Fry coached two decades at Iowa, more than twice as long as any coach before him.

Surely, he could do better than M. L. Carr, who coached before him.

"What he's going through is 90 percent mental," said Paul Annacone, who coached Sampras before their split last season.

He coached the team for a month before the hiring of manager Luiz Felipe Scolari.

Compared with those who coached in the days before the emergence of sports medicine, today's head coaches are enlightened about the hazards of the heat.

Jennings coached other athletes to success before her retirement from coaching in 2006.

He first coached the Georgetown crew from 1967 to 1969 before coaching at Yale University for 20 years.

Reed, who coached the Knicks in the 1977-78 season before his dismissal 14 games into the next season, said: "I'm better prepared this time.

Brennan coached football at several levels both before and after his MLB umpiring days.

He takes half-credit for Brandy Johnson's triumph last year because he coached her until three weeks before the event.