11.  All the fired coaches knew what was coming or sensed it long before the dismissals were announced.

12.  Arkansas scheduled a campus news conference for later in the day to announce its replacement for fired coach Nolan Richardson.

13.  Bill Belichick was hired by the New England Patriots on Friday as assistant head coach, reuniting the fired Cleveland coach with Bill Parcells.

14.  CBS and Fox will have interviews with fired Redskins coach Norv Turner during their NFL pregame shows Sunday.

15.  Delray Brooks officially became a fired coach when Texas-Pan American officials denied the appeal of his dismissal.

16.  Dozens of professors are petitioning against the fired Indiana coach with an infamous temper.

17.  Feyenoord Rotterdam has fired coach Arie Haan following a string of bad results, the club announced Tuesday.

18.  He was one of the leading candidates to replace fired England coach Glenn Hoddle last year but the English FA opted instead for Kevin Keegan.

19.  History repeated itself when Sacchi joined AC Milan a few months ago, when he replaced fired Uruguayan coach Oscar Washington Tabarez.

20.  History repeated itself when Sacchi joined AC Milan a few months ago, to replace fired Uruguayan coach Oscar Washington Tabarez.