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The old NFL is basically like the NFC. So I'd say it's more like:
Lombardi ----> Five NFL titles
Lambeau ----> Six NFL titles
Belichick ----> Eight AFC titles
Only counting wins as a head coach. Lombardi was a head coach for far fewer years than the other guys though.
The old NFL was the NFL. The AFL only existed from 1960-1969. To pretend an NFL title was the equivalent of an NFC title is, frankly, stupid. Most years, the only professional football was the NFL. There wasn't another conference or league with other teams and half the best players. If a team won the NFL title, it was called the NFL champion. Why? Because they were.
Also, George Halas won 6 NFL championships after his all-pro career, and pretty much invented football and the NFL.
As for coaching trees, these are part of the Halas tree:
- George Allen
- Ted Marchibroda
- Dick Vermeil
- Marv Levy
I might not pick Halas to coach an NFL team today, but without him, I wouldn't have the option, because there wouldn't be an NFL.