Famous Coaches - List of Famous Coaches - page 2
Sports coaches are the professionals who instruct and train the athletes participating in some specific sports. Coaches play a very important role in helping individual players and teams achieve their full potential and thereby improve their performances. Professional sports are highly competitive and in such situations the responsibilities of the coach increases manifold. Often the head coach of a professional team is assisted by assistant coaches and physical trainers. Coaches identify the strengths and weaknesses of their clients and help them in implementing a suitable training programme to improve their physical and psychological fitness. In addition to helping professional players in achieving their highest potentials, coaches also scout for new talents. They play the role of mentors as they encourage and motivate aspiring sportspersons to take up a particular sport. Coaches in any sport are required to have experience and expertise in playing that particular sport. The duties and responsibilities of coaches differ according to the sports they coach their clients in. It is a highly demanding yet highly satisfying job. Browse this section to explore about the life and works of various famous sports coaches from all over the world.
The Most Famous Coaches | |||
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
Jürgen Klopp | June 16, 1967 | German | Jürgen Klopp is a German football manager, and a former professional football player |
David Moyes | April 25, 1963 | Scottish | David Moyes is a Scottish professional football coach and former player |
Mike Ditka | October 18, 1939 | American | Mike Ditka is a former American football NFL player coach and TV commentator |
Pep Guardiola | January 18, 1971 | Spanish | Pep Guardiola is a former Spanish footballer |
Mats Wilander | August 22, 1964 | Swedish | Mats Wilander is a former World No |
Bill Bowerman | February 19, 1911 | American | Bill Bowerman was an American track and field coach, winner of the Oxford Cup and co-founder of the Nike, Inc |
Oracene Price | April 3, 1952 | American | Oracene Price is best known as the coach and mother of tennis stars Venus Williams and Serena Williams |
Ryan Giggs | November 29, 1973 | Welsh | Ryan Giggs is a famous British-Welsh former footballer |
Barry Bennell | 1954 | British | Barry Bennell is a British former football coach and a convicted paedophile who has been accused of molesting his students |
Ivan Lendl | March 7, 1960 | Czech, American | Ivan Lendl is a former world number one professional tennis player |
Alex Ferguson
Alex Ferguson is a former football manager best known for his stint with the Manchester United from 1986 to 2013
Ric Charlesworth
Ric Charlesworth is an Australian sports consultant, former hockey player and the greatest sporting coach of Australia
Rick Pitino
Rick Pitino is an American basketball coach who led three different schools to a Final Four—the only one in NCAA history to do so
Red Auerbach
Red Auerbach was an American basketball coach considered to be the mastermind behind the success of Boston Celtics
Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson is a former American basketball player and a world-renowned basketball coach
James Naismith
James Naismith was a Canadian-American inventor of the world famous sport basketball
Herb Brooks
Herb Brooks was an American ice-hockey player and coach – he was the head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S
Woody Hayes
Woody Hayes was a renowned American football player and coach