Over 33 seasons with the Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins, Shula put together a Hall of Fame coaching career, racking up a 347-173-6 record and making him just one of two men to have attained 300 wins in the NFL along with George Halas.

He won back-to-back Super Bowls with Miami, the first in 1972 as the culmination of the only perfect season (17-0) in league history.

“Don Shula was the patriarch of the Miami Dolphins for 50 years,” the Dolphins said in a statement, expressing condolences to his wife Mary Anne and their children. “He brought the winning edge to our franchise and put the Dolphins and City of Miami in the national sports scene.”

In recent weeks, Shula, a known restauranteur, teamed up with other former Dolphins to provide free meals to first responders in the coronavirus pandemic.