- Bill Parcells
Duane Charles "Bill" Parcells (born August 22, 1941 in Englewood, New Jersey), nicknamed "The Big Tuna", is a retired American football head coach, last coaching the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. Parcells owns two Super Bowl rings with wins in Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV. He announced his fourth retirement from football on January 22, 2007
- Anthony Kevin Dungy
Anthony Kevin "Tony" Dungy (born October 6, 1955) is a former professional American football player and coach in the National Football League. Dungy was head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1996 to 2001, and head coach of the Indianapolis Colts from 2002 to 2008. He became the first African American head coach to win the Super Bowl when his Colts defeated the Chicago Bears on February 4, 2007.
- Joe Gibbs
Joe Jackson Gibbs (born November 25, 1940) is a Hall of Fame American football coach and NASCAR Championship team owner. He is the 20th and 26th head coach in the history of the Washington Redskins. Well known for his long hours and work ethic, Joe Gibbs put together championship teams with players who may have had mediocre careers if playing for other NFL teams. During his first stint in the National Football League, …
- Jon Gruden
More than two weeks since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired Jon Gruden , his alarm still buzzes at 3:17 a.m. Time to go to work. "You have to keep trying to get better," he said. Gruden's old desk at One Buc Place now is occupied by new Bucs Coach Raheem...
- Norv Turner
Norval Eugene "Norv" Turner (born May 17, 1952 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina) is the head coach for the National Football League's San Diego Chargers. He also has served as head coach of the Washington Redskins and the Oakland Raiders, and as offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, and San Francisco 49ers.
- Terry Murray
Terry Rodney Murray (born July 20, 1950 in Shawville, Quebec) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman, a former NHL head coach, and currently an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL. He is the brother of current Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray.
- John Fox
John Fox is the third and current head coach of the Carolina Panthers of the NFL. Fox was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia and raised in San Diego, California after moving there at age 15. Fox played football at Castle Park High School and Southwestern College (California) in Chula Vista from 1974-1975 before going to San Diego State, where he played defensive back with future NFL player & head coach Herman Edwards.
- Wade Phillips
Wade Phillips (born June 21, 1947 in Orange, Texas) is the current head coach for the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys. He is also a former head coach of the New Orleans Saints, where his record was 1-3, the Denver Broncos, where his record was 16-17, the Buffalo Bills, where he was 29-21 and led the Bills to the playoffs in two of three seasons, and the Atlanta Falcons where he posted a 2-1 mark. His career winning percentage as a head coach is .533.
- Cam Cameron
Malcolm "Cam" Cameron (born February 6, 1961 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is currently head coach of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was previously offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers and head coach at Indiana University.
- Rich Rodriguez
Rich Rodriguez (b. May 24, 1963 in Grant Town, West Virginia) is the current head football coach at West Virginia University. Rodriguez is the 31st head football coach of the WVU Mountaineers and is also a 1986 alumnus of the University. He is one of only a handful of Coaches that are coaching as alumni.
- Romeo Crennel
Romeo Crennel most recently served as the head coach of the NFL's Cleveland Browns . On December 29, 2008, the Cleveland Browns fired Crennel. This comes one day after the Browns completed the 2008 season with a 4-12 record. General manager Phil Savage was dismissed the previous day as well. 1
- Marvin Lewis
Marvin Ronald Lewis (September 23, 1958) has been the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League since January 14, 2003. Lewis is the only head coach in Bengals history who has not experienced a losing season and, in 2005, led the Bengals to their first winning season and division title in 15 years.
- Marty Schottenheimer
Martin Edward Schottenheimer (born September 23, 1943 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American football coach. He is currently serving as an NFL analyst on ESPN. Over his career, he has served as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, and San Diego Chargers. He holds the distinction of being the NFL coach with the most wins in the Super Bowl era (1966 to present) to never coach a team in a Super Bowl.
- Mike Brown
Michael “Mike” Brown is an American basketball coach. He is the head coach of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers since June 2, 2005. After learning the game under Gregg Popovich, Brown is widely regarded as a defensive specialist. He turned the Cavaliers into one of the top defensive teams in the NBA and guided them into the 2007 NBA Finals.
- Lane Kiffin
In January of 2007, the Oakland Raiders were on the verge of hiring USC's offensive coordinator as their new head coach, but it wasn't Lane Kiffin they were after. No, before Al Davis fell in love with Kiffin, he was first enamored with his co-offensive coordinator at USC, Steve Sarkisian .
- Charlie Weis
Charlie Weis (born March 30, 1956 in Trenton, New Jersey) is the current head coach of the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team.
- Bobby Bowden
Robert Cleckler Bowden (born November 8, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama), better known as "Bobby Bowden", is the winningest coach in NCAA Division I football history with 366 career wins. Bowden is currently the head coach at the Florida State University, where he has been since 1976.
- Eric Mangini
Eric Mangini (born January 19, 1971 in Hartford, Connecticut) is the current head coach of the New York Jets of the NFL. At the age of 35, he was the youngest head coach in the NFL, as well as the youngest coach in the four major North American sports, including the NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA, until the hiring of Lane Kiffin by the Oakland Raiders. Mangini is the youngest head coach in Jets history. He is also the first and, so far, …
- Lovie Smith
Lovie Lee Smith (born May 8, 1958 in Gladewater, Texas) is the head coach of the Chicago Bears professional football team of the NFL. Smith narrowly became the first African American coach to lead a team to the Super Bowl, only hours before Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts became the second. Smith has been to the Super Bowl twice, as the defensive coordinator for the 2001 Saint Louis Rams and as the head coach for the Chicago Bears in 2006.
- Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born 26 January 1961 in Brantford, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently part-owner and head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. Nicknamed "The Great One," "Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the NHL" calls Gretzky "the greatest player of all time." He is generally regarded as the best player of his era and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters, …
- Jack Del Rio
Jack Del Rio Head Coach Under Jack Del Rio the Jaguars broke a five-year playoff drought last season while posting a 12-4 record, the second-best in franchise history. In winning 12 games, the fourth-most in the National Football League in 2005, the Jaguars continued a steady climb that began with Del Rio�s arrival in 2003.
- Houston Nutt
Houston Dale Nutt was born on 14 October 1957 at Little Rock, Arkansas. He is the son of Houston Dale Nutt, Sr. and Emogene Nutt and is the oldest of four children. His parents taught at the Arkansas School for the Deaf at Little Rock, Arkansas for 35 years. His father also served as athletic director and head basketball coach for the school. His father was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
- Rick Pitino
Rick Pitino takes the same proven methods that have earned him and his teams legendary status in the NCAA to give you a plan of attack for achieving extraordinary success in your own life. Pitino's ten-step plan isn't for quitters or for people looking for the easy road to success. But neither is it for the superstar talents or those with a Midas touch who expect their luck to hold forever. "Success Is a Choice" is for anyone who is serious about making dreams reality.
- Mike D'Antoni
Mike D'Antoni (born May 9, 1951 in Mullens, West Virginia) is an American basketball coach and former basketball player. He holds American and Italian dual citizenship. D'Antoni is currently head coach of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. He has worked for the Phoenix franchise since 2003, and won the NBA Coach of the Year Award for the 2004-05 season after leading the Suns to a 62-20 record and a trip to the Western Conference Finals.
- Lloyd Carr
Lloyd H. Carr (born July 30, 1945) has served as head coach of the University of Michigan football team since 1995. Through the end of the 2006 season, Carr has a record of 113-36. Under Carr, the Wolverines have won or shared five Big Ten titles (in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2004), and his 1997 squad was declared the Associated Press national champion.
- Mike Sherman
Michael Francis Sherman (born December 19, 1954 in Norwood, Massachusetts) is an American football coaching assistant, currently serving as offensive coordinator of the NFL's Houston Texans. He was the former general manager and head coach of the Green Bay Packers from the 2000 season to the 2005 season. Sherman was raised in Northborough, Massachusetts, where he attended Algonquin Regional High School. He and his wife, Karen, have five children: daughters Sarah, …
- Brian Ashton
W. Brian Ashton (born 3 September 1946 in Leigh, Lancashire) is the current England national rugby union team's Head Coach, appointed 20 December 2006. He played as a. He never represented England - the closest he came was as an unused bench replacement on 15 March 1975 against Scotland. Brian Ashton is widely recognized as one of the finest backs coaches in world rugby.
- Bob Stoops
Robert A. "Bob" Stoops (born September 9, 1960) is the head coach of the University of Oklahoma Oklahoma Sooners American football team.
- Don Nelson
Donald Arvid Nelson (born May 15, 1940 in Muskegon, Michigan) is a National Basketball Association head coach. He was named the head coach of the Golden State Warriors on August 30, 2006, his second stint with the franchise. He has also coached the Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks and the Dallas Mavericks. As of March 4, 2007, Don Nelson's overall NBA coaching record is 1,216-914. An innovator, Nelson is credited with, among other things, …
- Dick Jauron
Richard Manual Jauron (born October 7, 1950 in Peoria, Illinois) has been the head coach of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League since January 23, 2006. Jauron has held head coaching positions with the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, and was named the AP Coach of the Year in 2001 after leading the Bears to a 13-3 record.
- Mark Richt
Mark Richt (born February 18, 1960 in Omaha, Nebraska) is the current head coach of the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team.
- Avery Johnson
Avery Johnson (born March 25, 1965 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former professional basketball player and current head coach of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. Johnson is known as the "Little General" for his small (by NBA standards) stature (5' 11"), his leadership skills as a point guard and floor general, and his close friendship with former San Antonio Spurs teammate David "The Admiral" Robinson.
- Scott Skiles
Scott Allen Skiles (born March 5, 1964 in LaPorte, Indiana) is a former professional basketball player and current head coach of the Chicago Bulls. Skiles holds the NBA record for assists in one game, with thirty. In 1990-91 he won the NBA Most Improved Player Award. Currently, he lives in Chicago during the season, and spends the summer months in New Buffalo, Michigan.
- Dennis Green
Dennis "Denny" Green (b. February 17, 1949 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is a former American football head coach. During his professional career, Green coached the Arizona Cardinals and Minnesota Vikings. Green's best season in Minnesota was in 1998, when the Vikings finished 15-1. However, they lost in the NFC Championship Game both that year and 2000. Despite compiling a record of 97-62 in the regular season, Green was unable to reach the Super Bowl.
- Flip Saunders
Philip "Flip" Saunders (born February 23, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States) is the head coach of the NBA's Detroit Pistons and one of the most successful coaches in the history of the Continental Basketball Association.
- Dick Vermeil
Richard Albert "Dick" Vermeil is a former American head coach for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles (1976-1982), St. Louis Rams (1997-1999) and Kansas City Chiefs (2001-2005). He has coached at every level; Vermeil owns the rare distinction of being named “Coach of the Year” on four levels: High School, Junior College, NCAA Division I and the NFL.
- Ken Whisenhunt
Kenneth "Ken" Moore Whisenhunt (born February 28, 1962 in Augusta, Georgia) is the American football head coach of the Arizona Cardinals NFL football team.
- Rod Marinelli
Rodney (Rod) Marinelli (born July 13, 1949 in Rosemead, California) is the head coach of the Detroit Lions, the twenty-fourth in franchise history. Marinelli's coaching career began in 1973 as an assistant at Rosemead High School in suburban Los Angeles from 1973 to 1975. He earned his first collegiate job in 1976, serving as an assistant at Utah State University until 1982. He then moved on to the University of California for nine seasons, …
- Lou Holtz
Louis Leo Holtz (born on January 6, 1937 in Follansbee, West Virginia) is a former NCAA football head coach, and is currently an author and a motivational speaker who has spoken to the likes of Fortune 500 companies on topics such as the importance of teamwork and goal setting. Holtz grew up in nearby East Liverpool, Ohio, and graduated from East Liverpool High School. He attended and graduated from Kent State University, …
- Ron Zook
Ron Zook (born April 28, 1954 in Loudonville, Ohio) is an American football coach and the current head coach at the University of Illinois.