ESPN's Who's #1 Top 25 Best Coaches of the ESPN Era

Sports ESPN's Who's #1

Missing: #9 Eddie Robinson, #17 Tom Osbourne and #24 Anson Dorrance

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2

1

Dean Smith

Basketball Coach

100% (1 of 1 votes)

20

2

Scotty Bowman

Hockey Coach

0% (0 of 0 votes)

10

3

Mike Krzyzewski

Basketball Coach

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

4

4

Phil Jackson

Basketball Player

100% (1 of 1 votes)

24

5

Pat Summitt

Basketball Coach

0% (0 of 0 votes)

18

6

Bill Walsh

Football Coach

0% (0 of 1 votes)

14

7

Don Shula

Football Coach

0% (0 of 0 votes)

6

8

Joe Paterno

Football Coach

100% (1 of 1 votes)

8

9

Eddie Robinson (Football Coach)

Football Coach

100% (1 of 1 votes)

19

10

Pat Riley

Basketball Coach

0% (0 of 0 votes)

7

11

Bill Parcells

Football Coach

100% (5 of 5 votes)

21

12

Geno Auriemma

Basketball Coach

0% (0 of 0 votes)

9

13

Joe Torre

Baseball Player

60.0% (15 of 25 votes)

12

14

Joe Gibbs

Football Coach

0% (0 of 0 votes)

13

15

Jimmy Johnson (NFL)

Sportscaster

0% (0 of 0 votes)

17

16

Dan Gable

Wrestler

0% (0 of 5 votes)

16

17

Tom Osborne

Football Coach

0% (0 of 1 votes)

23

18

Bela Karoli

Gymnast

0% (0 of 0 votes)

1

19

Bob Knight

Basketball Coach

100% (2 of 2 votes)

15

20

Al Arbour

Hockey Player

0% (0 of 1 votes)

3

21

Bobby Bowden

Football Coach

100% (1 of 1 votes)

5

22

Larry Brown (NBA)

Basketball Coach

100% (1 of 1 votes)

11

23

Steve Spurrier

Football Coach

0% (0 of 0 votes)

22

25

Tony La Russa

Baseball Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)