51.  Canada recently named Wayne Gretzky executive director of the team and his first choice for the coaching job was Burns.

52.  Chris Mortensen of ESPN had suggested at midseason that the demands of the head coaching job were draining Shula.

53.  Coaching jobs, after all, come and go but parenting is forever.

54.  Coached by the same Pat Sullivan who was offered the LSU head coaching job nearly three years ago.

55.  Curiously, somebody at Temple remembered Berndt well enough to offer him the head coaching job there.

56.  Davis has been mentioned as a candidate for other coaching jobs, including some in the NFL.

57.  Davis, who last week interviewed for a National Football League coaching job, is a popular choice to replace Erickson.

58.  Craig Hartsburg, fired after the Chicago Blackhawks failed to make the playoffs, is rumored to be on a short list for the Toronto Maple Leafs coaching job.

59.  Davis passed on Gruden for the coaching job a year ago because Raiders players persuaded him to go with Bugel, who could be fired this week.

60.  Defensive coordinator Bob Stoops has taken the head coaching job at Oklahoma, while running-backs coach Carl Franks is the new head man at Duke.