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'''Thomas Raymond Flores''' (born March 21, 1937) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player in the [[American Football League]] (AFL) and coach in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played as a [[quarterback]] for nine seasons in the
Flores four [[Super Bowl]]s in his playing and coaching careers. <!-- Please do not add Tony Dungy here. He did not win a Super Bowl as an assistant coach. Please see this talkpage. -->He and [[Mike Ditka]] are the only two people in NFL history to win a Super Bowl as a player, assistant coach, and head coach (Flores won [[Super Bowl IV]] as a player for the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], [[Super Bowl XI]] as an assistant coach of the Raiders, and [[Super Bowl XV]] and [[Super Bowl XVIII]] as head coach of the Raiders). Flores was also the first Mexican starting quarterback and the first minority head coach in professional football history to win a Super Bowl. Although it may not be officially sourced, Flores is also noted as the only head coach to win a Super Bowl with the same team in two cities in Oakland (1980) and Los Angeles (1983).<ref>[http://www.espn.com/blog/oakland-raiders/post/_/id/16675/tom-flores-jim-plunkett-blazed-path-to-raiders-popularity-in-mexico Tom Flores, Jim Plunkett blazed path to Raiders popularity in Mexico]. Paul Gutierrez, ESPN</ref>
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