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although Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is named for football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant , a court order prevented the school from using "Bears" as its mascot?
in the National Lacrosse League of North America , the Coach of the Year Award is named after the late Les Bartley ?
the 1976 Football League Cup win made Tony Book the first to do so as both a player and manager ?
the Mussabini Medal sought to celebrate the coaches of British sportspeople who had achieved outstanding success on the world stage?
after the departure of head coach Fred Boye left the North Carolina men's basketball team coachless for two seasons, the team actually won more games?
a "no ID , no sitting on the bench" rule will be implemented in the 2009 UAAP basketball season to avoid what happened last year when a coach was given a technical foul for not wearing his ID?
John "Bam" Carney , a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives , became well-known in his district through his work as a high school basketball coach ?
Ritchie Hanlon became manager of St Albans City F.C. at the age of 29, three months after he retired as a player?
Celebrity Bainisteoir is an Irish reality programme about managing Gaelic football clubs ?
Englishman Bob Bootland , who was the first foreigner to coach a football club in India, arrived in the country on holiday and never left?
football manager Yvon Pouliquen led two clubs to victory in the French Cup Final and relegation from the top division in consecutive seasons?
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Question 1 : Often the head coach of a well-known team has his or her own ________ and television programs and becomes the primary "face" associated with the team.
Question 3 : In ________ , a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople .
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