41.   It was a silly move, handing a team built for now to a rookie coach who hired rookie assistants.

42.   It was a time when a young, rookie coach could have lost control of his team.

43.   Jones, though, has every reason to be appreciative of the job that his rookie coach has done.

44.   Kasper is best remembered as the rookie coach who humiliated fan favorite Cam Neely and Kevin Stevens in Toronto.

45.   Larry Bird, the NBA rookie coach, finally came to Los Angeles and faced the man who coached Larry Bird, the NBA rookie player.

46.   Last season, as a rookie coach, Campbell frequently punished these mistakes by benching Kovalev and criticizing him harshly in post-game analysis.

47.   Late Thursday night, Muckler verbally confronted another counterpart, Bob Hartley, the rookie coach of the Colorado Avalanche.

48.   Larry Coker is the University of Miami Hurricanes rookie head coach.

49.   Lieberman-Cline became a great player and competent broadcaster by learning from others and knows enough to do the same as a rookie coach.

50.   MacLean is the rookie head coach of a third-year expansion team.