Iconic programs and their coaches question (caused by Calipari)

[Bulldog Bruce]

John Calipari's move to Kentucky is mostly an ego thing of him going to a "dream job". However, how many programs/teams have had multiple iconic coaches? In otherwords, if you want to make a big mark to history, would he have been better served staying in Memphis and winning a few championships there instead of going to Kentucky?

Almost all of the winning teams (other than the Yankees and maybe even Kentucky and Notre Dame) are really based on a single coach being successful Alabama=Bear, Duke=Coach K, UCLA=Wooden, Indiana=Knight, Green Bay=Lombardi, etc. Even those few teams that have done it thru multiple coaches, there is still one guy who is the dominant name (Rupp for example). The Yankees are the one team I can name more than one iconic coach (McCarthy, Stengel, Torre)

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Basketball:
Indiana - McCracken and Knight (the only college with more than one coach that's won multiple titles at that school)
North Carolina - Smith, McGuire, Williams.
Duke - Coach K and Bubas
Kansas - Allen, Williams, and Naismith.
Kentucky - Rupp and Pitino. Maybe Hall too.</p>Football:
Alabama - Bryant, Wade - to name two.
Notre Dame - Rockne, Parseighan (sp?), maybe Holtz.
USC - McKay and Carroll
Oklahoma - Wilkinson and Switzer
Miami - Schnellenberger and Johnson

Edited to add an additional sport and coaches

 

[RebelBruiser]

Ole Miss football - Sloan, Orgeron

Seriously, I think you could say that Florida with Spurrier and Meyer may be on that path, if Meyer sticks around for 10 years.

Texas had Darrell Royal and now Mack Brown.

I don't know much about USC's history, but I know they had some good years a long time ago, so they likely had an iconic coach before Carroll. You might be able to say Tressell at Ohio State joins Woody Hayes as an icon.

 

[topdawg.sixpack]

Schnellenburger, Johnson and Erickson.....

 

[HD6]

there are plenty of good examples in college football, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Michigan. In the pros, the Lakers would be a good example, the Bears, the Packers.</p>