Coryell might be inducted into the Corridor of Fame on Aug. 3.