Who's at the Center of it All?
THE SOLO System
Who's at the center of it all? we gaze upon the coaching universe and put the stars in orbit
Sun
Vince Lombardi
Everybody else revolves around him
Mercury
George Allen
Quick-fix artist
Earth
Mike Ditka
Your Uncle Joe with a whistle
Mars
John McGraw
Just a game? Yeah, right.
Bear Bryant
George Halas
Venus
Joe Torre
Clearly beloved
Sparky Anderson
Jupiter
John Wooden
Big programs. Big names. Big expectations.
Saturn
Pat Summitt
It's all about the rings, baby
Knute Rockne, Red Auerbach, Bear Bryant, Chuck Noll, Al Arbour, Jimmy Johnson, Dean Smith
Uranus
Woody Hayes
Insufferable when they win, unbearable when they lose
Neptune
Phil Jackson
"I am the great and powerful Oz"
Pluto
Walter Alston
Almost off the radar
Al Davis
Tom Landry
Bill Parcells
Don Shula
Pat Riley
Billy Martin
Fred Shero
Earl Weaver
Bill Walsh
Tony La Russa
Tex Winter
Paul Brown
Hank Iba
Felipe Alou
Toe Blake/Scotty Bowman
Joe McCarthy/Casey Stengel
Bob Devaney/Tom Osborne
Steve Spurrier
Bobby Knight
Mike Keenan
Weeb Ewbank
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