1.   Coach Oswaldo de Oliveira had a difficult act to follow when he succeeded current national team coach Wanderley Luxemburgo.

2.   For years, he was considered a top candidate to succeed head coach Terry Donahue.

3.   Jones, like Carr, succeeded a coach whose abrasive style had worn thin with the players.

4.   Davie, who has been with Notre Dame the past three years, was hired Sunday to succeed coach Lou Holtz in the glamour job of college football.

5.   Gigi Simoni will succeed English coach Roy Hodgson on the bench of Inter next season, club president Massimo Moratti announced Friday.

6.   Graham succeeds Swiss coach Christian Gross, who was fired nearly a month ago.

7.   He succeeds interim coach Rick Venturi, who took over when Jim Mora quit in mid-season.

8.   He succeeds Swiss coach Christian Gross, who was fired nearly a month ago.

9.   The Seattle SuperSonics confirmed Wednesday they are hiring Paul Westphal to succeed fired coach George Karl.

10.   Terim succeeds Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu, who resigned on Monday amid long-standing rumors that Galatasaray was negotiating a deal with Terim.