It can include any era, sport, or division. I'll go first:

 

Bear Bryant

Vince Lombardi

Nick Saban

Bill Belichick

Bill Parcells

Marv Levy

John Wooden

Don Shula

Tom Coughlin (the homer in me)

 

 

 

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Wooden

Dean Smith

John McKay

Phil Jackson

Aurbach

Bowden

Matthew Driscoll (SWWOOOOOOPPPPP!)

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

Chuck Noll (aka Chas "The Emperor" Noll)

 

Johnny Majors - Pitt Football

 

Cael Sanderson - Penn State Wrestling (too good to hate)

 

Al McGuire - Marquette Hoops

 

Denny Crum

 

Coach K

 

Coach Zieger (my HS hoops coach) 

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I'll mention some of my favorites that haven't been brought up yet in this thread:

 

Joe Gibbs

Bud Grant  ( from standpoint of respect of a coach of an opposition team.)

Dick MacPherson  ( classiest person I've ever met in the coaching world )

Tom Osborne

Scotty Bowman

Sparky Anderson 

Red Holzman

Lou Carnesecca  

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Gregg Popovich

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Gregg Popovich

 

This

and George Seifert

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Players not coaches. Just thought that needed to be said :thumbsup:

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Wooden 

Phil Jackson

Shula 

Landry

Madden

 

^ The only ones I really know enough about (and still respect)  to put on such a list. 

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John Wooden - Took the time and effort to educate himself about the new Generation and try to better understand who he was teaching rather than just focus on what he was teaching.

John Gagliardi - The winningest College football coach and did it with the philosophy of "Winning with No's". The only time he turned down someone who wanted to play for him was if he didn't have the gear for them. And he went out and won 489 football games.

Pete Carroll - Carroll was one of the first coaches to take the approach of letting the players have a say in the operation of the team, to an extent. His method promotes ownership, competing, and a constant urge to improve. I used to not think a lot about the guy, but I have grown to appreciate him.

Bob LaDoceur - This is the former Head Coach and current Assistant Offensive Line Coach of the De LaSalle High School football team. The man strung together a 151 game winning streak that spanned 12 seasons, and he did it with a focus on developing the players as people.

 

I'm sure I can come up with a few more, but these are the top of the heap in my book.

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I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!

Dan Gable, Hayden Fry, Kirk Ferentz...sensing a trend here  :teehee:

 

Phil Jackson is up there, as is Gregg Popovich.

 

I loved all that is Bobby Knight.

 

Wooden of course.

 

Dean Smith

 

Bobby Cox

 

Joe Torre

 

Vince Lombardi

 

Tom Coughlin

 

Bill Walsh

 


 

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Freddie Shero

Casey Stengel

Tony LaRussa

Phil Jackson

Billy Martin

Dick Vermeil

Jack Ramsay

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Dan Gable, Hayden Fry, Kirk Ferentz...sensing a trend here  :teehee:

 

 

You forgot Coach of the Year Zak Katz

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[BAD WORD REMOVED] Vermeil

 

 

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

Always loved Jim Leyland.


I know people hate him, but I like Rex Ryan. He's a big mouth, but seems genuine.


Coach K

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“It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.”
― Albert Camus

Tom Izzo

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John Wooden

 

Jim Leyland

 

Sparky Anderson

 

Bobby Cox

 

Casey Stengal

 

Vince Lombardi

 

Chuck Tanner

 

Phil Jackson

 

John Thompson

 

Chuck Noll

 

Tom Coughlin

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If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley


 

Chris Petersen

 

Mark Dantonio

 

Frank Beamer

 

Pete Carroll

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"Sucess Is Not a Goal, It is a By-product"

All-time favorite coach: Jerry Sloan


The rest are in no particular order:

 

Tom Landry

John Thompson

Tom Coughlin

Bobby Bowden

Vince Lombardi

Dean Smith

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<i>Behold man's final mad disgrace.</i>

<i>He chops his nose to spite his face.</i>

 

-Etrigan the Demon

 

Vince Lombardi

Bill Parcells

Bill Belichick

Joe Gibbs

Don Shula

Tom Coughlin

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[BAD WORD REMOVED] MacPherson ( classiest person I've ever met in the coaching world )

Does no one else see the irony in this?

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"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot."