11.   Ironically, Bird will begin his NBA coaching career in a building where he never quite felt comfortable as a player.

12.   LOS ANGELES - Cal State Northridge coach Bobby Braswell returns today to Long Beach State, where he began his college coaching career.

13.   More than a quarter-century into a Hall of Fame coaching career Lenny Wilkens said Tuesday that he remains eager for the battle.

14.   Shortly after leaving St. Louis, Keenan said he was worried whether his messy departure would cost him his NHL coaching career.

15.   Standing at the pivot point in his NBA coaching career, Karl picked an exceedingly bad time for a bad game.

16.   Spurrier, an avid golfer, has spent his whole coaching career in the South and is likely to favor a warm-weather locale.

17.   The game could be the final one in the Georgia Tech coaching career of Bobby Cremins.

18.   The loss ended the Iowa coaching career of Tom Davis, who was forced to resign early this season despite being the winningest coach in school history.

19.   Williams has spent his entire NFL coaching career with the same franchise, working for the Houston Oilers before they moved to Tennessee.

20.   After college, he coached at Northwestern High until he started his college coaching career.