Dirtiest college hoops coaches ever...

[heyabbott]

John "send in the goons" Chaney

 

[BYH]

Wouldn't it be easier to just list the cleanest college hoops coaches ever?

 

[slappy4428]

John Wooden? [/ducking for cover]

Only to the current regime at the NCAA..

Cheney is a good choice, Kirk is a better choice, Dave Bliss is the best-worst choice...

 

[wickedwritah]

--Steve Fisher, there's a reason the Fab Five officially never existed.

Fisher learned at the knee of Bill Frieder, under whose iron-fisted disciplinarian rule the Ed Martin cash express was established in Ann Arbor.

And Sampson learned from that flawless icon, Judd Heathcote.

 

[User 4332]

4) Bob Huggins - Graduation rates were laughable at Cincinnati.

Doesn't someone actually have to graduate in order to have a graduation rate?

 

[slappy4428]

--Steve Fisher, there's a reason the Fab Five officially never existed.

Fisher learned at the knee of Bill Frieder, under whose iron-fisted disciplinarian rule the Ed Martin cash express was established in Ann Arbor.

And Sampson learned from that flawless icon, Judd Heathcote.

And Fisher's flaw was hiring Perry Watson...

 

[Starman]

--Steve Fisher, there's a reason the Fab Five officially never existed.

Fisher learned at the knee of Bill Frieder, under whose iron-fisted disciplinarian rule the Ed Martin cash express was established in Ann Arbor.

And Sampson learned from that flawless icon, Jud Heathcote.

If Sampson learned anything from Heathcote, it was probably how to pound himself in his head with his fists.

And Fisher's flaw was hiring Perry Watson...

Watson, of course, was Ed Martin's high school kennel-keeper for a decade.

 

[Bubbler]

John "send in the goons" Chaney

Least surprising post of all-time.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

John "send in the goons" Chaney

The label also applies to JTII, in terms of on-the-floor conduct.

 

[slappy4428]

we forgot Norm Ellenberger

 

[Ace]

Didn't Norm Stewart threaten a reporter's family? I'd say that's pretty bad.

 

[D-3 Fan]

I don't think Sampson belongs on this list simply because making too many phone calls ain't nearly as nefarious a crime as paying players, perpetrating academic fraud, and other **** that so many coaches have been busted for over the years. But a couple names that could be there:

--Clem Haskins: oversaw a mammoth system of academic fraud and cheating at Minnesota.

--Jim O'Brien: directly paid recruit from his pocket at Ohio State.

--Steve Fisher, there's a reason the Fab Five officially never existed now.

--And, if you include the crime of looking the other way and pretending not to notice as boosters orchestrate the cheating and player-paying: Adolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall and the saintly John Wooden himself.

O'Brien really doesn't belong, either. He's got one offense, and OSU overreacted to that so badly that he owns half the campus now. Plus, he was clean everywhere else.

Gotta go with Fen with O'Brien. He was honest with OSU officials when asked if he gave money to the recruit. He didn't hesitate at all with his answer. Kelvin, on the other hand...

...speaking of Kelvin, Ray Lopes learned a lot about making excessive phone calls from Kelvin.

http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2005/03/0317-Coach.htm

Everything starts and ends with Bliss.

 

[spinning27]

I love this thread. Great memories.

How about dirty coaches that idiot fans/media think are clean?

 

[WS]

I love this thread. Great memories.

How about dirty coaches that idiot fans/media think are clean?

Rick Stansbury

 

[Twoback]

Kelvin Sampson?

Jerry Tarkanian?

Jim Harrick?

Now accepting nominees...

In this game, Kelvin wouldn't even be promoted out of single-A ball.
Sorry to mix my sports metaphors!

 

[Stoney]

Or how about dirty coaches now remembered as saints? Jim Valvano.

 

[Twoback]

4) Bob Huggins - Graduation rates were laughable at Cincinnati.

Doesn't someone actually have to graduate in order to have a graduation rate?

Lots of people graduated under Huggins, and lots improved their lives, but why let the facts get in the way of a good legend?

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

we forgot Norm Ellenberger

Got caught arranging illegal payoffs to athletes on a phone owned by a bookie that had been tapped by the FBI.
That's some classic rock, right there.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Todd Bozeman.

 

[linotype]

Todd Bozeman.