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A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports such as association football, the head coach is usually called the manager, whilst in other sports such as Australian rules football they are generally termed a senior coach.

Other coaches are usually subordinate to the head coach, often in offensive positions or defensive positions, and occasionally proceeding down into individualized position coaches.

American football[link]

Head coaches in American football have different responsibilities depending on what level of the sport they are coaching.

High school football[link]

The head coach has a much more complete hold on the intricacies of the team. He may have to perform the duties of a defensive or offensive coordinator.

Often, high school head coaches have to do more work off the field than on. It is important that head coaches in high school hire a competent and proactive coaching staff because when the head coach is pulled away from practice then he must be confident that his team is in good hands with his other coaches and staff. One of the most difficult issues, off the field, that head coaches must deal with is the parents. He must be able to handle any issues that parents may have with the way that the head coach is running the program, all along while staying professional and not being demeaning. Furthermore, a high school's head football coach often serves as his school's Athletic Coordinator or Director, which adds even further responsibilities to his job. In some jurisdictions, a high school head coach must also have a paying job within the school, almost always as a teacher.

College football[link]

One of the major features of head coaching in college football is the high turnover rate for jobs.^{[citation needed]} With few exceptions (notable ones including Joe Paterno, Frank Beamer, Bobby Bowden and LaVell Edwards) college coaches often routinely change jobs, rarely staying at a school for more than a decade. They have a very well-paid staff and as such are more free to concentrate on the overall aspect of the team rather than dealing with the nuances of training regimens and such.

Unlike head coaches at other levels, college coaching staffs are solely responsible for the composition and development of players on the team. The ability to recruit and develop top players plays a major role in success at this level.

A college coach acts as the face of a team, at an age when many young players do not wish to be hounded by media. They are often called upon to discuss off-the-field incidents such as rule infractions or player antics. Sometimes, the coach becomes a celebrity in his own right, e.g., Lou Holtz.

At the end of the year there are numerous college football coach of the year awards given out. Usually the awards all go to the same coach but there are some discrepancies. There is the Home Depot Coach of the Year, The Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award, the Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award, and the The Paul 'Bear' Bryant Award. Last season Les Miles of LSU won the Home Depot, Liberty Mutual, and AP coach of the year awards. Mike Gundy of Oklahoma State won the Paul Bear Byrant award.

National Football League[link]

At the professional level, coaches may work for millions of dollars a year. The head coach at the pro level has much more time to devote to tactics and playbooks, which are combed over by staff paid even more than at the college level. Head coaching, due to the extensive time on the road and long hours, is a very stressful job. Since the money is good at high levels, many coaches retire in their early fifties.^{[citation needed]}

See also[link]

• Coach (sport)
• Coach (basketball)
• Manager (baseball)
• Manager (association football)
• Coach (ice hockey)
• Category:Sports coaches

Chuck Pagano

Pagano with the Ravens in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	(1960-10-02) October 2, 1960 (age 51)
Place of birth	Boulder, Colorado
Career information
Position(s)	Head coach, Indianapolis Colts
College	Wyoming
Head coaching record
Regular season	0–0
Stats
Coaching stats	Pro Football Reference
Team(s) as a player
1980–1984	Wyoming (Strong Safety)
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1984–1985 1986 1987–1988 1989 1990 1991 1992–1994 1995–2000 2001–2004 2005–2006 2007 2008–2010 2011 2012–present	Southern California (Graduate Assistant) Miami (Florida) (Graduate Assistant) Boise State (Linebackers) East Carolina (Defensive Backs) UNLV (Defensive Backs) UNLV (Defensive Coordinator) East Carolina (Defensive Backs/ Linebackers) Miami (Florida) (Defensive Backs/ STU) Cleveland Browns (Secondary) Oakland Raiders (Defensive Backs) North Carolina (Defensive Coordinator) Baltimore Ravens (Secondary) Baltimore Ravens (Defensive Coordinator) Indianapolis Colts (Head Coach)

Charles D. "Chuck" Pagano (born October 2, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL), a position he assumed in January 2012. Pagano has previously served as the defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens in 2011.

Coaching career[link]

College career[link]

Pagano's coaching career began as a graduate assistant at Southern California from 1984 to 1985 before a parallel move to Miami (Fla.) in 1986. He was outside linebackers coach at Boise State from 1987 to 1988, then coached defensive backs at East Carolina and UNLV in 1989 and 1990, respectively. By 1991, Pagano had been promoted to defensive coordinator for UNLV, but returned to East Carolina to coach defensive backs and outside linebackers a year later.

Pagano first linked with Butch Davis in 1995, returning to Miami to coach the secondary and coordinate special teams. In his five years there, he recruited and coached four first round NFL draft picks, and during the 2000 season, his secondary was named the nation's best by Football News. His defensive backs did not allow a passing touchdown over the last 27 quarters of the 1999 season. Miami also blocked 39 kicks in 59 games, including a school record 12 blocks in 1996.

At the end of the 2006 season, Pagano rejoined Davis following his appointment as head coach of North Carolina. In his first and only season, they finished with a record of 4-8, but were narrowly beaten by less than seven points in six of those games.

NFL[link]

In 2001, Pagano joined Davis in the NFL as secondary coach for the Cleveland Browns. In 2003, he helped the Browns tie a franchise record for the fewest passing touchdowns allowed with 13. In 2001, the secondary accounted for 28 of the Browns' NFL-high 33 interceptions, and, in the same season, rookie cornerback Anthony Henry led the league with ten interceptions.

After leaving Cleveland in 2004, Pagano spent two seasons as defensive backs coach of the Oakland Raiders. In 2006, the Raiders' pass defensive allowed just 151 yards per game, and total defense just 285. This ranked them first and third in the league, respectively.

Pagano was named to John Harbaugh's initial coaching staff with the Baltimore Ravens on February 12, 2008.^[1] He served as defensive secondary coach for three seasons. He was promoted to Defensive Coordinator on January 18, 2011, succeeding Greg Mattison who accepted a similar position at the University of Michigan.^[2] Pagano's defense finished 3rd in both points allowed and in yards allowed. They finished 13 in takeaways and 2nd Rush yards allowed, but Baltimore's defense has always been known for its ability to stop the run. Pagano drastically improved the pass defense going from 21 in passing yards allowed to 4th. They improved from 9th in passing touchdowns allowed to 1st in the league. The defense also came away with 17 interceptions. Pagano is known for his ability in secondary and ability to stop opposing teams pass attack.

As of January 25, 2012, Chuck Pagano was named the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts.^[3]

Head coaching record[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Baltimore Ravens bio

Dana Holgorsen
Dana Holgorsen
Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	West Virginia
Conference	Big 12
Record	10-3 (.769)
Annual salary	$1,400,000 (2011)
Biographical details
Born	(1971-06-21) June 21, 1971 (age 41) Davenport, Iowa
Playing career
1991–1992	Iowa Wesleyan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1995 1996–1998 1999 2000–2004 2005–2006 2007 2008–2009 2010 2011–present	Valdosta State (QB/WR/ST) Mississippi College (QB/WR/ST) Wingate (QB/WR) Texas Tech (WR) Texas Tech (co-OC/WR) Texas Tech (OC/WR) Houston (OC/QB) Oklahoma State (OC/QB) West Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall	10-3
Bowls	1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Awards FWAA First-Year Coach of the Year (2011)[1]

Dana Holgorsen (born June 21, 1971 in Mount Pleasant,Iowa) is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head football coach at West Virginia University, having succeeded Bill Stewart, who resigned under pressure on June 10, 2011.^[2] At the end of the 2010 season West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck announced that Holgorsen was hired as the offensive coordinator for the 2011 season and would become the Mountaineers 33rd head football coach in 2012. During his coaching career he has served under innovative coaches such as Hal Mumme, Mike Leach and Kevin Sumlin.^[3][4]

Coaching career[link]

Early career[link]

Holgorsen also spent time at Valdosta State (1993–95) as the quarterbacks, receivers and special teams coach, at Mississippi College (1996–98) as the quarterbacks, receivers and special teams coach and at Wingate (1999) as the quarterbacks and receivers coach.

Texas Tech[link]

Holgorsen was a member of the coaching staff at Texas Tech from 2000–07, serving as the inside receivers coach from 2000–04, before being elevated to co-offensive coordinator alongside Sonny Dykes from 2005-06 and offensive coordinator in 2007. The move reunited him with head coach Mike Leach, whom Holgorsen had previously coached with at Valdosta State under Hal Mumme. While there, his offenses increased the amount of yardage from 324.8 yards of total offense to 529.6, an increase of more than 200 yards per game. The Red Raiders were No. 7 nationally prior to Holgorsen becoming offensive coordinator and raised their yardage total to No. 4 in 2005, his first season directing the offense. In his two years as offensive coordinator, his squad was nationally ranked No. 8 in 2006 and No. 3 in 2007. In 2007, Texas Tech led the nation in passing (470.31), was No. 2 in total offense (529.62) and was No. 7 in scoring offense (40.9). Quarterback Graham Harrell led the nation in total offense and Biletnikoff Award winner Michael Crabtree led the nation in receptions per game and receiving yards per game. In 2006, the Red Raiders ranked No. 3 nationally in passing offense and No. 6 in total offense. Harrell once again was outstanding, finishing No. 3 nationally in total offense with 344.38 yards per game. Texas Tech led the nation in passing in 2005, was No. 4 in scoring offense (39.4) and No. 6 in total offense (495.83). Quarterback Cody Hodges was No. 2 in the nation with 396.08 yards per game.

Houston[link]

Houston has long been known for scoring a lot of points from the Veer that tallied 100 points in a single football game to the Run and Shoot of the late 1980's that re-wrote the college football record books. As the Offensive Coordinator at the University of Houston Dana Holgorsen gained prominence and recognition as one of the most promising, up-and-coming offensive coaches in the country and his success running the Cougar offense would set the table for future coaching opportunities. During his two-year tenure with the Cougars, Holgerson's offenses posted earth shattering numbers, accounting for 563 yards of total offense per game, passing for 433.7 yards per game and totaling more than 42.2 points per game. His offense ranked No. 3 in total offense in 2008 with a duo of freshmen quarterbacks and No. 1 in 2009 behind the arm of Heisman finalist and All-Conference quarterback Case Keenum. In 2008-2009, Quarterback Case Keenum, led the nation in total offense totaling 403.2 yards per game as a sophomore and 416.4 yards his junior season. He also ranked among the Top 10 nationally in pass efficiency both years.^[4] Under Holgerson's tutelage Case Keenum would go on to become the all time leading passer in the College Football with more touchdowms than any quarterback in the history of college football. At Houston, Dana Holgorsen demonstrated his own brand of the Air Raid offense that often used motion to confuse opposing defenses, as well as wearing them down. In 2009, Holgorsen developed a set called the "diamond formation" which, features multiple diverging running backs in the backfield who adeptly use spread gain yards after catching short passes. Houston's extremely fast wide receivers were ideal to the style of spread Holgerson ran and Houston continued using much the same offense after Holgorsen departed to lead the NCAA with over 50 points per game, and 600 yards of offense per game in 2011. At Houston, Holgorsen not only mentored Case Keenum but offensive coaches including Kliff Klingsbury and Jason Phillips who continued running a Holgorsen inspired air raid offense at Houston.

Oklahoma State[link]

When Holgorsen was hired at Oklahoma State, the Cowboys' offense was ranked No. 61 nationally in total offense. In his first season the offense led the nation in total offense, averaging 537.6 yards per game, was No. 2 in passing offense, averaging 354.7 yards per game, and No. 3 in scoring offense, averaging 44.9 points per game.^[5] The Postseason accolades have been plentiful for Holgorsen’s offensive players in 2010, quarterback Brandon Weeden became the first OSU passer to ever earn first team All-Big 12 honors. He was also finalist for the Manning Award, given to the top quarterback in the nation. Wide Receiver Justin Blackmon was named the recipient of the 2010 Biletnikoff Award, given to the top receiver in the nation, and running back Kendall Hunter was a finalist for the Doak Walker Award, given to the nation’s top running back. Weeden, Hunter and Blackmon become only the second trio in NCAA history to pass for at least 3,000 yards, run for more than 1,500 yards and finish with more than 1,500 yards receiving in the same season.^[4]

Record-breaking Cowboys offense under Holgorsen With one game remaining, these are the school records set by the Dana Holgorsen-coordinated Oklahoma State offense during the 2010 season:^[6]

• Total yards: 6,451  Old record was 6,340, set in 2002
• Scoring: 539 points  Old record was 530, set in 2008
• Passing yards: 4,256  Old record was 3,414, set in 2002
• Pass attempts: 491  Old record was 454, set in 2002
• Pass completions: 332  Old record was 243, set in 2002

West Virginia[link]

On December 22, 2010; Holgorsen moved to West Virginia as offensive coordinator. At that time, athletic director Oliver Luck also announced that Holgorsen would replace Stewart as head coach in 2012, saying that he didn't think Stewart was capable of leading the Mountaineers to a national championship.^[7]

The relationship between Stewart and Holgorsen was strained from the start and finally came to a head when Colin Dunlap, a former reporter from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette claimed Stewart had asked him and another reporter from the Charleston Gazette to dig up negative information about Holgorsen. While Luck was unable to substantiate the reporters' claims, he decided that Stewart had become too much of a distraction and forced Stewart's resignation on June 10.^[8][9]

Luck had anticipated that the coach-in-waiting arrangement might not work as originally planned. Holgorsen's contract stated that his salary would be prorated at $1.4 million for the remainder of the season should he become head coach before 2012.^[10] In addition, the $250,000 annual bonus applied to the head coaching salary would begin a year early, resulting in an additional $2 million over the six-year period addressed by his contract. ^[9]

Holgorsen coached the Mountaineers to a share of the Big East Conference crown in his first season at WVU and a Bowl Championship Series berth in the Orange Bowl, WVU's first appearance in the Orange Bowl. WVU defeated Clemson University 70-33 in that record-setting game.^[11] The successful season triggered $225,000 worth of bonuses^[12] for Holgorsen -- $100,000 for a 10-win season, $75,000 for a BCS appearance and $50,000 for a BCS win.

Personal life[link]

Holgorsen is a native of Mount Pleasant, Iowa where he graduated from Mount Pleasant High School in 1989. Holgorsen played wide receiver at Iowa Wesleyan College, earning a degree in 1993 and a master’s in health and physical education from Valdosta State University in 1995.^[13][14] Holgorsen had been recruited to Iowa Wesleyan by head coach Hal Mumme and offensive coordinator Mike Leach; both of whom he would coach with later in their careers.

Holgorsen has three children: McClayne, Logan and Karlyn.^[13]

Head coaching record[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Biography at Okstate.com
• Biography at TexasTech
• Biography at WVU

Wade Simoneaux is the head coach of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball team. Before coming to Louisiana Tech for the 2003 season, he served as the hitting coach, recruiting coordinator, and infield coach for the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team. He played third base for Nicholls State where he graduated in 1984.

Head coaching record[link]

See also[link]

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches

References[link]

External links[link]

• Wade Simoneaux bio

Darryl Sutter
Born	(1958-08-19) August 19, 1958 (age 53) Viking, AB, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	New Brunswick Hawks Chicago Black Hawks
NHL Draft	179th overall, 1978 Chicago Black Hawks
Playing career	1979–1987

Darryl John Sutter (born August 19, 1958) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward and currently head coach of the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings.^[1] He is one of seven Sutter brothers, six of whom made the NHL (Brent, Brian, Darryl, Duane, Rich and Ron); all but Rich and Gary (the seventh Sutter brother) worked alongside Darryl in some capacity with the Flames. Sutter was also the Flames' head coach before resigning that position. Sutter has also coached for the San Jose Sharks and the Chicago Blackhawks, the team with which he spent his entire NHL playing career.

As a player, Sutter spent five years in the minor leagues, including a year in Japan, where he was rookie of the year. He stands 5 foot 11 inches and his playing weight was 176 pounds. Sutter was drafted by the Chicago Black Hawks in 1978 in the 11th round as the 179th pick overall. In his NHL career as a player, he suited up only for the Blackhawks and scored 279 points (161+118) in 406 career regular season games, plus 43 points (24+19) in 51 playoffs games. He was a well-respected, hard working left winger but was never an All-Star and never won the Stanley Cup. His last season as a player was in 1986–87.

Sutter was the head coach of the San Jose Sharks from 1997 until he was fired on December 1, 2002.^[2]

Sutter was hired as head coach by the Calgary Flames, December 28, 2002. After the 2002–03 season, Sutter took over as general manager of the Flames, in addition to his duties as head coach.

On July 12, 2006, Sutter stepped down as the Flames head coach. He has said that he found it difficult to handle the jobs of both head coach and GM of the Flames. Sutter compiled a 107–73–26 record in two-plus seasons behind the Calgary bench, joining the Flames after head coaching stints in Chicago and San Jose. The Flames promoted Jim Playfair as Sutter's replacement, but after a first-round loss to the Detroit Red Wings in 2006–07, Sutter hired Mike Keenan as head coach, with Playfair stepping back into an associate coaching role. Keenan was fired a month after the Flames were eliminated from the 2008–09 NHL playoffs at the hands of the Blackhawks. Brent Sutter, former coach of the New Jersey Devils, was selected as the new Flames coach in June 2009.

On December 28, 2010, Sutter resigned as the General Manager of the Calgary Flames.

On December 17, 2011 it was announced that Kings had a deal for Sutter to hire him as their coach.^[3] His first game with the Kings was a December 22, 2011 shootout victory over rival Anaheim Ducks. In his first season, Sutter led the Kings to a 25-13-11 mark in 49 games, and the team finished third in the Pacific Division (eighth in the Western Conference).

Sutter is the father of Charlotte Checkers captain Brett Sutter.

Career statistics[link]

Coaching record[link]

IHL coaching record[link]

See also[link]

• Captain (ice hockey)
• List of NHL head coaches
• Notable families in the NHL

References[link]

External links[link]

• Darryl Sutter's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database