Joe Gibbs says he approves of the Washington Redskins' choice of Mike Shanahan as coach.

The two living coaches who have won Super Bowls and worked for the Redskins stood together Wednesday at Redskins Park for the first time. Gibbs, who won three championships, called Shanahan, a two-time NFL championship coach, "a proven guy."

Shanahan is second among active coaches with 154 victories, seven of which came in the 1997 and 1998 playoffs when he directed the Denver Broncos to consecutive Super Bowl wins. New England's Bill Belichick is the only other coach to win two in a row during the salary cap era.

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