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Posted on 2/23/16 at 12:14 pm to Hawgeye
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John McDonnell
30x National Coach of the Year
49x Conference Coach of the Year
62x Region Coach of the Year
5 National Triple Crowns(winning every running sport national title in a season is a triple crown)
42 National Championships
84 Conference Championships
185 All Americans
34 consecutive Cross Country Conference Titles
24 Olympians produced
105 individual National Champions coached
301 individual Conference Champions coached
I don't see how anyone can see that and name anyone else if you are talking all sports.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 12:59 pm to biggsc
Football>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Baseball>>>>>>Basketball>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>all other sports.
That being said and as much as I hate it...
Saban and Bryant are the top 2.
That being said and as much as I hate it...
Saban and Bryant are the top 2.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 1:05 pm to Patton
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No one has ever accomplished as much in such a competitive era
Skip Bertman disagrees.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 1:17 pm to ssgrice
In what universe is college baseball ahead of basketball?
Posted on 2/23/16 at 1:21 pm to AlabamaAlum07
I had never heard of John McDonnell before and after looking him up, dear god. Absolute domination for decades. It is utterly ridiculous what he accomplished during his time. Absolutely incredible.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 1:44 pm to biggsc
Gotta be John McDonnell if we're truly considering all sports.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 1:47 pm to lsupride87
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Pat and Skip both benefited from the same thing.
Pat benefitted from the same thing John Wooden did...starting out during a period where the sport wasn't as popular and without anywhere near the parity as later in their careers.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 1:53 pm to Hawgeye
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30x National Coach of the Year
49x Conference Coach of the Year
62x Region Coach of the Year
5 National Triple Crowns(winning every running sport national title in a season is a triple crown)
42 National Championships
84 Conference Championships
185 All Americans
34 consecutive Cross Country Conference Titles
24 Olympians produced
105 individual National Champions coached
301 individual Conference Champions coached
This is the answer to OP's question. You can't argue with this.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 2:16 pm to Forgottenrebel
The question wasn't which sports are more popular or more important...nobody would argue that the rankings would have Track and Field far lower than Football, Basketball and even baseball.
Fact is, no coach on the college level has ever accomplished what John McDonnell did across his peer group. Ever.
So if the question is about which coach accomplished the most in his sport...then there is only one answer possible.
42 National Championships. Even Bama doesn't claim that many in football.
If the question is which coach do you happen to think is the greatest for whatever intangible reason you have...then fine...state your opinion.
P.S. Never on probation...never donated a nickle to a kid's daddy's church...nothing :).
Fact is, no coach on the college level has ever accomplished what John McDonnell did across his peer group. Ever.
So if the question is about which coach accomplished the most in his sport...then there is only one answer possible.
42 National Championships. Even Bama doesn't claim that many in football.
If the question is which coach do you happen to think is the greatest for whatever intangible reason you have...then fine...state your opinion.
P.S. Never on probation...never donated a nickle to a kid's daddy's church...nothing :).
This post was edited on 2/23/16 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 2/23/16 at 2:19 pm to biggsc
Pat Summitt is THE icon of her sport.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 2:22 pm to biggsc
Summitt. 
Posted on 2/23/16 at 2:24 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
Pat Summitt competed against maybe three other schools and then a bunch of high school teams. Women's basketball still has an enormous disparity between the top 5 maybe and the rest of the ranked teams, even more so with the unranked.
What Coach Rupp did was much, much more difficult. His dominance is still unmatched. Same for the Bear and what he did in the SEC.
I'm sorry but Tennessee, UConn...who else legitimately gave a frick about women's basketball. No one. Enough with the PC bs.
What Coach Rupp did was much, much more difficult. His dominance is still unmatched. Same for the Bear and what he did in the SEC.
I'm sorry but Tennessee, UConn...who else legitimately gave a frick about women's basketball. No one. Enough with the PC bs.
This post was edited on 2/23/16 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 2/23/16 at 2:26 pm to biggsc
Only one correct answer 
Posted on 2/23/16 at 2:41 pm to biggsc
Skip, hands down.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 2:51 pm to biggsc
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John McDonnell
Give it to him
Posted on 2/23/16 at 2:57 pm to biggsc
Bear's greatness isn't limited to just the SEC so there's that. But if you group Pat and Skip with Bear I have no issue with that.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 3:00 pm to UKWildcats
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Pat Summitt competed against maybe three other schools and then a bunch of high school teams. Women's basketball still has an enormous disparity between the top 5 maybe and the rest of the ranked teams, even more so with the unranked.
What Coach Rupp did was much, much more difficult. His dominance is still unmatched. Same for the Bear and what he did in the SEC.
I'm sorry but Tennessee, UConn...who else legitimately gave a frick about women's basketball. No one. Enough with the PC bs.
And Pat's not even the greatest in her sport.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 3:02 pm to AlabamaAlum07
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In what universe is college baseball ahead of basketball?
My universe
Posted on 2/23/16 at 3:04 pm to AlabamaAlum07
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And Pat's not even the greatest in her sport.
She is in very small company and "great" is a well earned label anytime her name is mentioned. Greatness includes what someone does for their sport, their school, their teams and its individuals. Pat is great in every sense of the word.
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