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Ed Sadowski was the first player-coach in the league. In the BAA's inaugural season, he played for the Toronto Huskies and also served as the team's first head coach. [7] Buddy Jeannette was the first player-coach to win the championship; he won the 1948 BAA Finals with the Baltimore Bullets. [8]
He is the son of Mary Rosalia (Balloga) [4] [5] and Leon Riley, who played 22 seasons of minor league baseball as an outfielder and first baseman, and appeared in four games for the 1944 Philadelphia Phillies. [6] [7] Riley played basketball for Linton High School in Schenectady under head coach Walt Przybylo and assistants Bill Rapavy and Ed ...
Payton has always been known for his offensive prowess, having scored more points (2,804) and gained more yards (40,158) than any other team in a coach's first 100 games in NFL history. [2] Payton had the second-longest NFL single-team tenure among active head coaches, behind New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick , who coached the ...
Grant is the most successful coach in Vikings history, [1] and he was the most successful in Blue Bombers history until he was surpassed by Mike O'Shea during the 2024 season. [2] He is the fifth-most winningest coach in professional football history with a combined 286 wins in the NFL and CFL. [3]
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a major professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1] The league adopted its current name at the start of the 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [2]
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is the second longest-tenured NBA head coach, having been head coach of the Heat since the 2008–09 season. Popovich is the only active head coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. [1] He is the only current head coach to have been hired by his current team in the 1990s.
The history and records of the AFL were incorporated into the NFL. In the 105-year history of the NFL, there have been 531 head coaches, 27 of whom are currently active as head coaches. George Halas has the longest tenure of any NFL head coach, with a career spanning 40 years, however, these seasons were not consecutive as they were spread out ...
To the coach, there were no gay dogs or straight dogs; there were just Packers who had one goal: to play their best and win. —Jim Buzinski, Outsports.com co-founder [ 142 ] Lombardi was known to be volatile and terse with players during practices and games, and he insisted on unconditional respect for everyone in his organization. [ 143 ]