Sentences with phrase «first head coach»

Last season Jason Garrett (+200) was the favorite to be the first head coach axed, but winning 12 games helped the former quarterback keep his job — at least for another year.

Redskins head coach Jay Gruden is clearly on the chopping block and is listed as a +165 favorite (5Dimes) to be the first head coach fired.

It's also interesting to see the discrepancy between the two books, at BetOnline lists Payton at +3300 to be the first head coach fired.

Following this poor performance, oddsmakers installed McCoy (+350) as the front - runner to be the first head coach fired this season.

It was still a surprise to see McElwain as the first head coach to be fired in the SEC this year, especially since other SEC schools like Tennessee and Texas A&M are struggling as well.

At +150, Chuck Pagano now has the best odds to be the first head coach fired this season.

Back on August 1st, the oddsmakers at 5Dimes posted odds for the first head coach to be fired during the 2016 campaign.

In November 2010, it hired Becky Carlson as the program's first head coach.

It's also interesting to note that shortly after these odds re-opened, Alvin Gentry's odds of being the first head coach fired jumped from +600 to +250.

On Sunday, February 26th, Bookmaker posted odds on the first head coach to be fired.

Interestingly, McCoy actually entered the season as the favorite to be the first head coach fired — a dubious honor which eventually went to former Rams head coach Jeff Fisher.

Last season it was Jeff Fisher to be the first head coach fired (which occurred on December 12th, 2016 by the LA Rams).

Before the season, Garrett actually had much shorter odds of being the first head coach fired (+800) than he did of being named Coach of the Year (+2800).

The table below compares the current odds to be the first head coach fired at 5Dimes, Bovada and Sportsbook.com (SB) with the implied probability for each.

Who do you think will be the first head coach to say sayonara?

I'd always teased that I was the family's first head coach.»

It feels like Bowden has been around forever, in part because he got his first head coaching gig at age 31.

Herman is one year removed from being an offensive coordinator at Ohio State, where he was instrumental in the Buckeyes» championship run in 2014, and he landed his first head coaching job at Houston before he even won the trophy.

Fun fact: Before Frank Broyles turned Arkansas into a national power, he took his first head coaching job a few hours north.

After a year as graduate assistant at USC, his first head coaching job came in 1967 at Indio High School, northeast of San Diego.

His first head coaching job was at Davidson in 1965, and he took the Wildcats to the Tangerine Bowl in 1969.

His first head coaching job was with the Sacramento Kings in 1997, but that was short - lived as he was fired in 1998.

The original list from Bookmaker includes two assistants vying for their first head coaching gig, a couple college coaches and several veteran coaches — some of whom haven't been on the bench in years.

The transformation began in 1977, when the Ducks gave longtime West Coast assistant Rich Brooks his first head coaching job.

He was 32 years old, a veteran, husband and father, when he returned to the Deep South in 1950 to assume his first head coaching job.

He had gotten his first head coaching job at 25 at NAIA's Salem University.

When he took his first head coaching job at Ole Miss in 2005, he announced that the remnants of David Cutcliffe's offense would marry a zone - blocking scheme with USC's two - back system, the result was an overmanaged disaster.

He was offensive coordinator at Division III's Union college at age 24 and was prolific enough as New Hampshire's OC in the 1980s that he earned his first head coaching job — at Division II's New Haven — at age 30.

Marquette head coach Ryan Theis» last stop before taking his first head coaching position was as an assistant to Florida head coach Mary Wise.

Not exact matches

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

Stafford - Odom isn't sure how soon the NBA is to having its first female head coach, but she believes it's «close.»

At first, the rule required NFL teams to interview at least one minority candidate to fill head coaching vacancies.

Why It Took Off Fandeavor's first offering was two $ 400 behind - the - scenes immersion «experiences» at the Las Vegas Invitational college basketball tournament; each package included a «chalk - talk» with an assistant coach from UNLV, two seats in a luxury suite and a basketball autographed by the head coaches of all the teams in the tourney.

First was Becky Hammon of the San Antonio Spurs, who became the NBA's first female head coach at Summer League — and brought home the League trFirst was Becky Hammon of the San Antonio Spurs, who became the NBA's first female head coach at Summer League — and brought home the League trfirst female head coach at Summer League — and brought home the League trophy.

Despite his having one of the most successful starts in coaching history (including two NBA championships for the Warriors in his first three years as a head coach), the team has struggled of late.

Francesa was thoroughly disgusted with the call to bench Eli, and was quick to let his listeners know about it, first criticizing head coach Ben McAdoo for the switch.

First, there's Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak.

It was first reported that three candidates were in the running — Houston head coach Tom Herman, Memphis head coach Justin Fuente, and Missouri defensive coordinator Barry Odom.

In its first decade, the Rooney Rule seemed to make a notable difference: Beginning in 2003, ESPN reports that minorities filled about 20 % of head coaching vacancies — and that percentage edged up steadily each year.

That's a lot for anybody to deal with, much less a first - time head coach.

The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles have taken the world by storm and after it came out that head coach Andy Enfield had their first date with his wife, Amanda Marcum, at Taco Bell, TB decided to wish him good luck.

Plus, while I'm belaboring the point, his first offensive coordinator hire suggested he might be more of the «just have the offense get out of the defense's way» style of defensive coordinator - turned - head coach — a Will Muschamp, if you will.

The same thing had happened to him in his first year as head coach in 1961.

The Raiders got their first win of the season in dramatic fashion, making rookie head coach Dennis Allen's seat just a little cooler.

Things didn't look promising after ASU did not extend Graham's contract, despite getting a seemingly automatic one - year contract extension after or during each of his first four seasons as Arizona State's head coach.

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.

Emmanuel Adebayor the only player to earn semi-significant praise as Pochettino suffers first defeat as Spurs head coach.

For the first time since the 70's Pitt has a head coach that is of the same race as most of his players.

Brothers face off as NFL head coaches for the first time when Jim and John Harbaugh meet on Thanksgiving night.

Jaguars 10, Bills 3: A terrible spot gave the Bills an important first down at midfield, and Jags head coach Doug Marrone declined to challenge the call despite it happening just a few feet from him on the Jacksonville sideline.