2000 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads

Last updated

Group A

Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

Head coach:

Contents

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
11 GK Marko Sarlija (1982-01-31)31 January 1982 (aged 18) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Dinamo Zagreb
121 GK Hrvoje Slavica (1981-04-27)27 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Sibenik
22 DF Dino Drpic (1981-02-10)10 February 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Dinamo Zagreb
42 DF Vladimir Maljkovic (1982-08-14)14 August 1982 (aged 17) Flag of Germany.svg Eintracht Frankfurt
32 DF Alen Maras (1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 18) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Varteks Varazdin
52 DF Daniel Vuskovic (1981-01-05)5 January 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Hajduk Split
163 MF Kresimir Brkic (1981-03-03)3 March 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Osijek
133 MF Nikica Bule (1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Dinamo Zagreb
143 MF Marijan Buljat (1981-09-12)12 September 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Zadarkomerc Zadar
153 MF Mario Carevic (1982-03-29)29 March 1982 (aged 18) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Hajduk Split
63 MF Igor Koretic (1981-01-22)22 January 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Dinamo Zagreb
73 MF Goran Rubil (1981-03-09)9 March 1981 (aged 19) Flag of France.svg FC Nantes Atlantique
83 MF Nikola Safaric (1981-03-11)11 March 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Varteks Varazdin
94 FW Domagoj Abramovic (1981-04-01)1 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Dinamo Zagreb
104 FW Marko Babic (1981-01-28)28 January 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Germany.svg Bayer 04 Leverkusen
174 FW Sandro Klic (1981-10-05)5 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Rijeka
114 FW Darijo Srna (1981-05-11)11 May 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Hajduk Split
184 FW Dario Zahora (1982-03-21)21 March 1982 (aged 18) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Dinamo Zagreb

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Head coach:Ulrich Stielike

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
121 GK Timo Ochs (1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 18)10 Flag of Germany.svg Hannover 96
11 GK Tom Starke (1981-03-18)18 March 1981 (aged 19)30 Flag of Germany.svg Bayer 04 Leverkusen
32 DF Christian Fickert (1981-02-10)10 February 1981 (aged 19)20 Flag of Germany.svg SV Waldhof Mannheim
62 DF Giueseppe Gemiti (1981-05-03)3 May 1981 (aged 19)41 Flag of Germany.svg Eintracht Frankfurt
152 DF Stephan Kling (1981-03-22)22 March 1981 (aged 19)30 Flag of Germany.svg FC Bayern München
22 DF Christoph Preuß (1981-07-04)4 July 1981 (aged 19)20 Flag of Germany.svg Eintracht Frankfurt
132 DF Benjamin Siegert (1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 19)20 Flag of Germany.svg VfL Wolfsburg
52 DF Michael Zepek (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 (aged 19)40 Flag of Germany.svg Karlsruher SC
83 MF Hanno Balitsch (1981-01-02)2 January 1981 (aged 19)31 Flag of Germany.svg SV Waldhof Mannheim
113 MF Thorsten Burkhardt (1981-05-21)21 May 1981 (aged 19)30 Flag of Germany.svg Bayer 04 Leverkusen
163 MF Gino Laubinger (1981-07-28)28 July 1981 (aged 18)20 Flag of Germany.svg Hertha BSC Berlin
73 MF Benjamin Lauth (1981-08-04)4 August 1981 (aged 18)41 Flag of Germany.svg TSV 1860 München
183 MF Christian Mikolajzcak (1981-05-15)15 May 1981 (aged 19)40 Flag of Germany.svg FC Schalke 04
43 MF Marco Stark (1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 19)20 Flag of Germany.svg 1. FC Kaiserslautern
103 MF Selim Teber (1981-03-07)7 March 1981 (aged 19)40 Flag of Germany.svg SV Waldhof Mannheim
94 FW Benjamin Auer (1981-01-11)11 January 1981 (aged 19)43 Flag of Germany.svg Karlsruher SC
174 FW Lars Jungnickel (1981-08-04)4 August 1981 (aged 18)42 Flag of Germany.svg Dynamo Dresden
144 FW Christian Tiffert (1982-02-18)18 February 1982 (aged 18)40 Flag of Germany.svg VfB Stuttgart

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Head coach:

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
161 GK Kees Kostwinder (1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 18) Flag of the Netherlands.svg SC Heerenveen
11 GK Cor Varkevisser (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 (aged 18) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Feyenoord Rotterdam
32 DF Marcel Akerboom (1981-10-28)28 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of the Netherlands.svg SC Fortuna Sittard
122 DF Ruud Knol (1981-03-13)13 March 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Netherlands.svg SBV Vitesse Arnheim
132 DF Davio Mendes (1982-04-08)8 April 1982 (aged 18) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sparta Rotterdam
22 DF Steve Olfers (1982-02-25)25 February 1982 (aged 18) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Feyenoord Rotterdam
42 DF Alje Schut (1981-02-18)18 February 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Netherlands.svg FC Utrecht
142 DF Sergio de Windt (1982-08-09)9 August 1982 (aged 17) Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Turin
83 MF Said Boutahar (1982-08-12)12 August 1982 (aged 17) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Feyenoord Rotterdam
63 MF René van Dieren (1981-03-12)12 March 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Feyenoord Rotterdam
53 MF Nick Hoekstra (1981-08-12)12 August 1981 (aged 18) Flag of the Netherlands.svg FC Twente Enschede
103 MF Rafael van der Vaart (1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 18) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax Amsterdam
153 MF Joos van Barneveld (1982-01-18)18 January 1982 (aged 18) Flag of the Netherlands.svg SC Fortuna Sittard
114 FW Youssouf Hersi (1982-08-20)20 August 1982 (aged 17) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax Amsterdam
94 FW Thijs Houwing (1981-04-22)22 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Netherlands.svg FC Twente Enschede
184 FW Marnix Kolder (1981-01-31)31 January 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Netherlands.svg BV Veendam
174 FW Rahamat Mustapha (1981-10-10)10 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roosendaal RBC
74 FW Jeffrey de Visscher (1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Netherlands.svg FC Twente Enschede

Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine

Head coach: Flag of Ukraine.svg Anatoliy Kroshchenko

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
11 GK Vitaliy Rudenko (1981-01-26)26 January 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Ukraine.svg Chornomorets Odesa
22 DF Roman Pasichnychenko (c) (1981-06-17)17 June 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk
32 DF Bohdan Shershun (1981-05-14)14 May 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk
42 DF Fedir Prokhorov (1981-04-24)24 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Ukraine.svg Obolon-2 Kyiv
52 DF Anton Monakhov (1982-01-31)31 January 1982 (aged 18) Flag of Ukraine.svg Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih
62 DF Pavlo Kutas (1982-09-03)3 September 1982 (aged 17) Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo-2 Kyiv
72 DF Andriy Berezovchuk (1981-04-16)16 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Ukraine.svg MFC Mykolaiv
82 DF Denys Stoyan (1981-08-24)24 August 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Ukraine.svg Borysfen Boryspil
93 MF Vitaliy Komarnytskyi (1981-08-02)2 August 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Ironi
103 MF Vitaliy Lysytskyi (1982-04-16)16 April 1982 (aged 18) Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo-2 Kyiv
113 MF Volodymyr Bondarenko (1981-07-06)6 July 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Ukraine.svg CSKA-2 Kyiv
121 GK Artem Kusliy (1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk
133 MF Ihor Bendovskyi (1981-10-06)6 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund II
143 MF Dmytro Kondratovych (1981-06-24)24 June 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk
153 MF Ruslan Valeyev (1981-10-31)31 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach
164 FW Andriy Herasymenko (1981-01-08)8 January 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo-2 Kyiv
174 FW Oleksiy Byelik (1981-02-15)15 February 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk
184 FW Andriy Matveyev (1981-05-06)6 May 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk

Group B

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic

Head coach:

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
11 GK David Bicik (1981-04-06)6 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg NK Dinamo Zagreb
161 GK Petr Čech (1982-05-20)20 May 1982 (aged 18) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg FK Chmel Blsany
122 DF Pavel Besta (1982-09-02)2 September 1982 (aged 17) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Baník Ostrava
152 DF Jakub Bures (1981-04-26)26 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg FK Chmel Blsany
22 DF Tomas Hübschman (1981-04-09)9 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg NK Dinamo Zagreb
32 DF Patrik Krap (1981-03-13)13 March 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg FC Stavo Artikel Brno
82 DF Jaroslav Sedivec (1981-12-16)16 December 1981 (aged 18) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg FC Viktoria Pilsen
132 DF Rostislav Svec (1981-10-20)20 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Baník Ostrava
63 MF Pavel Knietel (1981-03-07)7 March 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg SK Dynamo České Budějovice
113 MF David Kobylik (1981-06-27)27 June 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg SK Sigma Olmütz
93 MF Michal Macek (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg NK Dinamo Zagreb
103 MF Stanislav Rozboud (1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg SK Dynamo České Budějovice
53 MF Petr Silny (1981-04-07)7 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg FC Slovan Liberec
73 MF Vlastimil Vidlička (1981-07-02)2 July 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg FK Svit Zlín
184 FW Milan Baroš (1981-10-28)28 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Baník Ostrava
174 FW Petr Jendruščák (1981-04-27)27 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mladá Boleslav
144 FW David Lafata (1981-09-18)18 September 1981 (aged 18) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg SK Dynamo České Budějovice
44 FW Tomas Pesir (1981-05-30)30 May 1981 (aged 19) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg SK Slavia Prag

Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

Head coach:

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
11 GK Otto Fredrikson (1981-11-03)3 November 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Finland.svg Tervarit Oulu
121 GK Mikko Rahkamaa (1981-09-21)21 September 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Finland.svg FC Jokerit Helsinki
52 DF Tuomas Aho (1981-05-21)21 May 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Finland.svg MyPa Anjalankoski
132 DF Harri Haapaniemic (1981-04-11)11 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Finland.svg FC Jazz Pori
32 DF Ossi Martikainen (1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (aged 17) Flag of Finland.svg HJK Helsinki
22 DF Antti Okkonen (1982-06-06)6 June 1982 (aged 18) Flag of Finland.svg MyPa Anjalankoski
62 DF Marco Parnela (1981-01-05)5 January 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Thun
162 DF Jukka Sauso (1982-06-20)20 June 1982 (aged 18) Flag of Finland.svg VPS Vaasa
143 MF Kristian Kunnas (1981-11-01)1 November 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Finland.svg HJK Helsinki
43 MF Mika Niskala (1982-03-28)28 March 1982 (aged 18) Flag of Sweden.svg IFK Norrköping
153 MF Ilpo Verno (1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Finland.svg KäPa
104 FW Mikael Forssell (1981-03-15)15 March 1981 (aged 19) Flag of England.svg FC Chelsea
74 FW Hannu Haarala (1981-08-15)15 August 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Finland.svg HJK Helsinki
174 FW Jussi Kujala (1983-04-04)4 April 1983 (aged 17) Flag of Finland.svg Tampere United
84 FW Teemu Lampinen (1981-01-23)23 January 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Finland.svg FC Lahti
184 FW Matti Santahuhta (1981-08-13)13 August 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Finland.svg FC Jazz Pori
114 FW Daniel Sjölund (1983-04-22)22 April 1983 (aged 17) Flag of England.svg West Ham United
94 FW Mika Väyrynen (1981-12-28)28 December 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Finland.svg FC Lahti

Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France

Head coach: Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jacques Crevoisier

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
11 GK Nicolas Penneteau (1981-02-28)28 February 1981 (aged 19) Flag of France.svg SC Bastia
161 GK Jérémy Sopalski (1981-02-06)6 February 1981 (aged 19) Flag of France.svg AJ Auxerre
142 DF Jean-Félix Dorothee (1981-10-02)2 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of France.svg Stade Rennes
42 DF Gael Givet (1981-10-05)5 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of France.svg AS Monaco
52 DF Philippe Mexes (1982-03-30)30 March 1982 (aged 18) Flag of France.svg AJ Auxerre
122 DF Steven Pele (1981-08-28)28 August 1981 (aged 18) Flag of France.svg Stade Rennes
32 DF Grégory Vignal (1981-07-19)19 July 1981 (aged 18) Flag of France.svg SC Montpellier
23 MF Pascal Berenguer (1981-05-20)20 May 1981 (aged 19) Flag of France.svg SC Bastia
63 MF Benoit Cheyrou (1981-05-03)3 May 1981 (aged 19) Flag of France.svg OSC Lille
133 MF Gael Danic (1981-11-19)19 November 1981 (aged 18) Flag of France.svg Stade Rennes
153 MF Nicolas Fabiano (1981-02-08)8 February 1981 (aged 19) Flag of France.svg FC Paris Saint-Germain
103 MF Lionel Mathis (1981-10-04)4 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of France.svg AJ Auxerre
113 MF Bernard Mendy (1981-08-20)20 August 1981 (aged 18) Flag of France.svg FC Paris Saint-Germain
83 MF Sébastien Roudet (1981-06-16)16 June 1981 (aged 19) Flag of France.svg LB Châteauroux
74 FW Hassan Ahamada (1981-04-13)13 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of France.svg FC Nantes Atlantique
174 FW Hervé Bugnet (1981-08-24)24 August 1981 (aged 18) Flag of France.svg Girondins Bordeaux
184 FW Djibril Cisse (1981-08-12)12 August 1981 (aged 18) Flag of France.svg AJ Auxerre
94 FW Mathieu Maton (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 (aged 19) Flag of France.svg OSC Lille

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Head coach:

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
121 GK Stanislav Khoteev (1981-03-07)7 March 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Moscow
11 GK Veniamin Mandrykine (1981-08-30)30 August 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Russia.svg Alania Vladikavkaz
132 DF Igor Balashov (1981-03-09)9 March 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Russia.svg Spartak Shuia
32 DF Aleksandr Belozerov (1981-10-27)27 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Russia.svg Lada Toliatti
22 DF Oleg Kouzmine (1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Russia.svg Spartak Moscow
62 DF Kirill Novikov (1981-01-04)4 January 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Russia.svg Dinamo Moscow
42 DF Roman Romanov (1981-02-05)5 February 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Russia.svg Rotor Volgograd
72 DF Ivan Teliatnikov (1981-04-29)29 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Moscow
173 MF Alexandre Chichipkov (1981-04-06)6 April 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Russia.svg Spartak Moscow
153 MF Pavel Khramov (1981-03-19)19 March 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow
183 MF Konstantin Lobov (1981-05-18)18 May 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Russia.svg Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg
163 MF Anatoli Malkov (1981-07-08)8 July 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Russia.svg Rotor Volgograd
53 MF Semen Semenenko (1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Moscow
104 FW Serguei Gorokhov (1981-11-12)12 November 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Russia.svg Avtodor Vladikavkaz
84 FW Rouslan Pimenov (1981-11-25)25 November 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Moscow
114 FW Sandro Klic (1981-10-05)5 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow
144 FW Maxim Tokarev (1981-10-07)7 October 1981 (aged 18) Flag of Russia.svg Lada Toliatti
94 FW Evgueni Zinoviev (1981-06-15)15 June 1981 (aged 19) Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Moscow

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bill Walsh (American football coach)</span> American football coach (1931–2007)

William Ernest Walsh was an American professional and college football coach. He served as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Stanford Cardinal, during which time he popularized the West Coast offense. After retiring from the 49ers, Walsh worked as a sports broadcaster for several years and then returned as head coach at Stanford for three seasons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</span> National Football League franchise in Tampa, Florida

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The club joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team, along with the Seattle Seahawks, and played its first season in the American Football Conference (AFC) West division. Prior to the 1977 season, Tampa Bay switched conferences and divisions with Seattle, becoming a member of the NFC Central division. As a result of the league's realignment prior to the 2002 season, the Buccaneers joined three former NFC West teams to form the NFC South. The club is owned by the Glazer family and plays its home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steve Kerr</span> American basketball player and coach (born 1965)

Stephen Douglas Kerr is a Lebanese-born American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is known as one of the most accurate three-point shooters of all time and one of the greatest coaches in NBA history. Kerr is a nine-time NBA champion, having won five titles as a player and four as head coach of the Warriors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)</span> American football broadcaster, former coach, former executive

James William Johnson is an American sports analyst and former football coach. Johnson served as a head football coach on the collegiate level from 1979 to 1988 and in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. He is the first head football coach to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl, achieving the former with Miami and the latter with the Dallas Cowboys.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pat Riley</span> American basketball player, coach and executive (born 1945)

Patrick James Riley is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he also served as the team's head coach from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2005 to 2008. Regarded as one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time, Riley has won five NBA championships as a head coach, four with the Los Angeles Lakers during their Showtime era in the 1980s and one with the Heat in 2006. Riley is a nine-time NBA champion across his tenures as a player (1972), assistant coach (1980), head coach, and executive.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mike Krzyzewski</span> American basketball player and coach (born 1947)

Michael William Krzyzewski, nicknamed "Coach K", is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach at Duke University from 1980 to 2022, during which he led the Blue Devils to five national titles, 13 Final Fours, 15 ACC tournament championships, and 13 ACC regular season titles. Among men's college basketball coaches, only UCLA's John Wooden has won more NCAA championships, with a total of ten. Krzyzewski is widely regarded as one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time.

A head coach, senior coach, or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in association football and professional baseball. In other sports, such as Australian rules football, the head coach is generally termed a senior coach. A head coach typically reports to a sporting director or a general manager of the team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bill Belichick</span> American football coach (born 1952)

William Stephen Belichick is an American professional football coach who is the head coach and general manager of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Widely regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time, he holds numerous coaching records, including the record of most Super Bowl wins (six) as a head coach, all with the Patriots, along with two more during his time as the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants, for the record of eight combined total Super Bowl victories as coach and coordinator. Belichick is often referred to as a "student of the game", with a deep knowledge of the intricacies of each player position, and is known as a renowned American football historian. Under his tenure with the Patriots, he was a central figure as the head coach as well as the chief executive during the franchise's dynasty from 2001 to 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Phil Jackson</span> American basketball player, coach and executive

Philip Douglas Jackson is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive. A power forward, Jackson played 12 seasons in the NBA, winning NBA championships with the New York Knicks in 1970 and 1973. Jackson was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 to 1998, leading them to six NBA championships. He then coached the Los Angeles Lakers from 1999 to 2004 and again from 2005 to 2011; the team won five league titles under his leadership. Jackson's 11 NBA titles as a coach surpassed the previous record of nine set by Red Auerbach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marv Levy</span> American gridiron football coach and executive (born 1925)

Marvin Daniel Levy is an American former football coach and executive who was a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for seventeen seasons. He spent most of his head coaching career with the Buffalo Bills, leading them from 1986 to 1997. Levy's first head coaching position was with the Montreal Alouettes of Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1973 to 1977, where he won two Grey Cup titles.

The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the senior men's teams of the national associations affiliated to FIFA. The tournament was played in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998 and featured 32 teams divided into eight groups of four. Each team was required to submit a squad of 22 players – numbered sequentially from 1 to 22 – from whom they would select their teams for each match at the tournament, with the final squads to be submitted by 1 June 1998. In total, 704 players were selected for the tournament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Les Miles</span> American football coach (born 1953)

Leslie Edwin Miles is a former American football coach. He most recently served as the head coach at Kansas. His head coaching career began with the Oklahoma State Cowboys, where he coached from 2001 to 2004. Following that, he coached LSU from 2005 to 2016. Miles is nicknamed "the Hat" for his signature white cap, as well as "the Mad Hatter" for his eccentricities and play-calling habits. Prior to being a head coach, he was an assistant coach at Oklahoma State as well as at the University of Michigan, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). Miles led the 2007 LSU Tigers football team to a win in the BCS National Championship Game, defeating Ohio State.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Doc Rivers</span> American basketball coach and player (born 1961)

Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers is an American professional basketball coach and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA for 14 seasons and served as a head coach for 25 seasons.

Michael Joseph Dunleavy Sr. is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and general manager of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers. He was most recently the head coach of the Tulane University men's basketball team. Dunleavy is the father of former professional basketball player Mike Dunleavy Jr.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gregg Popovich</span> American basketball coach (born 1949)

Gregg Charles Popovich is an American professional basketball coach and executive who is the president and head coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Taking over as coach of the Spurs in 1996, Popovich is the longest tenured active coach in the NBA as well as all other major sports leagues in the United States. Often called "Coach Pop", Popovich has the most wins of any coach in NBA history, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches in NBA history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tyronn Lue</span> American basketball coach and former player

Tyronn Jamar Lue is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He formerly served as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, helping them win their first NBA title in franchise history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bob Huggins</span> American former basketball coach

Robert Edward Huggins, nicknamed "Huggy Bear", is a retired American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at Walsh, Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State, and West Virginia. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manager (association football)</span> Head coach of an association football team

In association football, the manager is the person who has overall responsibility for the running of a football team. They have wide-ranging responsibilities, including selecting the team, choosing the tactics, recruiting and transferring players, negotiating player contracts, and speaking to the media. In professional football, a manager is usually appointed by and answerable to the club's board of directors, but at an amateur level the manager may have total responsibility for the running of a club.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monty Williams</span> American basketball coach and former player

Tavares Montgomery Williams is an American professional basketball coach, executive and former player who is the head coach for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Williams played for five NBA teams during a playing career that spanned from 1994 to 2003. His NBA coaching career has included stints as an assistant coach, associate head coach, and head coach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Malone (basketball)</span> American professional basketball coach (born 1971)

Michael Malone is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He had also been the head coach of the Sacramento Kings in 2013–2014. Malone previously served as an assistant coach of the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, New Orleans Hornets, and Golden State Warriors.

References