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Match each coach with the school he led to the NCAA Men's Basket­ball Championship.

  1. Larry Brown
  2. Jim Harrick
  3. Lute Olsen
  4. Nolan Richardson
  5. Jerry Tarkanian
(A) Arizona
(B) Arkansas
(C) Kansas
(D) Nevada-Las Vegas
(E)
UCLA

  • Match each first-year coach with the team he led in 2013-14.
  1. Steve Alford
  2. Andy Enfield
  3. Bobby Hurley
  4. Richard Pitino
  5. Tubby Smith

(A) Buffalo
(B) Minnesota
(C) Texas Tech
(D) UCLA
(E) USC

  • Match each coach with the team he led to the NCAA championship.
    1. Phil Woolpert
    2. Ed Jucker
    3. Norm Sloan
    4. Tubby Smith
    (A) North Carolina State
    (B) Kentucky
    (C) San Francisco
    (D) Cincinnati


  • Match each coach with the team he leads for the 2011-12 season.
    1. Bob Huggins
    2. Anthony Grant
    3. Rick Barnes
    4. Ben Howland
    (A) UCLA
    (B) Alabama
    (C) West Virginia
    (D) Texas

  • Match each NBA coach for the 2011-12 season with his team.
    1. Larry Drew
    2. Doug Collins
    3. Alvin Gentry
    4. Mark Jackson
    5. Lionel Hollins
    (A) Philadelphia 76ers
    (B) Phoenix Suns
    (C) Atlanta Hawks
    (D) Memphis Grizzlies
    (E) Golden State Warriors
  • Match each coach with the team he led into the 2011 NBA Playoffs.
    1. Larry Drew
    2. Nate McMillan
    3. Mike D'Antoni
    4. George Karl
    (A) Denver Nuggets
    (B) New York Knicks
    (C) Portland Trailblazers
    (D) Atlanta Hawks
  • Match each famous coach with the first school to hire him as a head coach.
    1. Bobby Knight
    2. Rick Barnes
    3. Billy Donovan
    4. Ben Howland

    A. Northern Arizona
    B. Marshall
    C. George Mason
    D. West Point

  • Match each coach with the school he coached before his current position.
    1. Roy Williams, North Carolina
    2. Trent Johnson, LSU
    3. Steve Alford, New Mexico
    4. Ben Howland, UCLA
    A. Pittsburgh
    B. Iowa
    C. Stanford
    D. Kansas


  • Match each coach with the team he currently coaches.

    1. Jeff Lebo
    2. Seth Greenberg
    3. Todd Lickliter
    4. Lorenzo Romar

    (A) Washington
    (B) Virginia Tech
    (C) Auburn
    (D) Iowa

  • Match each coach with the school he coached right before he moved to his current school.

    1. Roy Williams, North Carolina
    2. Trent Johnson, LSU
    3. Rick Barnes, Texas
    4. Herb Sendek, Arizona State

    (A) Stanford
    (B) North Carolina State
    (C) Kansas
    (D) Clemson



  • What NBA coach wrote Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior?

  • What coach led Florida to its first Final Four appearance in 1994?
  • Identify the star Purdue player pictured at the right. He is more famous as a coach.

  • The Detroit Pistons, known as the "Bad Boys," won consecutive NBA titles in 1989 and 1990. Who was the head coach?
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