31.   In hiring Madkins, UCLA coach Steve Lavin tabbed a known commodity with little coaching experience.

32.   In New York and again in Boston, Pitino hired his own disciples, men with little or no pro coaching experience.

33.   Like Spurrier, Johnson had no prior NFL coaching experience.

34.   Nothing in his professional coaching experience compares with what Parcells has accomplished with the Jets.

35.   Now, Tomjanovich has international coaching experience in addition to being a well-respected NBA coach.

36.   Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White has said that at this point he is only pursuing candidates with previous head coaching experience.

37.   Only one other coach with no college head coaching experience has been hired in the Big East.

38.   Player would get the big-time coaching experience he craved and the undergraduate degree he missed out on when he left Long Island University after five semesters.

39.   THE LIST Does coaching experience matter?

40.   The only gap on his resume was the actual head coaching experience, the game management.