Sentences with phrase «first coaching a game»

Still, Geschrey was a little nervous at first coaching a game that was new to him.

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52 games into his first season with the Magic, head coach Jacque Vaughn was fired.

Then she helped coach the team to the first round of the NBA Playoffs, where the Spurs lost in seven games to the L.A. Clippers.

One of her picks was from her first - ever episode, when she interviewed life coach Tony Robbins, author of «MONEY: Master the Game.»

That Jared Goff will have Sean McVay (the likely coach of the year), Todd Gurley (an MVP candidate), and an elite defense around him should make his first playoff game a bit easier, even against the reigning NFC champions.

The Thunder primarily used Russell Westbrook to defend Parker during the first two games, but Oklahoma City head coach Scott Brooks switched Sefolosha on Parker in Game 3.

Ole Miss head coach Tony Madlock coached his first game as a head coach Tuesday night.

Any other coach but Adolph Rupp would have been satisfied with an 18 - 7 record, but The Baron, audibly piqued because Kentucky wasn't tournament - bound for the first time in seven years, took occasion to blame his troubles on 1) the school band, which stopped tooting for the Wildcats after midyear exams left most of its members on probation; 2) student fans, who were absent in droves for the final game; 3) the lack of a more intensive recruiting program.

Lost the first time in Athens [as South Carolina head coach] in» 05, 17 - 15, obviously very winnable game.

Anyone lucky enough to sit courtside an hour before Wizards games since 2010 has seen Wall and an assistant coach — first Sam Cassell, now Howard Eisley — methodically work on pull - up jumpers.

After dropping seven consecutive games and losing its coach, Ole Miss rebounded with an impressive offensive performance against a stellar defensive team, and showed enough fight to pick up its first road win in conference.

How many coaches would stand by a shy Henry in his first season and transform the way he played the game?

There are plenty of reasons why Kansas City is in the playoffs for the first time in four seasons: the maturation of second - year coach Todd Haley, who was the offensive coordinator for Arizona when it reached the Super Bowl; the addition of respected coordinators Romeo Crennel (defense) and Charlie Weis (offense), who won Super Bowls as assistants with New England; the NFL's best running game; a solid defense; and extensive contributions by a deep rookie class.

In September, after Memphis State lost its first three games, 84 Tigers boycotted practice to show their displeasure with coach Chuck Stobart.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers coaches told Ogden they were impressed with his ability to change his approach to suit particular game situations, as he did last fall against Cal defensive end Regan Upshaw, also a projected first - round pick.

Said Greg Williams, coach of the West and the Coastal Division's first - place Dallas Diamonds, «I don't think Iowa is much of a factor in Bolin's game anymore.»

Paul Brown is 61, and there has been no banking of the fires that have burned within him since his first coaching job at Severn (Md.) Prep in 1930 and that have produced 299 wins and 15 ties in 400 high - school, college and pro games.

For us it's Washington, it's Coach Petersen, it's all of that, but it's also the first opening night game here on the blue since Oregon in» 09.

It's not that a day of games topped by Michigan State and Ohio State clashing in Urban Meyer's first taste of conference play as a Big Ten coach is boring; it's just that that game and Baylor's trip to West Virginia represent the only two games between ranked teams on Saturday, and it feels like this week may have cashed its This Game Will Be Better Than You Think chit on Washington's upset of Stanford on Thursday nigame and Baylor's trip to West Virginia represent the only two games between ranked teams on Saturday, and it feels like this week may have cashed its This Game Will Be Better Than You Think chit on Washington's upset of Stanford on Thursday niGame Will Be Better Than You Think chit on Washington's upset of Stanford on Thursday night.

They faced so much pressure from the established and holier - than - thou NFL leading up to that first title game that the granite coach suffered from insomnia.

They've been so stifling through their first 20 games — allowing just 0.801 points per possession and a field goal percentage of 32.1, both the lowest figures in the nation — that it is now customary for losing coaches to say something retweetably superlative about how they guard.

Below are the odds for Michigan in seven of its upcoming games next season under first - year coach Jim Harbaugh.

Head coach's bowl record: Bobby Petrino is 4 - 4 in bowl games, including a 2 - 2 record in his first stint at Louisville and last year's bowl loss in the first season of his second term with the team.

First, Pat would tap the 60 - plus years of coaching experience with which she surrounds herself, consulting swiftly with her staff: DeMoss, with her uncanny ability to see what all 10 players were doing on the floor; Holly Warlick, who had the game seared into her soul as Pat's point guard in the late»70s; and Al Brown, who could study video and spot the neck twitch that indicated that the opposing team's forward was about to drive left.

Duke In his first season as coach, Fred Goldsmith is trying to remind folks in Durham that roundball isn't the only game in town.

Harbaugh has attended several A's games before, but this certainly will be the first as the team's first - base coach.

The Cougars won 18 games last season, coach Tom Penders's first at the school, doubling their 2003 — 04 total, but for a program that hasn't been to the NCAA tournament in 13 years, the billing seemed a bit overheated.

Arkansas In 1993, Danny Ford's first season as head coach in Fayetteville, the Razorbacks won two more games than they had in» 92.

West Bromwich Albion and Gateshead have confirmed their team selections for the FA Cup third round tie between the two sides at the Hawthorns in what will be new Baggies coach Tony Pulis» first game in charge.

David Moe, who was a Colorado assistant coach when Billups played in Boulder, watched those Hornets games and thought, It was Indiana all over again, flashing back to the Buffaloes» first - round matchup during the 1997 NCAA tournament.

I texted a friend of mine and said a high school coaching staff could have put together a better game plan than PSU's in the first half.

Toronto first base coach Dave Leiper was suspended one game for returning after his ejection.

We can look at the November 29 battle with Louisville as a default Big East Championship game, and it may be just that, but an undefeated season could still be in play for first - year coach Kyle Flood at that time, too, even despite an iffy offense.

I fouled out with four minutes left in the first half, and after the game I told Coach Gold not to come back, I was going to play football.»

Jim Harbaugh's busy week which has included helping a woman in a free - way crash on I - 94, chats with Judge Judy on Twitter, now possibly includes being the Oakland A's first - base coach at today's Spring Training game against the LA Angels in Arizona.

Maryland coach Gary Williams first noticed Smith while scouting a summer - league game following Smith's sophomore year at Maury High in Norfolk, Va..

Kirby Smart's first game coaching the Dawgs comes on a not - particularly - neutral site in the Georgia Dome against a team with a new starting quarterback.

Fast - forward a month, and Ball is averaging 90 yards a game (he left last week's game in the second quarter with a head injury), O'Brien has been benched for a redshirt freshman and first - year offensive line coach Mike Markuson has been fired.

Arizona got a tough matchup for their first round NCAA tournament game, and it appears their coach has been stressing about it.

In the first game of Andersen's third season as the Beavers» head coach, the program still looks a ways away from the top 25 heights it reached under Mike Riley, let alone Pac - 12 title contention.

After being called out by the head coach because he wasn't on top of the details in the first preseason game, Lee appeared to pick it up a bit against the Bears.

In his 10 years as head coach of BYU entering this season, the Cougars made 10 bowl games, with nine winning seasons and a 6 - 6 mark in his first year on the job.

The best thing to say about Oregon in Mark Helfrich's first game as head coach is that it looked 100 percent like Oregon in a 66 - 3 win over Nicholls State.

«We give up one first shift of the game and then we're kind of chasing,» Colorado coach Jared Bednar said.

Last season, before the Buccaneers played the Cowboys, Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, who would make the Pro Bowl for the first of what will be many times in his career, went to the head coach and asked that they stop calling so many stunts and blitzes and just let the defensive line rush straight for most of the game.

The same guy that was ejected for some «choice words» in the second game of the season, the guy who admits quickly that others will call him arrogant, the guy who ends his first interview by reminding a writer «I say what I feel and mean what I say» — is also a coach who decorates the small wall space in his office with bright colors.

UCLA's Jim Harrick, the sixth coach to try and make Westwood forget its Wizard, lost his mind over a Bruin foul in the first half and was awarded a technical; Arizona's Lute Olson, the Titan of Tucson, who had won his 200th game with the Wildcats just two days earlier, also spun out of control, over an Arizona foul in the second half, and got a T.

Prior to Toronto's first playoff game since 2008, head coach Dwane Casey said the Raptors were as ready as they could be.

He was Big East Coach of the Year his first season and is considered one of the game's good guys.

Our player of the season so far?Certainly the most consistent.JACK AND OZIL CONTRACTS - just get them signed up for F *** S SAKE.Jack doesn't want to go anywhere and Ozil will have his choice of big clubs to choose from if allowed to be able to go on a free.How about giving out a statement of our ambitions (yeah right) and show were prepared to pay whatever it takes (up to the point of being ridiculous) to SIGN the best and KEEP the best» These two are the best we have so get them sorted early to send out a message of how serious we intend to be.AUBAMEYANG - So what if he has a contract.So did Sanchez.Offer the right money to Dortmund and the player and he will be ours.What is there to question over this deal?He is a proven goalscorer.We have just lost one.Get the deal done.GIROUD - Get rid of him to Dortmund if they want him either by selling or if it sweetens the deal just loan him till the end of the season.He was a back up when Sanchez was here and will be on the mix of back ups if Auba signs.He has a World Cup squad to fight for just to be considered so needs to be playing every week.We do not need him if Auba signs and would demand better than him if the deal fails to happen.Just get rid.JONNY EVANS - I'm not sure.Agree Kos needs nursing through games and we do not have consistent performers to come in if he is injured or rested mainly due to both Chambers and Holdimg not progressing through as much as we first thought and hoped for.Gooners have always been patient and supportive of the youngsters as they have come through but question marks to the whole coaching staff as to why these two seem to have stalled as much as they have done.Steve Bould - What do you do?You should be ashamed.