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 | Bundled up from the cold, St. Louis Rams head coach Dick Vermeil walks past a group of players during the team's afternoon Super Bowl workout Wednesday. The Rams, long-time league bottom dwellers with a coach whom many believed the game had passed by, staged one of the most dramatic about faces in league history and the payoff is a meeting with the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV. click to open  |  | St. Louis Rams coach Dick Vermeil watches his team fail to get a first town from deep in their own territory against the Philadelphia Eagles in the second quarter Sunday, Jan. 2, 2000 in Philadelphia. The Rams play the Tennessee Titans in the Super Bowl Sunday January 30, 2000 in Atlanta. click to open |  | St. Louis Rams coach Dick Vermeil looks out from the sidelines as his team plays the Detroit Lions at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., in this Sept. 2, 1999 photo. click to open |  | Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's, Ariz., left, his wife Cindy, right, and former St. Louis Rams head coach and Superbowl XXXIV winner Dick Vermeil talk in Vermeil's dressing room before McCain and Vermeil appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Burbank, Caif., Friday night Feb. 4, 2000. (AP) click to open |  | St. Louis Rams head coach Dick Vermeil pauses to regain his composure while announcing his retirement, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 000, at Rams Park in St. Louis.(AP) click to open |  | With tears in his eyes, St. Louis Rams coach Dick Vermeil talks about his feelings for his players during a news conference announcing his retirement, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2000, at Rams Park in St. Louis. The Rams won the SuperBowl on Sunday, and Vermeil said he decided to retire while on top.(AP) click to open |  | St. Louis Rams coach Dick Vermeil escorts his wife, Carolyn, across the field at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta after the Rams defeated the Tennesse Titans 23-16 in Super Bowl XXXIV Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000. On Tuesday Feb. 1, 2000, two days after winning his first Super Bowl and after a long talk with his wife, the 63-year-old coach decided to retire. click to open |  | St. Louis Rams coach Dick Vermeil and team owner Georgia Frontiere stand on the awards stand as confetti falls following the Rams' 23-16 win over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000, in Atlanta. (AP) click to open |  | St. Louis Rams coach Dick Vermeil holds the VInce Lombardi trophy after the team's 23-16 victory ovr the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXIV Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000, in Atlanta. (AP) click to open |  | St. Louis Rams head coach Dick Vermeil raises the Lombardi trophy after the St. Louis Rams defeated the Tennessee Titans 23-16 to win Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta, Sunday Jan.30, 2000. (AP) click to open |
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