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11. John Madden (1969-1978) has the highest regular-season winning percentage (.759) of any coach with 100-plus victories along with a championship ring from Super Bowl XI with the Raiders. After retiring from coaching became a well-known color commentator for NFL telecasts. In 2006, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his coaching career. He is also widely known for the long-running Madden NFL video game series he has endorsed and fronted since 1988. Madden worked as a color analyst for all four major networks: CBS (1979–1993), Fox (1994–2001), ABC (2002–2005), and NBC (2006–2009)

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“There’s no place that I would rather be today on Thanksgiving than right here, right now, at a football game," Madden said at the Bears-Lions Thanksgiving game in 1997.

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Madden said the first time he watched Guy punt in practice for the Raiders, he knew the team had something special.

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