Hot-tempered coach wore out his welcome
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All of the above spin out of the termination of Henry Bibby as USC&#39;s basketball coach. The program was imploding. Practice and games had become torture.
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Mike Holmgren's return to Green Bay as coach of the Seahawks has brought with it consternation among the populace as some Packers fans still feel betrayed by their former coach who left nine years ago.
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Coward. Quitter. Hypocrite. And those were some of the nicer things the Atlanta Falcons had to say about their former coach on Wednesday. Bobby Petrino left behind a bitter team and a boss who felt betrayed, skipping town to return to the college ranks with not so much as a face-to-face meeting with his players.
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Tyrone Willingham often used the word "more" to describe what it was like to coach at Notre Dame. More pressure. More scrutiny. More urgency. In the end, though, he got less.
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At a practice this week, Miami coach Larry Coker asked if anyone was emotionally drained and didn't want to continue playing this season.
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When coach Lou Holtz set out to revamp South Carolina's losing culture this offseason, he took a look at himself as well.
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How does a veteran coach transform his less-than-glowing reputation? In the words of one NFL lifer, 'Just win, baby!'
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Notre Dame, IN - When Willingham was let go a week and a half ago, the word spread quickly across Notre Dame&#39;s campus. Now the news that a new coach is in place is all over campus too.
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Bruce Arena sounded more like a man ready to say goodbye than a coach eager to sign on for another World Cup.
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It might not have been quite as fiery as the on-field tirade that got him ejected, but the pregame team meeting called by manager Terry Francona was designed to get a message across. It was, essentially, to relax.
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By todayÂs model, an elite college football coach is only one mediocre season away from being fired. Just ask MiamiÂs Larry Coker or AlabamaÂs Mike Shula.
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Players and coaches say the dynamic between recruit and school changes after the oral commitment is made, and communication that once was warm and glowing can get downright nasty.
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As Notre Dame continues its search for a new head football coach, the university&#39;s outgoing president yesterday boldly criticized the university for its firing of Tyrone Willingham after three seasons as coach.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. - One day after being dismissed as Notre Dame football coach, Tyrone Willingham admitted that he failed to live up to his own expectations.
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ST. LOUIS -- When St. Louis coach Mike Martz last week publicly chastised his team, he admonished players to make something happen and to do it immediately.
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The last several months have seen a brutal assault on our faith in the redemptive power of sport and the episode that bothered me the most was the wormy departure of Bobby Petrino.
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Three seasons after hiring Tyrone Willingham as head coach of the football program, the powers that be in South Bend, Ind., fired the 28-year coaching veteran Tuesday, one month prior to the Fighting Irish&#39;s scheduled matchup with UCLA in the Insight Bowl