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Joe Paterno
Joe Paterno 1926- American college football coach Joe Paterno is a living legend. With his thick glasses, khaki slacks (always a bit too short), and his Penn State windbreaker, Paterno is one of the most recognizable coaches in this history of football—college or professional.... Read more |
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Pat Summitt
Patricia Head Summitt 1952- American college basketball coach Patricia Head Summitt is one of college basketball's greatest coaches. In 2003, during her 29th season with the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers, Summitt earned her 800th win. She is the first women's basketball coach and one of... Read more |
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Dean Edwards Smith
Dean Edwards Smith 1931-, American college basketball coach, b. Emporia, Kans. After playing basketball at the Univ. of Kansas (grad. 1953), Smith joined (1954) the Air Force and became an assistant coach at the Air Force Academy. He began coaching at the Univ. of North Carolina in 1958, was... Read more |
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John R. Wooden
John Wooden 1910- American college basketball coach He always described himself as merely a teacher, but John Wooden was much more than that. The self-effacing "Wizard of Westwood," college basketball's most successful coach, led UCLA to 10 NCAA men's basketball championships, including seven... Read more |
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Paul Bryant
Paul Bryant At the time of his retirement in 1982, Paul "Bear" Bryant (1919-1983), legendary coach of the University of Alabama's "Crimson Tide" football team, then had the best record of any coach in college football history: 323 wins, 85 losses, and 17 ties. Sixty-five of his former college... Read more |
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Art Shell
Art Shell 1946–Football coach When Art Shell was named head coach of the Los Angeles Raiders in 1989, he became the first African-American head coach in modern National Football League (NFL) history. A former star offensive lineman for the Oakland Raiders, and part of two Super Bowl championship... Read more |
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Eddie Robinson
Eddie Robinson (Edward Gay Robinson), 1919-2007, African-American football coach, b. Jackson, La., grad. Leland College, Baker, La. (B.A., 1941), Univ. of Iowa (M.A., 1954). A college quarterback, Robinson was hired upon his graduation by Grambling State Univ. (then the Louisiana Negro Normal and... Read more |
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Eddie G. Robinson
Robinson, Eddie G.1919-2007 College football coach Until 2003, no coach in the history of college football had won more games than Eddie G. Robinson. In fact, with some 408 wins to his credit in a career that spanned five decades, Robinson's record took years to surpass. A dedicated and principled... Read more |
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Basketball might be Boyle's preference.
...Headmaster William Samaras that he should continue coaching both sports...Samaras said that coaching both sports is...impressive record coaching both sports...attendance at college camps and tireless...offs to the ... |
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Doing good is a good thing to do.
...raises money for college scholarships for...Headmaster William Samaras, "Mike has been...I'm still coaching," says Kuenzler...graduation, he was lured back, as has often been...When the freshmen coaching position opened...police officers ... |
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New boat, renewed enthusiasm for University of Charleston crew
...at Morris Harvey College in 1970, Jim Buckalew...fond of crew, got back into the sport...the team but went back to basketball. I...years later, his coaching career in crew began. "When I came back to work here in...Jennifer Arnold, ... |
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COMPETITORS IN WILDCATS RELAYS HAVE TWO FRONTIERS TO CONQUER
...Tower, Meredith Schug and Samara Stanley, which competed at...s a young team. We'll be back, but not this year. I don...because of the diversity of the coaching, they have four different...Virginia, Connecticut, Manhattan College and the University at ... |
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Australians stun RP dribblers.(Sports)
...Lane of the USA and Russia-Samara. With the wily backcourt tandem...the Taipei Physical Education College gym with 35.4 seconds to...with Mills adding 14. The coaching staff opted to rest Brandon...Thursday, hoping to get momentum back heading to the big ... |