{"id":84815,"date":"2026-04-26T23:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/3-time-super-bowl-champ-former-arkansas-pine-bluff-coach-monte-coleman-dies\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T23:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:17:13","slug":"3-time-super-bowl-champ-former-arkansas-pine-bluff-coach-monte-coleman-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/3-time-super-bowl-champ-former-arkansas-pine-bluff-coach-monte-coleman-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"3-time Super Bowl Champ, former Arkansas-Pine Bluff coach Monte Coleman dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Monte Coleman, a three-time Super Bowl champion and long-time Arkansas-Pine Bluff coach, has died at 68, the school announced Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Coleman coached the Golden Lions to a SWAC Championship in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoach Coleman represented everything we strive for at UAPB excellence, integrity, and a relentless commitment to developing our student-athletes,\u201d said UAPB Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics\u00a0Chris Robinson in a news release. \u201cHis legacy is not only written in championships and honors, but in the lives he changed every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the coaching, Coleman, a Pine Bluff, Ark. native, played 16 NFL seasons, all with Washington, and won Super Bowls in 1982, 1987, and 1991. He tallied 1,002 total tackles, 49.5 sacks, 17 interceptions and 13 forced fumbles during his career. He was inducted into the franchise\u2019s Ring of Fame in 2015.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We mourn the loss of one of the greatest to ever suit up in the Burgundy &amp; Gold, Monte Coleman<\/p>\n<p>Our heartfelt condolences are with his loved ones <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m5F1rT0mKG\">pic.twitter.com\/m5F1rT0mKG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Commanders (@Commanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Commanders\/status\/2048525942826348767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMonte Coleman was one of the greatest players in Washington history,\u201d Commanders managing partner Josh Harris said in a statement. \u201cHe was one of the pillars of our championship defenses having played for all three Super Bowl-winning teams. His durability and leadership set the standard for what it meant to suit up for the Burgundy &amp; Gold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coleman was selected by Washington in the 11th round of the 1979 NFL Draft out of Central Arkansas. He arrived at Central Arkansas as a walk on and became the first player to be drafted. He spent his first three seasons with the Bears as a safety before switching to linebacker and still ranks second all time in the program history with 21 interceptions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monte Coleman, a three-time Super Bowl champion and long-time Arkansas-Pine Bluff coach, has died at 68, the school announced Sunday. Coleman coached the Golden Lions to a SWAC Championship in 2012. \u201cCoach Coleman represented everything we strive for at UAPB excellence, integrity, and a relentless commitment to developing our student-athletes,\u201d said UAPB Vice Chancellor and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-transfers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-290547-1-e1777242758621.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}