Pro sports teams where the coaching staffs had a split locus of control (e.g. mid-1980s Chicago Bears)

Right. I don't know much about the 1954-1960 NY Giants, but if you have to go back 65 years then it's really not a thing that happens. More of an anomaly from the past.
I think it speaks a lot to how great a coach Jim Lee Howell was. Before Belichick went on his Championship tear I went on record as saying that Jim Lee Howell and Steve Owen might have been two of 10 coaches* better than Belichick. Im probably wrong about that but I will never stop being impressed by leaders that can empower those around them and help to make them the best they can be, hoping the student will some day outclass the master.

* 10 Coaches better than Belichick