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Thomas Lands College Coaching Gig

Former Knicks coach signs 5-year contract

(Newser) - Isiah Thomas will coach men’s basketball at Florida International University, the Miami Herald reports, with the Hall of Fame player signing a 5-year contract. “Coming back to the college game has always been a dream of mine,” said Thomas, 47, fired last year after a disastrous stint...

Coach Calipari Leaves Memphis for Kentucky

(Newser) - John Calipari, who turned the University of Memphis into a college basketball title contender, will leave to coach at the University of Kentucky, WREG-TV reports. Kentucky received permission to negotiate with Calipari yesterday in a bid to replace Billy Gillispie, unceremoniously dismissed Friday, the AP adds. The deal between Calipari...

Kentucky Bounces Hoops Coach Gillispie

(Newser) - Two seasons, including one without an NCAA tournament appearance, were enough for Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie, ESPN reports. The school will announce his departure this afternoon. Gillispie notched 40 wins in Lexington, but also racked up 27 losses, including 14 this season as the Wildcats, whose seven men’s...

Tennessee's Pat Summitt Wins 1,000th Game

(Newser) - Pat Summitt is now the first top college coach of either gender to have a win total with four figures. Tennessee's Lady Vols beat Georgia to give Summitt her 1,000th victory, the Tennessean reports. Her nearest competitor is Jody Conradt, who retired with 900 wins. Among men in Division...

HS Coach Charged in Player's Heat Death

(Newser) - A high school football coach in Kentucky has been charged with reckless homicide after one of his players collapsed during practice on a sweltering day and later died, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. The coach faces five years in prison if convicted. He and his assistants reportedly denied players water and...

Broncos Fire Shanahan After 14 Seasons

(Newser) - The Denver Broncos fired longtime head coach Mike Shanahan today after a late-season flop that left the team out of the playoffs, the Denver Post reports. Shanahan had been coach for 14 years and led the team to two Super Bowl wins. The Broncos, however, have only one playoff victory...

College Football Still Needs Breakthrough Black Coach

English hire makes 5 out of 119 in NCAA's top division

(Newser) - Yesterday’s hiring of Ron English by Eastern Michigan brings the total number of African-American head coaches in major college football to five—out of 119. That miniscule number underscores the barriers black coaches face, and, Michael Rosenberg writes for Fox Sports, the need for a black coach to dissolve...

Paterno Signs 3-Year Deal
 Paterno Signs 3-Year Deal 
Dec 16, 2008 8:19 PM CST

Paterno Signs 3-Year Deal

(Newser) - Penn State coach Joe Paterno has a new three-year contract extension to go along with his new hip. The Hall of Famer and winningest coach in major college football history will keep the post he has held for 43 years through 2011. Terms were not made public. Paterno, who turns...

Maradona to Coach Argentina
 Maradona to Coach Argentina 
Oct 29, 2008 3:11 PM CDT

Maradona to Coach Argentina

'86 World Cup hero, with limited experience, takes reins next week

(Newser) - Soccer great Diego Maradona will take the helm of his native Argentina’s national team Tuesday, the Guardian reports. Argentina has been without a coach since mid-October, when the last coach stepped down. “I think we must make the players understand that our shirt is the most important thing,...

OD or No, Isiah Was Miserable

Former Knicks coach denies overdose landed him in hospital

(Newser) - The whole story surrounding Isiah Thomas' reported sleeping-pill overdose remains murky, but the factors that might be bringing him down aren't hard to spot, writes the New York Post. Thomas went from a lifetime in the spotlight to being sequestered in a back office with fans' chants of "fire ...

Giuliani's Son Sues Duke in Golf Dismissal

Andrew, 22, scratched from team without warning, suit contends

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani’s son Andrew has filed suit against Duke University to protest his dismissal from the school’s golf team, the New York Post reports. Giuliani’s suit contends he was kicked off the team with no warning. Coach OD Vincent said Giuliani threw golf clubs around, disrespected a...

In China, All That Matters Is Gold
In China, All That Matters Is Gold
Jun 1, 2008 12:34 PM CDT

In China, All That Matters Is Gold

Beijing recruits foreign coaches, targets medal-rich sports in quest to win, win, win

(Newser) - China wants to impress the world during this summer's Olympics, and not just by hosting a seamless Games. Determined to finish with more gold medals than any other nation, the country is bringing in foreign coaches like Igor Grinko, reports the New York Times. “Silver? It means nothing here;...

Gambling Ref: Don't Trust NBA Game Results

Disgraced ex-official warns of ties among players, coaches, refs

(Newser) - Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy alleged yesterday that relationships among basketball officials, coaches, and players "affected the outcome of games." He may also have passed the league information about other referees with gambling problems, and about the flow of confidential information from an official to a coach, AP...

Introducing ... Coach 'Sheed?
 Introducing ... Coach 'Sheed? 
Apr 23, 2008 1:01 PM CDT

Introducing ... Coach 'Sheed?

Wallace might be even better on the bench than the floor

(Newser) - Detroit's Rasheed Wallace is a great basketball player, but he could become an even better coach, writes Eric Adelson in ESPN the Magazine. He may collect more than his share of technical fouls, says Pistons coach Flip Saunders, but he "has all the makings of a great coach. He...

Knight's Out: Coach Resigns
Knight's Out: Coach Resigns
Feb 5, 2008 6:01 AM CST

Knight's Out: Coach Resigns

All-time wins leader calls it a career, leaves Texas Tech midseason

(Newser) - The NCAA Division I men’s basketball all-time wins leader, Bob Knight, has resigned from Texas Tech. It is unclear why the legendary coach left the team midseason, but he had become noticeably wearier and was recently said to be contemplating retirement. Knight won his 900th game just last month,...

Dolphins Sack Cameron After 1-15 Season

After one miserable year, coach joins parade out of Miami

(Newser) - The Miami Dolphins have fired coach Cam Cameron after less than a year, the Miami Herald reports. Most of his coaching staff is gone, too, after a 1-15 season that also cost the general manager his job. "We needed someone in place who shared the same philosophical compatibilities we...

Losing Bulls Sack Coach
Losing Bulls Sack Coach
Dec 24, 2007 2:27 PM CST

Losing Bulls Sack Coach

With 9-16 record, team fires Scott Skiles

(Newser) - The 9-16 Chicago Bulls turned their disappointing start on Scott Skiles today, firing the 5-year coach after crushing defeats in the past two games, the Chicago Tribune reports. “This was a difficult decision to make, but one that is necessary at this time,” said GM John Paxson, who...

Big Tuna Will Join Sorry Fish
Big Tuna Will Join Sorry Fish
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Dec 20, 2007 3:55 PM CST

Big Tuna Will Join Sorry Fish

Parcells to head Dolphins' football operations

(Newser) - Bill Parcells is set to run the Dolphins' football operations for the next four years. The legendary coach appeared to be on the verge yesterday of signing a contract with the Atlanta Falcons, but he changed his mind when Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga approached him with an offer, and said...

Feisty TX Tech Coach Hit With Record Fine

Leach must pay $10k for questioning ref's bias in close calls

(Newser) - The Big-12 has handed down its biggest-ever fine to Mike Leach, the Texas Tech coach who lashed out at game officials following a hotly contested loss last weekend. Leach got a bill for $10,000 and a public censure for suggesting that a referee favored his hometown Longhorns and calling...

Young Athletes Turning to Sports Shrinks

Even kids under 10 are getting coached on their 'mental' game

(Newser) - Young, driven athletes who already have all the coaching money can buy—personal strength experts, conditioning coaches, and specialized instructors for every part of their game—are now adding shrinks to the roster, the New York Times reports. Athletes as young as 9 are working out their on-field (or on-parallel-bar)...

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