Oliver Bierhoff is a former forward and current German football official. He was previously the German Football Association's director of the national team. Bierhoff was a tall, powerful and prolific striker who was primarily known for his outstanding aerial skills and his ability to send headers toward the goal as a target man. In the Euro 96 championship game, Bierhoff scored the first... read full bio
Tom Thibodeau is an American basketball coach who has previously coached the Chicago Bulls. As a defensive coach, he helped the Houston Rockets rank among the Top 5 in the league in scoring defense and field goal percentage defense. He coached in already 87 playoff games he won the NBA Championship while serving as an assistant coach. He was named... read full bio
Rex Ryan is a professional football coach, currently head coaching the Buffalo Bills of the NFL. He is known throughout the league for his outspoken manner, boisterous attitude and success with the New York Jets, which included back-to-back AFC Championship Games appearances. Rexs team are highly recognized for their defensive skills, which often feature relentlessness [and] unpredictable mayhem founded on... read full bio
James E. Delany served as the Big Ten's previous commissioner and guided the organization through times of tremendous expansion that allowed it to keep its position as a national leader in providing young people with top-notch academic and athletic opportunities. During Delany's leadership, the Big Ten expanded to include 14 universities, including Penn State, Nebraska, Maryland and Rutgers. Delany's efforts has... read full bio
The Florida Panthers' assistant general manager is Brett Peterson. Prior to joining the Panthers, Peterson held the position of Vice President, Hockey for Wasserman Media Group and was a licensed NHL player agent with Wasserman/Acme World Sports. Peterson, a Northborough, Massachusetts native, played defense for five years in the professional hockey leagues of the American Hockey League (AHL), Eastern Conference Hockey League... read full bio
The Oklahoma City Thunder's new head coach is Mark Daigneault. Daigneault served as the head coach of the NBA G League's Oklahoma City Blue, a team connected to the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, as well as an assistant coach for the Florida Gators. Daigneault rejoined the Thunder as an assistant for the NBA season, reuniting him with head coach Billy... read full bio
For more than 25 years, Scott Perry, the former general manager of the New York Knicks, has held executive positions in the sports industry. Perry has experience in all elements of executive sport administration, from repeat conference finals teams with the Detroit Pistons to collegiate coaching. Perry's father, Lowell Perry, played football with the Pittsburgh Steelers after being named an... read full bio
The San Jose Sharks' head coach is David Quinn. Most recently, Quinn led Team USA's preparations for the World Championship and the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Quinn steered the youngest Olympic team to a flawless preliminary round record before losing in a shootout in the quarterfinals. Quinn also led Team USA to a fourth-place finish in the World Championship. Quinn formerly served as... read full bio
Danielle Slaton represented the United States Women's National Team in soccer, winning a bronze medal at the Women's World Cup and an Olympic silver. She participated in the Women's United Soccer Association as a professional player, where she won a title with the Carolina Courage and was named the league's top defender. She also spent her collegiate years at Santa... read full bio
Marty Schottenheimer was a professional football player for five years and coach for a remarkable thirty-seven years. He served as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers, and Virginia Destroyers. He held the peculiar distinction of being the NFL coach with the most wins to never coach a team in a Super Bowl.... read full bio
Bill Cowher is only the second coach in NFL history to lead his team to the playoffs in each of his first six seasons as head coach; the other coach is Pro Football Hall of Fame member Paul Brown. During Cowher's 14-year coaching career, teams he has been associated with have made the postseason 12 times. Bill became the fifteenth... read full bio
Former American basketball player George Karl has now made a successful career in becoming the head coach of five NBA teams. Born in Pittsburgh, California Karl signed with the San Antonio Spurs in 1973. He spent his entire professional career with the Spurs, but in 1978 he retired from playing the sport and became the Spurs’ assistant coach. He continued... read full bio
Glenn Anton Rivers, most well known as Doc Rivers, is a retired NBA player who became a coach after his professional basketball career. He is the coach and president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Clippers, but as a player, he was best known for his excellent defensive skills. Rivers was an All-American during his time playing high school... read full bio
Brett Brown is a professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. He was formerly an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs, and head coach of two NBL teams in Australia, as well as the Australia mens national basketball team. Under his leadership, the North Melbourne giants became NBL champions, and he was named... read full bio
Former college football player, James Franklin is now the head coach at Penn State. He previously served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University for two years. While playing as a quarterback at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, he set seven school records and was a Division II player of the year nominee. That same season, Sports Illustrated named... read full bio
Rob Ryan is the assistant head coach for the Buffalo Bills. While he was a linebackers coach for the New England Patriots, the team won two Super Bowls (XXXVI, XXXVIII). He began his career as a graduate assistant at Western Kentucky, then Ohio State, after which he went on to Tennessee State. Rob entered the NFL as a defensive backs... read full bio
Known as the Motor City Cobra and The Hitman, Thomas Hearns is a former professional boxer with a reputation for being one of the most devastating punchers in boxing history. Hearns began boxing professionally in Detroit, Michigan and quickly made a name for himself by knocking out his first 17 opponents. Over the span of his career, he became the... read full bio
Monica Aldama is an American cheerleading coach and television personality who has recently been featured in the Netflix docuseries, “Cheer.” Aldama is currently the coach of the elite co-ed cheerleading team at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, which is the school that the docuseries Cheer focuses on. Aldama has previously earned her B.B.A. in Finance from University of Texas at... read full bio
Anthony Lynn is a former professional football player and currently an American football coach who is the head coach of the Los Angeles Charges of the NFL. Lynn was born in McKinney, Texas, and he began his career in football playing in high school before going on to play for Texas Tech. While playing football in college, Lynn was an... read full bio
The Pittsburgh Penguins' President of Hockey Operations is Kyle Dubas. Prior to this, Kyle served as the second-youngest general manager in the history of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Under his direction, the Maple Leafs had three of their top five regular seasons in terms of wins and point percentage. The modernisation of advanced analytics in player development and scouting operations... read full bio
