1.   And Cross cited wisdom from the former Jet coach Bruce Coslet, who last week was elevated to head coach in Cincinnati.

2.   And the same head football coach.

3.   Another knock on Lewis is that he is just holding the reins on a swift horse that head coach Mike Holmgren is really steering.

4.   Armstead is the Pro Bowler who has a direct line to head coach Jim Fassel.

5.   As a first-year head coach, Ron Ponciano admits he made mistakes.

6.   As head football coach of Morgan State University for the last four years, Diggs has seen virtually every manner of post-touchdown boogaloo, highstep and somersault.

7.   Besides having a Husky pedigree, he has been successful on his own, a Division I head coach for eight years.

8.   - As head basketball coach at Michigan and now Arizona State, Bill Frieder has lost his share of games.

9.   A veteran nucleus, yet a rookie head coach.

10.   But his mentor, Jerry DeGregorio, recently was elevated from assistant to head coach at Rhode Island after Jim Harrick left for Georgia.