Sporting News top 50 coaches all time

[Eja117]

http://www.sportingnews.com/college-basketball/article/2009-07-29/sporting-news-50-greatest-coaches-all-time

Sporting News' 50 greatest coaches of all time


Who made the list? SN's panel of 118
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 Among those joining Goodrich and Starr as guest authors: Hall of Famers Dwight Stephenson, Paul Warfield, Tommy Heinsohn, Luc Robitaille, Mike McCormack, Gale Sayers, Lynn Swann, Isiah Thomas and Roger Staubach.

SN's greatest coaches
1. John Wooden, college basketball


No. 2 Vince Lombardi2. Vince Lombardi, NFL
3. Bear Bryant, college football
4. Phil Jackson, NBA
5. Don Shula, NFL
6. Red Auerbach, NBA
7. Scotty Bowman, NHL
8. Dean Smith, college basketball
9. Casey Stengel, MLB
10. Knute Rockne, college football
11. Pat Summitt, women's college basketball


No. 13 Joe Paterno12. Paul Brown, NFL
13. Joe Paterno, college football
14. George Halas, NFL
15. Chuck Noll, NFL
16. Bob Knight, college basketball
17. Joe Gibbs, NFL
18. Tom Landry, NFL
19. Mike Krzyzewski, college basketball
20. Bill Belichick, NFL
21. Adolph Rupp, college basketball


No. 19 Mike Krzyzewski22. Joe McCarthy, MLB
23. Eddie Robinson, college football
24. Bobby Bowden, college football
25. John McGraw, MLB
26. Bill Walsh, NFL
27. Woody Hayes, college football
28. Connie Mack, MLB
29. Bud Wilkinson, college football
30. Pat Riley, NBA
31. Pete Newell, college basketball


No. 30 Pat Riley32. Joe Torre, MLB
33. Bill Parcells, NFL
34. Tom Osborne, college football
35. Walter Alston, MLB
36. Bo Schembechler, college football
37. Toe Blake, NHL
38. Sparky Anderson, MLB
39. Al Arbour, NHL
40. Amos Alonzo Stagg, college football
41. Tony La Russa, MLB



No. 41 Tony La Russa42. Geno Auriemma, women's college basketball
43. Dick Irvin, NHL
44. Ara Parseghian, college football
45. Chuck Daly, NBA
46. Bobby Cox, MLB
47. Hank Iba, college basketball
48. Tommy Lasorda, MLB
49. Gregg Popovich, NBA
50. Herb Brooks, NHL

[Eja117]

Phil Jackson over Red?  Whateva

Pat Summit about 30 spots ahead of Geno? idk

Joe Gibbs (heck. anyone) ahead of Belichek?

Bill Parcells hasn't taken a team to the 2nd round of the playoffs in any capacity in 15 years

Joe Torre? Yeah, he really worked miracles with that $200 million payroll that was about $80 million more than the next closest team, and like $110 million more than the teams that beat him

Greg Popovich should probably be #1 on luckiest coaches. I think without Duncan we would never have known who he was.

[angryguy77]

Vince and Red sould be 1 and 2. Screw Phil I'm tired of him

[Rondo2287]

As long as Bill Belichick gets into the HOF im fine with it. 

[Eja117]

This is just me, but even though it says "coaches" I think you should be given more credit or less if you were also GM, depending on success. Like Red goes higher and Pitino goes lower. DA it doesn't affect cause he didn't do both, but Parcells it does.

[furball]

This is isn't that bad.  I do like that they gave Pat Summit a lot of credit.  I guess asking for Van Chancellor to be on the list would have been expecting too much. 

Scotty Bowman needs to be higher. He should be above Don Shula and Phil Jackson (who should be behind Red).

Bill Wlash needs to be much higher.  He should be the next NFL coach behind Paul Brown (maybe even ahead of him).     

[KCattheStripe]

Greg Popovich should probably be #1 on luckiest coaches. I think without Duncan we would never have known who he was.

Except for the fact that he's the general manager of that team and put those squads together.

[Redz]

I guess there needs to be some distinction between most successful coaches and best coaches.  Hell, the best coach may be some guy who coaches Little League in East Fartsville, Idaho.

I think what we're seeing here is a list of the Most Successful of the Most Famous coaches.

I always look at the best coaches as guys who get the most out of the players.  Herb Brooks and the `80 US Olympic Hockey Team for instance.

But I guess that gives unfair bias against the Red's and Phil Jackson's and Joe Torre's of the world who were "cursed" by being burdened with loads of talent.

[Eja117]

Greg Popovich should probably be #1 on luckiest coaches. I think without Duncan we would never have known who he was.

Except for the fact that he's the general manager of that team and put those squads together.

Yeah that was really genious drafting Duncan with the #1 pick. Not many GMs would have had the courage to pull that one off.