Thread: Greatest Coach of all Time?

Joe Paterno

* Led teams to 19 bowl victories, more than anyone in his profession;
* Become the only coach to win four New Year's Day games -- the Rose, Sugar, Cotton and Orange Bowls;
* Captured National Championships in 1982 and 1986 and had teams finish undefeated, but uncrowned, in 1968, 1969, 1973 and 1994;
* Posted 11 or more victories in 12 seasons;
* Seen at least one player win a first-team All-America berth 30 times, including LaVar Arrington of the 1998 Nittany Lions;
* Won Coach-of-the-Year honors an unprecedented four times in balloting by the American Football Coaches Association;
* Been selected by the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame as the first active coach ever to receive its "Distinguished American" award;
* Appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated as its 1986 Sportsman-of-the-Year;
* Watched more than 200 of his ex-Lions play in the National Football League, including 23 who were first-round draft choices;
* Coached players who have won all of the major college awards -- Heisman, Maxwell, Lombardi, O'Brien, Outland and Biletnikoff;
* Witnessed the payoff to his emphasis on graduating and achieving academic goals through the selection of 20 first-team Academic All-Americas, 14 Hall of Fame Scholar-Athletes and 16 NCAA postgraduate scholarship winners;
* Tutored two players enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and five whose plaques hang in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend.

Emanuel Steward


Emanuel Steward is the premier trainer/manager in boxing today. One of the sport's true ambassadors, he has achieved success with his boxers at every level of the game. In addition to former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and flamboyant featherweight star Prince Naseem Hamed, Steward has trained over two dozen world champions, including Tommy "Hit Man" Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Julio Cesar Chavez, Oscar De La Hoya, Evander Holyfield, Leon Spinks, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Aaron Pryor. Heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko is among his current crop of pupils. For over three decades his world famous Kronk Boxing Gym has been a cultivating ground for boxers of every age and size, from legendary world champions to pre-teen Golden Gloves hopefuls.

In 1963, 18-year old Emanuel Steward, fighting as a bantamweight, won the National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions. He looked forward to a career as a professional, but after failing to find what he considered to be honest management, took a steady job at Detroit Edison Company. But he never wandered too far from the fight game. In 1971 Steward accepted a part-time position as head coach of the boxing program at the Kronk Recreation Center. When his young team won the Detroit Golden Gloves team title that same year, the Kronk Dynasty was born.


In March 1972, Steward left Detroit Edison to become a full-time trainer/manager. Five years later, with the newly formed ESCOT (Emanuel Steward's Champions of Tomorrow) Boxing Enterprises, Inc., he ventured into the world of professional boxing with an 18-year old slugger named Tommy Hearns. Hearns went on to win world titles in five different weight classes on his way to boxing immortality. Steward's reputation as a trainer grew by leaps and bounds after that, and with it grew the number of champions under his tutelage. In addition to the 31 world champions he has managed, he also developed six gold medal winners for the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team, including Pernell Whitaker, Mark Breland, Terrell Biggs, Jerry Page, Frank Tate and Steve McCrory.


Steward continues to work with the young fighters at the Kronk Gym in Detroit. He has designed and patented a new boxing glove used by many of today's world champions and has designed improvements to other equipment as well. He is a welcome addition as expert commentator to HBO's World Championship Boxing and HBO Pay-Per-View coverage.

John Wooden can't be touched.

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Originally Posted by bigss75

Joe Paterno

* Led teams to 19 bowl victories, more than anyone in his profession;
* Become the only coach to win four New Year's Day games -- the Rose, Sugar, Cotton and Orange Bowls;
* Captured National Championships in 1982 and 1986 and had teams finish undefeated, but uncrowned, in 1968, 1969, 1973 and 1994;
* Posted 11 or more victories in 12 seasons;
* Seen at least one player win a first-team All-America berth 30 times, including LaVar Arrington of the 1998 Nittany Lions;
* Won Coach-of-the-Year honors an unprecedented four times in balloting by the American Football Coaches Association;
* Been selected by the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame as the first active coach ever to receive its "Distinguished American" award;
* Appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated as its 1986 Sportsman-of-the-Year;
* Watched more than 200 of his ex-Lions play in the National Football League, including 23 who were first-round draft choices;
* Coached players who have won all of the major college awards -- Heisman, Maxwell, Lombardi, O'Brien, Outland and Biletnikoff;
* Witnessed the payoff to his emphasis on graduating and achieving academic goals through the selection of 20 first-team Academic All-Americas, 14 Hall of Fame Scholar-Athletes and 16 NCAA postgraduate scholarship winners;
* Tutored two players enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and five whose plaques hang in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend.

+1

Al Vermiel

Coahes are overrated

Originally Posted by bigss75

Joe Paterno

* Led teams to 19 bowl victories, more than anyone in his profession;
* Become the only coach to win four New Year's Day games -- the Rose, Sugar, Cotton and Orange Bowls;
* Captured National Championships in 1982 and 1986 and had teams finish undefeated, but uncrowned, in 1968, 1969, 1973 and 1994;
* Posted 11 or more victories in 12 seasons;
* Seen at least one player win a first-team All-America berth 30 times, including LaVar Arrington of the 1998 Nittany Lions;
* Won Coach-of-the-Year honors an unprecedented four times in balloting by the American Football Coaches Association;
* Been selected by the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame as the first active coach ever to receive its "Distinguished American" award;
* Appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated as its 1986 Sportsman-of-the-Year;
* Watched more than 200 of his ex-Lions play in the National Football League, including 23 who were first-round draft choices;
* Coached players who have won all of the major college awards -- Heisman, Maxwell, Lombardi, O'Brien, Outland and Biletnikoff;
* Witnessed the payoff to his emphasis on graduating and achieving academic goals through the selection of 20 first-team Academic All-Americas, 14 Hall of Fame Scholar-Athletes and 16 NCAA postgraduate scholarship winners;
* Tutored two players enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and five whose plaques hang in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend.

Doesn't the fact that he's coached for 127 years take away from his quantity of achievements?

My vote is Bob Knight. He won with players that wouldn't have even played at UNC or UCLA.
Nut? Yes.
Great coach? Also a yes.

Originally Posted by Pedigree

Doesn't the fact that he's coached for 127 years take away from his quantity of achievements?

My vote is Bob Knight. He won with players that wouldn't have even played at UNC or UCLA.
Nut? Yes.
Great coach? Also a yes.

Actually, I think that would be even more of a testament to his achievements. I can't beleive that the coaching methods he was using 40 years ago are still working and he is still capable of motivating his kids even though he's many gerations removed from them. Not to mention he has undefeated seasons in 4 different decades. Living legend.

Don WallenCoach

No high school basketball coach in Florida has won more games than former Martin County High school head boys basketball coach Don Wallen. In 32 years as a basketball coach, he won 760 games, while losing only 192, for a .798 winning percentage.

Wallen, a native of Wheelright, Ky., began his coaching career in 1957, and quickly turned the basketball program at his alma mater, Wheelright High School, into on of the most successful in the state. During his nine-year tenure at the school, Wheelright compiled a 219-37 record and won 13 championships.

In 1966, Wallen accepted the head boys basketball coaching position at Martin County in Stuart. Over the next 23 seasons, the Tigers won 541 games, while losing just 155. During this time they also won three state championships (1972,1973 and 1979), two sectional titles, nine regional titles, 13 district titles, 10 conference titles and 10 invitational tournament titles.

Wallen’s program at Martin County was recognized both statewide and nationally as one of excellence. He has earned numerous Coach of the Year Awards, and in 1984 achieved a rear triple feat by being selected by the National High School Coaches Association as the National High School Basketball Coach of the Year and the Florida Athletic Coaches Association as the Florida Coach of the Year, and by being inducted by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association into the FACA Hall of Fame.

Wallen became the first high school basketball coach to be inducted in the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 1987.

Wallen also experienced success as a college athlete at Georgia Southern, where he earned eight letters – four in basketball and four in baseball – and set the record for highest batting average for a Georgia Southern player at .418. he was inducted in the Georgia Southern Hall of Fame in 1990.

He was the Basketball coach at my High School. Passed away in 2005. One of the kindest hearted people I have ever met. Great leader and role model.

Not only is joe a great coach but an amazing person who has donated alot of his salary back to the school and holds higher morals then most coaches do.

Paterno hasn't "coached" for a decade. He stands on the sidelines and tries to stay alive. His coordinators and assistants call all the plays. He was a great coach, definately one of the best of all time for college ball, but you can't credit him for PSU's success last season.

Vincent Thomas Lombardi
Coach, Philosopher, Autocrat
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."

"The spirit, the will to win and the will to excel-these are the things that endure and these are the qualities that are so much more important than any of the events that occasion them."

"It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. Men respond to leadership in a most remarkable way and once you have won his heart, he will follow you anywhere."

"A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done."

"If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.

"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."

Originally Posted by Pedigree

Doesn't the fact that he's coached for 127 years take away from his quantity of achievements?

My vote is Bob Knight. He won with players that wouldn't have even played at UNC or UCLA.
Nut? Yes.
Great coach? Also a yes.

I like Bob Knight also. His graduation rate is also outstanding. He's a little crazy, but very intelligent and calculated.

Originally Posted by LoadedBats

Paterno hasn't "coached" for a decade. He stands on the sidelines and tries to stay alive. His coordinators and assistants call all the plays. He was a great coach, definately one of the best of all time for college ball, but you can't credit him for PSU's success last season.

Lemme guess, you won't give him credit for the 11-1 season last year, but I'm sure you'll give him credit for the previous few losing seasons...