600 ESPN EL PASO » coach http://krod.com ESPN and 600 ESPN El Paso, the leaders in sports in El Paso and the world! Sun, 26 May 2013 06:45:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Could Tim Floyd Leave UTEP for USC? http://krod.com/could-tim-floyd-leave-utep-for-usc/ http://krod.com/could-tim-floyd-leave-utep-for-usc/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:25:25 +0000 Duke Keith http://krod.com/?p=109025  

Sports Spin with Andy Lee and SportsTalk with Steve Kaplowitz (with Chad Middleton on both) will have the latest on the breaking news about Tim Floyd this afternoon. Check 600ESPNElPaso.com for all the latest including post-game interviews and more as the Miners take on the No. 25 Memphis Tigers at the Don Haskins Center.

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]]> http://krod.com/could-tim-floyd-leave-utep-for-usc/feed/ 0 Victor Decolongon/Getty Images Coach Forces Player to Apologize for Line Cutting on a Southwest Airlines Flight [VIDEO] http://krod.com/coach-forces-player-to-apologize-for-line-cutting-on-a-southwest-airlines-flight-video/ http://krod.com/coach-forces-player-to-apologize-for-line-cutting-on-a-southwest-airlines-flight-video/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:20:34 +0000 Duke Keith http://krod.com/?p=68445 A high school lacrosse player cut in line while he was boarding a Southwest Airlines flight, and his coach punished him in the best way possible…by making him read an apology over the P.A. system. Kind of light-hearted but not, and something this kid might remember the rest of his life.

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]]> http://krod.com/coach-forces-player-to-apologize-for-line-cutting-on-a-southwest-airlines-flight-video/feed/ 0 John Tortorella and 10 Other Coaches Who Flipped Out On the Media http://krod.com/coaches-yelling-at-reporters/ http://krod.com/coaches-yelling-at-reporters/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 17:00:58 +0000 Danny Groner http://guyspeed.com/?p=43454 The hockey world is buzzing about Rangers’ coach John Tortorella’s short temper when it comes to post-game press conferences.

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]]> http://krod.com/coaches-yelling-at-reporters/feed/ 0 Bruce Bennett, Getty Images Relive Legendary Tennessee Women's Basketball Coach Pat Summitt's 10 Best Career Moments http://krod.com/pat-summitt-10-best-career-moments/ http://krod.com/pat-summitt-10-best-career-moments/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:25:52 +0000 Danny Groner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=90889 College basketball is losing a legend now that Tennessee Lady Volunteers’ women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt announced that she’s coached her last game. She ends her career with an unfathomable 1,098-208 coaching record and eight NCAA championships.

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]]> http://krod.com/pat-summitt-10-best-career-moments/feed/ 0 Jim McIsaac, Getty Images Legendary Tennessee Women's Basketball Coach Pat Summitt to Step Down http://krod.com/legendary-tennessee-womens-basketball-coach-pat-summitt-to-step-down/ http://krod.com/legendary-tennessee-womens-basketball-coach-pat-summitt-to-step-down/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:16:36 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=90452 Pat Summitt, one of the pioneers of women’s basketball, is retiring as head coach of the University of Tennessee women’s program.

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]]> http://krod.com/legendary-tennessee-womens-basketball-coach-pat-summitt-to-step-down/feed/ 0 Doug Pensinger, Getty Images Disgraced Arkansas Football Coach Bobby Petrino Puts Giant Six-Bedroom Home Up for Sale for a Whopping $2.5 Million http://krod.com/bobby-petrino-home-sale/ http://krod.com/bobby-petrino-home-sale/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:56:19 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=88557 We don’t know if recently fired University of Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino is moving on, but we do know he’s moving out.

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]]> http://krod.com/bobby-petrino-home-sale/feed/ 0 Wesley Hitt, Getty Images 10 NBA Coaches Controversially Pushed Out By Their Players http://krod.com/10-nba-coaches-controversially-pushed-out-by-their-players/ http://krod.com/10-nba-coaches-controversially-pushed-out-by-their-players/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:42:43 +0000 Danny Groner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=80637 “Success in the NBA is more about the players, and less about the coach, than any league, pro or amateur, in U.S. sports,” wrote Gregg Doyel of CBS Sports in 1999. “More and more, superstars call the shots,” said Sports Illustrated’s five years prior. Each year that goes by seems to give the players more power and make coaches more vulnerable.

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]]> http://krod.com/10-nba-coaches-controversially-pushed-out-by-their-players/feed/ 0 Eliot J. Schechter/Jonathan Daniel/Eliot J. Schechter, Getty Images Penn State to Hire New England Patriots Offensive Coordinator Bill O'Brien as New Head Coach http://krod.com/penn-state-to-hire-new-england-patriots-offensive-coordinator-bill-obrien-as-new-head-coach/ http://krod.com/penn-state-to-hire-new-england-patriots-offensive-coordinator-bill-obrien-as-new-head-coach/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:56:43 +0000 Wes Glinsmann http://tsminteractive.com/?p=69042 Penn State is preparing to turn at least one page in the darkest chapter in school history, as ESPN reports the school has chosen New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien as the Nittany Lions’ new head coach.

The official announcement is expected to come Saturday, but sources report that the deal is done and that O’Brien will officially resume his new role as soon as the Patriots season is over.

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]]> http://krod.com/penn-state-to-hire-new-england-patriots-offensive-coordinator-bill-obrien-as-new-head-coach/feed/ 0 Elsa, Getty Images Tampa Bay Buccaneers Fire Coach Raheem Morris… Oh, and the Rest of the Coaching Staff http://krod.com/tampa-bay-buccaneers-fire-coach-raheem-morris-coaching-staff/ http://krod.com/tampa-bay-buccaneers-fire-coach-raheem-morris-coaching-staff/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:32:05 +0000 Danny Groner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=68353 What better way to start off the new year than with a ton of firings? Raheem Morris and reportedly all the assistant coaches and coordinators of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were asking themselves this question when they lost their jobs Monday.

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]]> http://krod.com/tampa-bay-buccaneers-fire-coach-raheem-morris-coaching-staff/feed/ 0 Kevin C. Cox, Getty Images Cheerleading Coach Fired Because of Her Part-Time Hooters Job http://krod.com/cheerleading-coach-fired-because-of-her-part-time-hooters-job/ http://krod.com/cheerleading-coach-fired-because-of-her-part-time-hooters-job/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:00:03 +0000 Danny Gallagher http://guyspeed.com/?p=13107 A high school cheerleading coach in Florida claims she lost her job after a parent told her bosses that she also worked at Hooters.

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]]> http://krod.com/cheerleading-coach-fired-because-of-her-part-time-hooters-job/feed/ 0 YouTube Miami Dolphins Fire Head Coach Tony Sparano http://krod.com/miami-dolphins-fire-coach-tony-sparano/ http://krod.com/miami-dolphins-fire-coach-tony-sparano/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:19:14 +0000 Danny Groner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=65529 Well, Todd Haley isn’t the only coach looking for work now.

The Miami Dolphins also fired their head coach, announcing that Tony Sparano (not to be confused with Tony Soprano) is being replaced by defensive backs coach Todd Bowles for the team’s remaining three games this season. The Dolphins sit at 4-9 after starting the season 0-7. In total, Sparano was 29-32 with Miami in his four years there.

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]]> http://krod.com/miami-dolphins-fire-coach-tony-sparano/feed/ 0 Tom Pennington, Getty Images Kansas City Chiefs Fire Head Coach Todd Haley http://krod.com/kansas-city-chiefs-fire-head-coach-todd-haley/ http://krod.com/kansas-city-chiefs-fire-head-coach-todd-haley/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:35:41 +0000 Danny Groner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=65437 The Kansas City Chiefs fired Todd Haley on Monday, a day after the team fell to 5-8 in a disappointing season highlighted by injuries to top quarterback Matt Cassel and star running back Jamaal Charles.

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]]> http://krod.com/kansas-city-chiefs-fire-head-coach-todd-haley/feed/ 0 Jamie Squire, Getty Images Charlie Weis Hired as Kansas Jayhawks' New Head Coach http://krod.com/charlie-weis-kansas-jayhawks-head-coach/ http://krod.com/charlie-weis-kansas-jayhawks-head-coach/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:42:49 +0000 Wes Glinsmann http://tsminteractive.com/?p=65102 Former Notre Dame head coach and NFL assistant Charlie Weis has been hired as the University of Kansas’ new head football coach, KU officials announced late Thursday.

In addition to his five-year stint with the Fighting Irish, Weis is best known for his work in the NFL, where he won four Super Bowl rings as an assistant coach, including three as the Patriots’ offensive coordinator. 

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]]> http://krod.com/charlie-weis-kansas-jayhawks-head-coach/feed/ 0 Al Messerschmidt, Getty Images No State Child Molestation Charges for Syracuse Assistant Coach Bernie Fine http://krod.com/charges-chid-molestation-syracuse-coach-bernie-fine/ http://krod.com/charges-chid-molestation-syracuse-coach-bernie-fine/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:50:41 +0000 Danny Groner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=64502 Syracuse University assistant coach Bernie Fine won’t face state charges despite the fact a county district attorney found two of the alleged victims and former Syracuse ballboys to be credible. Regardless of the facts, the decades-old charges stand outside the statute of limitations.

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]]> http://krod.com/charges-chid-molestation-syracuse-coach-bernie-fine/feed/ 0 Jim McIsaac, Getty Images Why Doesn't Connecticut Women's Basketball Coach Geno Auriemma Ever Say the Pledge of Allegiance? http://krod.com/connecticut-geno-auriemma-pledge-of-allegiance/ http://krod.com/connecticut-geno-auriemma-pledge-of-allegiance/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:27:16 +0000 Danny Groner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=63549 University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma and Italy native became a United States’ citizen in 1994, but he admits that he doesn’t say the Pledge of Allegiance.

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]]> http://krod.com/connecticut-geno-auriemma-pledge-of-allegiance/feed/ 0 Jim Rogash, Getty Images Mike Leach Named Head Coach at Washington State http://krod.com/mike-leach-head-coach-washington-state/ http://krod.com/mike-leach-head-coach-washington-state/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:43:00 +0000 Wes Glinsmann http://tsminteractive.com/?p=63261 After two years away from football, the pirate captain is back. Former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach was named the new head coach at Washington State on Wednesday.

According to CBS Sports’ Bruce Feldman, who first broke the story, Leach’s contract will be for five years and will make him the third-highest paid coach in the Pac-12 at more than $2 million per year.

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]]> http://krod.com/mike-leach-head-coach-washington-state/feed/ 0 Thomas B. Shea, Getty Images Oklahoma State Women's Basketball Coach Kurt Budke Killed in Plane Crash http://krod.com/oklahoma-state-womens-basketball-coach-kurt-budke-killed-plane-crash/ http://krod.com/oklahoma-state-womens-basketball-coach-kurt-budke-killed-plane-crash/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:00:14 +0000 Danny Groner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=61251 Oklahoma State, which dealt with the tragic deaths of 10 people in a 2001 plane crash, including some men’s basketball players, is reeling from another crash that took the lives of women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke and an assistant coach, Miranda Serna.

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]]> http://krod.com/oklahoma-state-womens-basketball-coach-kurt-budke-killed-plane-crash/feed/ 0 Missouri Coach Gary Pinkel Arrested for DWI http://krod.com/missouri-gary-pinkel-arrested-dwi/ http://krod.com/missouri-gary-pinkel-arrested-dwi/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:24:51 +0000 Wes Glinsmann http://tsminteractive.com/?p=61019 Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel was arrested late Wednesday night for driving while intoxicated..

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]]> http://krod.com/missouri-gary-pinkel-arrested-dwi/feed/ 0 Doug Pensinger, Getty Images Former Notre Dame Coach Bob Davie Hired at New Mexico http://krod.com/former-notre-dame-coach-bob-davie-hired-new-mexico/ http://krod.com/former-notre-dame-coach-bob-davie-hired-new-mexico/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:08:32 +0000 Wes Glinsmann http://tsminteractive.com/?p=60873 ESPN commentator and former Notre Dame coach Bob Davie has been named the new head coach at the University of New Mexico. Davie was 35-25 in five years at Notre Dame, but hasn’t coached since 2001.

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]]> http://krod.com/former-notre-dame-coach-bob-davie-hired-new-mexico/feed/ 0 Jonathan Daniel, Getty Images Joe Paterno Expected to Announce Retirement As Penn State Coach http://krod.com/joe-paterno-announce-retirement-penn-state-coach/ http://krod.com/joe-paterno-announce-retirement-penn-state-coach/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:17:55 +0000 Wes Glinsmann http://tsminteractive.com/?p=59293 In the midst of a sex scandal that has consumed Penn State University, legendary head coach Joe Paterno will reportedly announce his retirement on Wednesday. His retirement would take effect at the end of the season.

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