It had to be tougher than it looked for George Seifert to take over as 49ers head coach from Bill Walsh. After all, Walsh was the primary architect in the 49ers' rise to NFL king of the hill.

George Seifert (49ers, 1989,) and Don McCafferty (Colts, 1970) were the only ones to win it all in their first year as first-time head coaches, but Red Miller (Broncos, 1977), Jim Caldwell (Colt ...