Someone who wins about 90% of the time.
Someone who wins about 90% of the time.
90%? that's very high standards.
But, there could be other measures by which to determine someone to be a great coach, besides just winning %. Of course winning is a big part of the equation, but a coach who has to deal with disadvantages beyond their control and wins at, say, a 65-70% clip could be a VERY GREAT coach.
Back to the 90% threshold. What coaches in any sport, throughout history, have won at that rate over their career? Bet it's a short list.
By that 90% standard there has never been a great coach in football.
Knute Rockne - 13 years at Notre Dame has the highest winning % at 88.1% Close, but not 90%.
Frank Leahy - who coached at Boston College and Notre Dame is second at 86.4%
Urban Meyer has a 85.1% career winning %.
Nick Saban is at 77.4%
In the NFL some guy named Guy Chamberlain holds the highest winning percentage in the pros at 78.4%.
In Men's College Hoops it's:
Sam Burton - West Texas A&M at 83.3%
At third and fourth are:
Adolf Rupp - Kentucky 82.2%
John Wooden - UCLA 80.4%
In WBB the top two are:
Geno A. - UCONN 87.7%
Leon Barmore - Louisiana Tech 86.7%
Seems like it's more likely to come from the PG position if a great player turns out to be a great coach. Probably because they already do a lot of coaching-lite type activities as a player. The personality still has to be right, though. Spoon's just wasn't. Frankly, I'm still a tad surprised that Kim turned into a top notch coach.