Tom Flores Thomas R . " Tom " Flores ( born March 21 , 1937 ) is a retired American football quarterback and coach . Flores and Mike Ditka are the only two people in the National Football League history to win a Championship ( 1 AFL Championship , Super Bowl XI as an Assistant Coach and Super Bowls XV and XVIII ) as a player , as an assistant coach , and as a head coach . Flores was also the first Hispanic starting quarterback and the first minority head coach in professional football history to win a Super Bowl . Flores is currently a radio announcer . Biography . Football player . Flores played quarterback for two seasons at Fresno City College beginning in 1955 . He was active off the field as well serving on the Student Council as well as President of the Associated Men ' s Students . He received an academic scholarship to study at the College ( now University ) of the Pacific . Flores graduated from the University of the Pacific in 1958 , but was unable to find a job in professional football . He was cut by the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL in 1958 , and then by the Washington Redskins of the National Football League ( NFL ) in 1959 . In 1960 Flores finally landed a position as a quarterback with the American Football League ' s Oakland Raiders , who began play in 1960 as a charter member of the league . He was named the Raiders ' starting quarterback early in the 1960 season , becoming the first Hispanic starting quarterback in professional football history . Flores had his most productive season in 1966 . Although he completed only 49 . 3 percent of his attempts , he passed for 2 , 638 yards and 24 touchdowns in 14 games . Oakland traded him to the Buffalo Bills in 1967 . After serving primarily as a backup , he was released by the Bills and in 1969 signed with the Kansas City Chiefs , where he was backup to Len Dawson on the Chiefs ' World Championship team . He retired as a player after the 1970 season . He was one of only twenty players who were with the AFL for its entire ten - year existence . He is the fifth - leading passer , all - time , in the AFL . Coaching career . Flores is a member of the Sid Gillman coaching tree . After stints as an assistant coach in Buffalo and Oakland ( he won a Super Bowl XI ring as an Assistant Coach under John Madden ) , Flores became the Raiders ' head coach in 1979 , following Madden ' s retirement . He followed the team to Los Angeles in 1982 . Flores was the NFL ' s first minority head coach to win a Super Bowl , winning twice - Super Bowl XV with the Oakland Raiders and Super Bowl XVIII with the Los Angeles Raiders , the latter victory being the only such in the history of NFL football in Southern California . After a 5 – 10 finish to the 1987 season , Flores moved to the Raiders ' front office , but left after just one year to become the president and general manager of the Seattle Seahawks . He returned to coaching as the Seahawks head coach in 1992 , but was fired in 1995 following three disappointing seasons . His 83 wins with the Raiders are the second - most in franchise history , behind only Madden . Flores left Pro Football with a lifetime coaching record of 97 – 87 ( 52 . 7 % ) , as well as an 8 - 3 playoff record , and with two Super Bowl victories . Flores , Jimmy Johnson , and George Seifert are the only eligible coaches with two such victories , who have " not " been selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame . Post - coaching career . Flores is currently the color commentator alongside play - by - play announcer Greg Papa on the Raiders radio network . Flores served as coach of the American team in the 2011 NFLPA Game . Sanger High School ' s Football stadium is named " Tom Flores Stadium " in honor of Tom who was a graduate of Sanger High School .