1.   Before Dan Issel returned to coach the Nuggets this season, he spent time as a sports-talk radio personality.

2.   He returned to coach the Rams three years ago and has been generally upbeat in this sudden rush to the Super Bowl.

3.   Hill returned to coach again in the NBA, Richardson stayed.

4.   I know people in high places in the NBA who believe Jackson will indeed return to coach another year, bringing Jordan with him.

5.   Like Calipari, Pitino likely will return to coach in college.

6.   Now, Bunting and Amato are just one of many ACC coaches who have to returned to coach their alma maters.

7.   Parcells reiterated that he did not want to coach again, saying that if he did, he would have simply returned to coach the Jets.

8.   Reeves on Wednesday expressed pessimism that he will return to coach the team next season.

9.   Rumblings around Montreal have ex-Habs coach Pat Burns,now a TV personality in Quebec, returning to coach the Canadiens next season.

10.   Van Gundy wished he could have made an announcement that he was returning to coach the Knicks next season.