George Seifert attended high school across the street from Kesar Stadium, the first home of the team with which he would win five Super Bowls. The gifted defensive strategist spent the first 16 years of his coaching career at the collegiate level, including two stops at Stanford University. In 1980, Seifert was hired by 49ers head coach Bill Walsh (SJSHOF ’98) and helped devise the defensive schemes that produced three Super Bowl victories in a decade (XVI, XIX and XXIII).

Named to the top job in 1989, Seifert became the second rookie NFL head coach to win a championship when the Niners beat the Denver Broncos, 55-10, in Super Bowl XXIV. He won his second title as head coach – and fifth overall – at Super Bowl XXIX. Today, Seifert ranks first in 49er history in wins (98), playoff victories (10) and winning percentage (.766).

George Seifert was inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame in 2021.