TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Red Auerbach Celtics Champion 2 Bill Belichick Super Bowl Superstar 3 Scotty Bowman Stanley Cup Collector 4 Paul Brown Peerless Pioneer 5 Bear Bryant Awesome in Alabama 6 Phil Jackson The Zen Master 7 Mike Krzyzewski Gold-Medal Great 8 Vince Lombardi The Mayor of Titletown 9 Connie Mack Ballpark Brilliance 10 Urban Meyer Two-School Title Winner 11 Don Shula Miami Maestro 12 Dean Smith Carolina’s Coach 13 Pat Summitt Titan of Tennessee 14 Joe Torre Yankee Skipper 15 John Wooden Wizard of Westwood Honorable Mentions Glossary For More Information Index About the Author 5 9 12 14 17 20 22 25 28 30 33 36 38 41 44 46 47 47 48 48
RED AUERBACH CELTICS CHAMPION A rnold Red Auerbach was best known for two cigar on the bench things He won a lot of basketball games And he celebrated those wins by lighting up a Smoking is banned in arenas today of course But Auerbach was a symbol of a different era in sports The sight of his cigar meant the Boston Celtics had won again Auerbach coached the Celtics from 1950 51 to 1965 66 In 16 years his teams won 795 regular-season games Plus they won nine National Basketball Association NBA titles The Celtics never had a losing season under Auerbach Celtics coach Red Auerbach was known as a feisty and successful leader successful leader successful leader 1 5
