Bill Belichick gets another shot at Canton. The longtime Patriots head coach is again among five candidates in the Coach category for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, this time for the Class of 2027, per ESPN and Yahoo Sports.

Joining him on the list: Tom Coughlin, Mike Holmgren, Dan Reeves, and Mike Shanahan — a group that collectively accounts for a sizable share of the Super Bowl trophies handed out over the past four decades.

Belichick's candidacy carries extra weight after what Yahoo Sports described as his controversial omission from the 2026 class, a snub that drew widespread criticism given his six Super Bowl titles as a head coach. This is his second year of eligibility.

The field is genuinely competitive — Coughlin beat Belichick twice on the Super Bowl stage, Shanahan and Holmgren each won multiple rings, and Reeves took four teams to the title game — but the conversation around the Coach category will once again center on whether the most decorated head coach of the modern era finally gets his bust. A second straight omission would turn last year's controversy into a full-blown storyline.