Sporting News Top 50 Coaches in History of Sports

[Forkboy]

1. John Wooden, college basketball
2. Vince Lombardi, NFL
3. Bear Bryant, college football
4. Phil Jackson, NBA
5. Don Shula,
6. Red Auerbach, NBA
7. Scotty Bowman, NHL
8. Dean Smith, college basketball
9. Casey Stengel, MLB
10. Knute Rockne, college football

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2003698/sporting_news_top_50_coaches_in_history_pg2.html?cat=14

Good to see Bowman in the top 10. The man is a hockey genius.

[inthebrain]

1. How is Al Arbour not in the top ten?

I'd put him ahead of Phil Jackson.

[JonLP24]

2. No way

Jackson's win percentage is incredible for the # of years he has been in. I glanced at Arbour's record and he had quite a few years below .500 and not very many above .700

[inthebrain]

3. Arbour had 19 straight post season series victories

and did not have the talented teams that Bowman had througout his career. ANd that 19 straight post season victories is a record that still stands today. As great as Edmonton was they could never come close to matching that, nor Bowman's Penguins/Red Wings or Phil Jacksons Lakers/Bulls.

Arbour is one of the greatest to ever coach a pro sports team and never gets any recognition for it.

Look at the team Arbour worked with in 93 to beat Bowman's heavily favored Pittsburgh Penguins.

[JonLP24]

4. Well I don't know shit about shit about Hockey so I will concede your point

Phil Jackson has been in the postseason every year he coached and had 5 below 20 loss seasons which is very difficult to accomplish. I say Jackson belongs where he is and isn't done yet.

[inthebrain]

6. They have Al Arbour #39

They think Bill Belichick is a better coach?

Pat Riley as a better coach than Al?

Who ever made that list is an idiot.

[JonLP24]

7. Probably so

You're the Mets fan right? Mets are killing the Rockies but they have another game today last I checked.

[inthebrain]

11. Its a double header today

I'm not making much of the little streak right now although it is nice.

Every team in the league gets hot at some point and I suppose it's the Mets due.

[joeybee12]

5. Is the same Bear Bryant who never beat Notre Dame?

Yeah, right.

[Jo March]

31. Yes. The Bear Bryant who won 323 games

He had only 1 losing season in 38 seasons of coaching.

Overall Record: 323–85–17
Bowl Record: 15–12–2

Coaching stats


National Championship (6): 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979
Southeastern Conference Championship (10): 1964, 1965, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980
Southeastern Conference Co-championship (3): 1961, 1966, 1981

Awards
# Ten-time Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year
# Three-time National Coach of the Year in 1961, 1971 and 1973. The national coach of the year award was subsequently named the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award in his honor.
# Was named Head Coach of Sports Illustrated's NCAA Football All-Century Team.<12>
# He received 1.5 votes for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination at the extremely contentious 1968 Democratic Convention

So, yes, it's THAT Bear Bryant.

[joeybee12]

8. Let me just say this is a really, really crappy list...n/t

[Dinger]

9. What The Fuck Is beliCHEAT Doing In There?

Fuck that.

[Forkboy]

10. ...

[Dinger]

12. Oooo, I Like That Forkboy. May I Borrow It?

Pretty please?:)

[Forkboy]

13. Naturally. This Pats fan doesn't mind.

;)

[Dinger]

15. Oh Oh,

Am I screwed now?

[Forkboy]

16. LOL...nah, it's all good.

:)

[inthebrain]

14. AHEAD of Al Arbour no less.....

[H2O Man]

17. Angelo Dundee.

But, of course, boxing isn't included.

[Onceuponalife]

18. Phil Jackson?

wut?

He couldn't have done it without the awesome players at his disposal.

I'd rather see Tommy Lasorda in there somewhere instead of Jackson.

[bluedigger]

19. This list is a joke.

Heavily biased towards football coaches. 21/50 either college football or NFL. And how does Shula come in at 5, and Noll and Landry at 15 and 18 respectively?

[NJmaverick]

27. Don Shula

2× Super Bowl champion (VII, VIII)
5× AFC Championship winner (1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1984)
1× NFL Championship winner (1968)
11× Division title winner
Most regular-season wins (328)
Most Super Bowl appearance as Head coach (6)
328-156-6 (Regular season)
19-17 (Post season)
347-173-6 (Overall)
4 time NFL Coach of the Year
NFL 1970s All-Decade Team
Only NFL coach to coach a perfect season
Baltimore Colts (1963-1969)
(Head coach)
Miami Dolphins (1970-1995)
(Head coach)

[trumad]

28. Becuase Shula truely is one of the greatest coaches ever.

[NoGOPZone]

20. Bobby Knight threw a chair across the floor when he heard he didn't make the Top 15 nt

[Capt. America]

21. Schembechler never got a national title with the scUM, why the hell is he on here?

[Upton]

22. That list is ridiculous

here we have Bill Walsh, winner of 3 Super Bowls, the father of the west coast offense and the scripting of the first 15 plays..a genius and a legend.

And on the second anniversary of this great man's death, we seem him disrespected to the tune of ranking him 26th.

[Auggie]

23. Walsh should be much higher -- perhaps the top 10.

Not just for the system he perfected 29 years ago (and still emulated today), but for the way he ran a football team off the field also.

[JonLP24]

24. Mike Shannahan was known to script 15 plays

Walsh's presence is still felt with the number of coaches that came under his wing and emulate his style today. Good call Upton.

[Forkboy]

25. Walsh being that low is criminal.

[NJmaverick]

26. I would think length of career was also a factor

which is what would push Bill Walsh down the list.

[Jetboy]

29. Then what pushed Lombardi up the list?

Walsh got screwed IMO.

[Onceuponalife]

30. Who gives a crap..

what the Sporting News says? It's all subjective. Don't blow a gasket and you can separate your lips from Walsh's ass any time now.

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