 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ewbank akasiya maBrown muna 1954 kuti ave murairidzi mukuru weColts, chikwata chiduku cheNFL chakanga chakatambura mumwaka wacho wokutanga. Muna 1956, Ewbank akaunza quarterback Johnny Unitas, uyo akakurumidza kuva nyeredzi uye akabatsira kutungamirira mhosva ine simba iyo yaisanganisira wide receiver Raymond Berry uye fullback Alan Ameche kune NFL championshipmuna 1958. VaColts vakadzokorora semakwikwi muna 1959, asi kuita kwechikwata kwakadonha uye Ewbank akadzingwa muna 1963. Akakurumidza kutorwa neJets, rimwe boka rinotambura muAFL. Kunyange zvazvo makore ake okutanga akanga asina kubudirira, Ewbank akabatsira kuvaka Jets kuva mukwikwidzi mushure mokusaina quarterback Joe Namath muna 1965. VaJets vakakunda mukombe weAFL muna 1968 uye vakaenderera mberi nekukunda Super Bowl III. 