Donald Nelson is a former NBA player and head coach. He coached the Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks, and the Dallas Mavericks, and the Golden State Warriors. An innovator, Nelson is credited with, among other things, inventing the concept of the point forward, a tactic which is frequently employed by teams at every level today. His unique brand of... read full bio
Erik Spoelstra is a Filipino-American professional basketball coach. He is the coach of the Miami Heat of the NBA. He started as the assistant coach of the Heat but then moved up to head coach. Eric Spoelstra is the first Asian American head coach to win an NBA championship. He has guided the Miami Heat to six playoff appearances in... read full bio
Fisher DeBerry is a former head football coach for United States Air Force Academy. He retired with an impressive winning record with almost 170 regular season wins and won six bowl games. DeBerry started with the Academy as the Quarterback coach, then was promoted to offensive coordinator and eventually asked to take over as head coach. He was named AFCA... read full bio
Frank Layden is a retired basketball coach. Layden is also a former head coach and player of his alma mater Niagara University's basketball team. Layden coached Niagara to its first NCAA tournament appearance. He was hired to be the General Manager of the then New Orleans Jazz, and became the head coach of the Jazz. He coached the Jazz for... read full bio
Former college football coach Gene Chizik was most recently the defensive coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he completed turned around the Tar Heels team. He coached North Carolina to a 19-8 record in two years, improving its defense in yards per play allowed both seasons and leading them to victory in the ACC Coastal... read full bio
Over his 34 years at the University of Connecticut, legendary head coach Geno Auriemma has completely redefined what success means. Auriemma made the women's basketball program the best in the nation during his storied tenure, both on and off the court. The Huskies moved from having only one winning season to winning eleven national titles, twenty Final Fours, six perfect... read full bio
Former American basketball player George Karl has now made a successful career in becoming the head coach of five NBA teams. Born in Pittsburgh, California Karl signed with the San Antonio Spurs in 1973. He spent his entire professional career with the Spurs, but in 1978 he retired from playing the sport and became the Spurs’ assistant coach. He continued... read full bio
Herm Edwards is a football analyst, who coached and played in the National Football League. Herm is one of the most dynamic speakers in the NFL, and is the personification of integrity and hard work. He is known for his motivational gameday terminology, referred to as Hermisms. The popularity of his motivational words led to the publication of his own... read full bio
Herman Edwards is an American football coach, former professional football player, and a football analyst. Edwards was born in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and he began his career playing college football at the University of California before going on to play for San Diego State University for a year where he also earned his degree in criminal justice. After finishing... read full bio
Jackie Sherrill is a former head football coach for Washington State University, the University of Pittsburgh, Texas A&M University, and Mississippi State University. In his coaching career he won 180 games, eight bowl games and four conference titles. He won the Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award and is a three-time winner of the SWC Coach of the Year... read full bio
Former college football player, James Franklin is now the head coach at Penn State. He previously served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University for two years. While playing as a quarterback at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, he set seven school records and was a Division II player of the year nominee. That same season, Sports Illustrated named... read full bio
Jason Kidd has served as both coach and former point guard for in the NBA. With a professional basketball career spanning nearly two decades, Kidd was a ten-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA First Team member, and a nine-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. Selected second overall in the first round of the NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks, he was... read full bio
Jeff Van Gundy is an American TV analyst who has also been the basketball coach of both the New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets in the NBA. Van Gundy began his basketball coaching career at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, New York. The following year he became a graduate assistant under Rick Pitino at Providence College, helping the... read full bio
Jerry Stackhouse was the Toronto Raptors assistant coach and is currently the head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores men’s team. Previously, he was a professional basketball player who played eighteen seasons with the NBA. Throughout his basketball playing career, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team and was a two-time NBA All-Star. Prior to becoming a coach, Jerry... read full bio
Jerry Stovall is a former Louisiana State University head coach, St. Louis Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals) player, and Louisiana tech athletic director. He was also a player at Louisiana State, where he was unanimously selected to the College Football All-America Team. While with the Cardinals, he appeared in three Pro Bowls, and was selected to the Second-team All-Pro. After... read full bio
A College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Jim Tressel was formerly the head coach at Youngstown State and Ohio State. He led his teams to multiple national championships and earned eight National Coach of the Year recognitions. At Ohio State, Tressel coached the team to three BCS National Championship Games and a national title victory, marking the first 14-0 season... read full bio
College Football Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Johnson appears on Fox NFL Sunday, the Fox network's NFL pregame show. He was the first football coach whose teams won both an NCAA Division 1A National Championship and a Super Bowl. Johnson wrote Turning The Thing Around: My Life in Football. He went to college at the University of Arkansas and was... read full bio
American basketball coach John Calipari has had a lot of success both in the college and pro ranks. His tenure as the head coach of the University of Kentucky Men's Basketball team, one of the most esteemed programs in collegiate sports, is what most people remember him for. Calipari's ability to turn underperforming teams into national powerhouses has distinguished his coaching... read full bio
John Cooper is a former head football coach for University of Tulsa, Arizona State University, and Ohio State University. He won five conference titles with Tulsa, one with Arizona, and three more with Ohio State. He racked up almost 200 wins in his coaching career. Before taking the head coach position at Tulsa, he worked as an assistant coach for... read full bio
When famed high school basketball coach Ken Carter literally locked his undefeated, state play-off bound team out of the gym and forced them to hit the books and stop counting on athletic potential as the only ticket out of a tough, inner-city life, he sent a powerful message. The film, Coach Carter, based on the lockout and starring Samuel L.... read full bio
