Can you name the 50 U.S. greatest coaches
(according to sportingnews.com)?

Rank	Coach	Sport
1		Men's College Basketball
2		NFL Football
3		College Football
4		NBA Basketball
5		NFL Football
6		NBA Basketball
7		NHL Hockey
8		Men's College Basketball
9		Major League Baseball
10		College Football
11		Women's College Basketball
12		NFL Football
13		College Football
14		NFL Football
15		NFL Football
16		Men's College Basketball
17		NFL Football
18		NFL Football
19		Men's College Basketball
20		NFL Football
21		Men's College Basketball
22		Major League Baseball
23		College Football
24		College Football
25		Major League Baseball

Rank	Coach	Sport
26		NFL Football
27		College Football
28		Major League Baseball
29		College Football
30		NBA Basketball
31		Men's College Basketball
32		Major League Baseball
33		NFL Football
34		College Football
35		Major League Baseball
36		College Football
37		NHL Hockey
38		Major League Baseball
39		NHL Hockey
40		College Football
41		Major League Baseball
42		Women's College Basketball
43		NHL Hockey
44		College Football
45		NBA Basketball
46		Major League Baseball
47		Men's College Basketball
48		Major League Baseball
49		NBA Basketball
50		Hockey

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50 Greatest Coaches Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: August 4th, 2009
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	Dirtybird:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:18 GMT	2 points
	Mike & Mike just discussed this not long ago.

	America:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:22 GMT	14 points
	no earl weaver? Travesty!

	bmo1616:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:23 GMT	28 points
	With Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Kobe Bryant, and Shaq, I could be the 4th greatest coach of all time too.

	Kicking222:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:27 GMT	5 points
	Fun quiz- I didn't do as well as I should have (I even missed someone from my town, for god's sake), but I still enjoyed it. If anything, I might add one more minute to the clock, but that's a small complaint.

	pete:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:28 GMT	31 points
	If there's one thing Sporcle has taught me over the last 2 days, it's how to spell Krzyzewski.

	Isstvan:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:31 GMT	20 points
	Dere's no Ditka on dis list! Da Saturday Night Live guys are gonna be quite upset.

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	MikeSang:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:32 GMT	0 points
	Big time omissions: Jim Boeheim, Jim Calhoun, Billy Martin So glad he's NOT on here: Lou Piniell

	gwynn1984:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:34 GMT	13 points
	One quibble - I don't think Herb Brooks made the list for his NHL coaching career. He's much better known for coaching the 1980 US Olympic hockey team. I would probably just change #50 to "Hockey".

	gwynn1984:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:35 GMT	8 points
	jjs - check out #11 for Pat Summitt.

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	Nuclear_Knuckles:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:39 GMT	5 points
	Billy Martin couldn't last more than 2 years anywhere without alienating the players and upper management. A talented manager who got immediate results everywhere he went, but he can't be on a list of the 50 greatest ever.

	JohnJF:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:40 GMT	5 points
	Not exactly the most diverse list. Sir Alex Ferguson would easily be on this list if it was covering the greatest coaches in the world, but even if we're going to limit it to the United States, where's Dan Gable?

	RyanUR:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:41 GMT	3 points
	LOVE that Joe Gibbs is one ahead of Tom Landry.

	Nuclear_Knuckles:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:41 GMT	0 points
	Bryant, we look forward to your identifying the coaches on this list who did NOT have great talent to work with. I don't like the guy, but anyone who still doesn't think Jackson is a great coach is wilfully ignorant.

	bmo1616:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:45 GMT	-2 points
	@Nuclear_Knuckles, I never said he wasn't a great coach, but there's no way he's better than many names below him.

	swmoss08:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:46 GMT	4 points
	jjs91....um summitts there, you just cant spell...lenny wilkens is the winningest coach in nba history thanks to idiot GMs who hired him and made his career last a long time (35 years)...look at his record....53% wins...not exactly the guy who leads teams to many championships

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	swmoss08:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:50 GMT	1 point
	@johnhenry....really...a swimming coach?? if u can name me any other kids he's coached to greatness, such as phelps, maybe, but since thats the only guy he's brought to that level...certainly doesnt deserve any accolades until he's gets reproducible champs like potsmokin' mike....

	TwinTown:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:52 GMT	5 points
	@johnjf - Dan Gable... totally 9 straight NCAA wrestling titles... amazing. John Mariucci for college hockey too.

	khc5009:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 17:53 GMT	1 point
	Agree with JohnJF, Gable should be on there with 15 NCAA titles, and a career record of 355-21-5

	s1rweeze:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 18:00 GMT	9 points
	I know its stupid to argue stuff like this, but it's annoying how Bill Walsh continues to get shafted by history. He practically invented the modern NFL people drool over today, and won three Super Bowls. He should be ahead of Belichick, Gibbs, Landry, maybe even Halas.

	johnhenry:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 18:05 GMT	-3 points
	Mark Schubert: 3 NCAA Championships and 49 NCAA individual titles. A USA swim coach in 1980, 84, 88, 92, 96, 00, 04. Over 15 Olympians with multiple world record holders, including Janet Evans, whose record was the longest held world record in swimming until it was broken in 08, Erik Vendt, Kaitlen Sandeno, as well as countless other greats.

	joshow:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 18:05 GMT	-2 points
	While I'm happy to see Scott Bowman get the recognition of 7th place, the fact that he's not in the top 3 is a borderline tragedy. 28 seasons - never missed the playoffs. Stanley Cups with three different teams. (Plus, he took his other team to the cup finals in their expansion season.) Very American-centric quiz.

	swmoss08:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 18:09 GMT	-1 points
	@johnhenry ... never said that guy, of course i dont follow swimming, way to bait and switch pal, easy to bait someone with wrong names "mark schuman" and come out like that with the stats, which i admit are impossible to beat...other than the fact that most people really dont care too much about swimming championships, same goes for wrestling, but all sports should be fairly viewed i suppose...

	cottb128:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 18:20 GMT	9 points
	Do we all really need to go through the motions yet again with another quiz and the U.S.-centric comments?

	chantastic:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 18:27 GMT	-3 points
	May as well put Panasonic or Sony for #20 instead because he wouldn't even be on this list if it were not for video cameras.

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	Dodge:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 18:44 GMT	10 points
	@Ireland - then go find another site! Make a Sporcle.co.uk for all I care.

	jpl04002:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 19:03 GMT	1 point
	How is Jim Calhoun not on this list? His resume includes 2 NCAA championships, 805 career wins, a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame induction, and 25 players drafted to the NBA. And yes, I went to UConn.

	SowCrates:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 19:09 GMT	4 points
	thanks for taking coach k... unlike Pete, i've run away from trying to learn how to spell his name both times its come up recently

	ad808:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 19:10 GMT	2 points
	I'm a Pats fan and I agree with Alex. I'm ok with Bill Belichick in the top 25, but I can't figure out why Walsh isn't there either. I also agree that Jim Calhoun should be on the list. He made the UConn program what it is today, and most people think UConn will sink towards the bottom half of the Big East when he leaves. That's what happened to Northeastern after he left, except that NU wasn't in the Big East.

	Mello:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 20:00 GMT	3 points
	I'm not a Redskins fan, but I'm really glad they put Joe Gibbs on here, he doesn't get enough credit as one of the all-time great football coaches. Considering that in the three Super Bowls the Redskins won they had a different quarterback (as well as different players at other positions), it seems to be proof to me that Gibbs' system, combined with skilled drafting of players to fit those and key free agent pick-ups (Joe Washington, Jim Lachey, Earnest Byner, Doug Williams, etc.) was responsible for the winning, particularly the offensive line play. Sound like any coach the NFL media gushes about continually?

	SentioVenia:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 20:00 GMT	3 points
	Anson Dorrance - UNC Women's Soccer Coach...19 NCAA Championships.

	Mello:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 20:03 GMT	-2 points
	*sorry, I just realized I should have put "key free agent pick-ups and trades" instead of just free agents

	RobH:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 20:19 GMT	8 points
	@Ireland. For the proportion of users on this site (based on comments) the balance of sports quizzes is probably about right. I get annoyed when Americans come into soccer/football threads and post stupid comments; so you're hardly helping the site by doing the opposite. @Dodge. Ignore him.

	kevmurph55:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 20:29 GMT	7 points
	@dodge :robh is right. @ireland: you can suck it

	Phillyfan17:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 20:31 GMT	-1 points
	JoePa should be higher

	acquiesce:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 20:44 GMT	8 points
	Thank you for accepting Coach K for Mike Krzy. . . . . . . whatever

	Evan:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 20:49 GMT	6 points
	why is herb brooks listed as an NHL coach? he is much more well known as an amateur coach and a NCAA coach. he won 3 national championships at minnesota, plus a gold and a silver in the olympics. he never made it past the 2nd round in the nhl playoffs.

Can you name the 50 U.S. greatest coaches (according to sportingnews.com)?

50 Greatest Coaches Quiz

Can you name the 50 U.S. greatest coaches
(according to sportingnews.com)?