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Great Coaches of World Sports

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  1. Glen Mills achieved a lot of success coaching athletics teams between 1987 and 2009 in this country.

    Jamaica

  2. German rowing coach Jürgen Gröbler coached crews to Olympic gold medals at 11 consecutive Olympic Games from 1972 to 2012. Among his wards is this legendary rower who won gold at 5 consecutive games.

    Steve Redgrave

  3. Butch Harmon and Sean Foley are known for being among the best instructors in this sport.

    Golf

  4. This boxing trainer is best known for training four out of five men to ever beat Muhammad Ali.

    Eddie Futch

  5. Chinese track coach who trained several world-class middle and long distance female runners including Wang Junxia and Qu Yunxia, in the 90's. He and his pupils are also called X family army for their stunning performance in domestic and international events.

    Ma Junren

  6. Most successful coach in the history of tennis in terms of Grand Slam titles, having been with Novak Djokovic for almost all his career.

    Marián Vajda

  7. Dave Brailsford is responsible for the rich haul of Britain in this sport in the last three Olympics.

    Cycling

  8. Jihong Zhou is the head coach of China's national team that, on last count, amassed more than 20 Olympic golds in this sport. She also won a gold herself in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

    Diving

  9. Ellen Burka, Betty Callaway, Frank Caroll, and Tamara Moskvina are some of the coaches who achieved renown in this sport.

    Figure skating

  10. One of the most notable managers in British football history. He is best known for his time as manager of Celtic and for managing the Scotland national football team.

    Jock Stein

  11. American tennis coach who is credited with developing many world-class champions, including Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles, and Mary Pierce. He also worked with Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Martina Hingis, and Marcelo Rios. He also acted briefly as Boris Becker's coach.

    Nick Bollettieri

  12. Adolf Kacovsky (1991), Peter Carter (1991–2000), Peter Lundgren (2000–03), Tony Roche (2006–07), Severin Lüthi (2007–present), José Higueras (2008), Paul Annacone (2010–13), Stefan Edberg (2014–2016), Ivan Ljubicic (2016-)

    Coaches of Roger Federer

  13. James 'Doc' Counsilman, the coach from Indiana University is known for coaching this man who lapped up a lot of golds at the 1972 Olympics.

    Swimmer Mark Spitz

  14. Bill Bowerman, the American track and field coach who had a distinctive stint at the University of Oregon is also known for being the co-founder of this.

    Nike, Inc.

  15. Bill Shankly who died in 1981 is the legendary manager who built this organization into the formidable soccer club that we know today.

    Liverpool

  16. Legendary boxing trainer and cornerman who was with Muhammad Ali from 1960-81.

    Angelo Dundee

  17. Romanian gymnastics coach of Hungarian ethnicity who later became a United States citizen. One of his first students was six year old Nadia Comaneci. He coached both the United States and Romanian Olympic teams to medal success.

    Béla Károlyi

  18. No quiz on this subject can be complete without this man, who, among other things managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013.

    Alex Ferguson

  19. Bob Bowman is the coach best known for his association with this superstar.

    Michael Phelps

  20. US coach forever associated with the 'miracle' hockey game at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

    Herb Brooks

  21. Legendary wrestling coach from the University of Iowa who was also a gold medalist at the 1972 Olympics.

    Dan Gable