In the second-floor study of his house in La Costa, with the bright California sunshine fighting to pierce the carefully shaded windows, 79-year-old Sid Gillman is putting together history’s ...

Sid Gillman, the innovative football coach who created the modern passing game and was one of the original proponents of the Super Bowl, died Friday. He was 91. Gillman, whose principles of ...

Countless stories have been written about the early days, certainly many by me, but I thought this time we would take a glance at an often-overlooked part of Broncos-Chargers history, that being the ...

For years, Sid Gillman was a football coach with three passions: pass offense, jazz piano, and his wife, Esther. These might be listed out of order, but in any case, as Esther used to say ...

The run game was king when Sid Gillman began his football career, but he believed in the potential of the pass. Al Davis, the late owner of the Oakland Raiders, once called Gillman "the father of ...

Sid Gillman was unquestionably an innovative football genius and contributed tons to the modern passing game. However, Sam Farmer’s article credits Gillman -- in the mid-1950s -- with ...

1. Sid Gillman If you haven’t heard of Sid Gillman, you should have. He influenced Al Davis, Bill Walsh and, in one way or another, every offensive coach working in the NFL today. FYI -- he’s ...

Both teams could lay claim to Sid Gillman and Paul Dietzel, while you could argue John Harbaugh would be a Bearcat lean since he spent more time at Nippert Stadium than Yager. Miami gets a nod ...

The University of Cincinnati is among several schools whose search for a new head coach could end with a member of Urban Meyer’s staff. Not only has hiring an Ohio State assistant has worked for ...