The Top 50 Coaches Of All Time...Is Your Pick On the List?
John Wooden
This week Sporting News released a list of its 50 greatest coaches in sports history, picked by a panel of 118 Hall of Famers, championship coaches, broadcasters and other experts.
John Wooden, UCLA men's basketball legend, took the number 1 spot with a total of 57 first place votes. Wooden, named the Sporting News' 1970 Sportsman of the Year winner, had an incredible career as head coach of Bruins. Wooden won a record 10 national titles during his last 12 seasons, including 7 in a row from 1967 to 1973.
To see who else made and didn't the cut...keep reading.
In second place, with 20 votes, was Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers.
The list goes on to name Lakers' coach Phil Jackson the best ever NBA coach ahead of Red Auerbach. Bill Belichick is #20 overall, ahead of Bill Walsh #26.
The one thing that I find interesting is how there are more great coaches named for basketball and football than there are for baseball. Only one baseball manager is in the top 20, Casey Stengel #9.
Are football and basketball coaches more important to the success of their teams than baseball managers? What do you think?
1. John Wooden, college basketball
2. 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
12. 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
22. 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
32. 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
42. 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
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Comments: 2
You Have to PUT Earl Curly Lambeau in there, at least in the top of the Mix, with 6 NFL Championships , NFL Hall OF Famer, in 1963, Who designed , recruited a passing attack in the Small City Of Green Bay Wisconsin ....
Career as a coach
Green Bay Packers
Lambeau coached the Packers as an NFL team from 1921 to 1949. As head coach, he led the Packers to six NFL championships (1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, 1944). As Packers' head coach, Lambeau compiled a regular-season record of 209–104–21 (.656 winning percentage) with a playoff record of 3–2 [212–106–21 (.656) overall]. These official records do not include the Packers' 19–2–1 record under Lambeau prior to joining the NFL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Lambeau
Don Shula and Brown are my personal favorite...great list anyway