Following the 2004 season, the Diamondbacks hired Wally Backman to be the team's manager.

Following the 1990 season, Parcells resigned as head coach and was replaced by the team's offensive coordinator, Ray Handley.

Following that game, which sapped the team's bullpen strength, the Padres stumbled, dropping games at home, where they struggled to score runs, and on the road, where they committed uncharacteristic errors and failed to hold leads.

Following a nightclub altercation in which he takes on the captain of the local rugby league club and smacks a couple of the others, he is recruited by the team's manager, who sees profit in his aggressive streak.

Following the departure of the previous captain, Danny Gare, after the 1985-86 season, then-coach Jacques Demers named Yzerman captain of the team on October 7, 1986, making him the youngest captain in the team's history.

Following this breakthrough for the club, the club merged with local rivals Ellacombe in 1910, adopted the name Torquay Town and finally moved into Plainmoor where they would remain to the modern day, during this period the ground was shared with the team's remaining local rival Babbacombe.

Following the 1995 – 96 season, Ducks captain Randy Ladouceur retired, leaving the team's leadership position vacant.

Following a brief return to the NFL, that saw him on the verge of making the Green Bay Packers if not for a serious knee injury at the end of training camp, Stegall remained the team's primary receiver.

Following the team's departure to Dallas, he called University of Minnesota Golden Gophers hockey games until his retirement in 1996.

Following the one-shot, the team's inaugural storyline involved them being hired to assassinate Lex Luthor following the events of War of the Supermen.

Following the game that evening, the location of the left-field foul pole was unveiled at the outset of the team's annual July Fourth fireworks display.

Following Vicente Fox's election to the Presidency ( representing a coalition of the National Action Party and the PVEM ) on July 2, 2000, Aguilar served as the transition team's advisor on international affairs.

Following the season, Paul Pierce, team captain and face of the franchise, expressed frustration with the team's failures.

Following the 1966 UCLA-USC rivalry game, USC was voted into the Rose Bowl despite the UCLA team's having defeated the Trojans — with both teams having only one loss during the season.

Following the 1986 season, the club replaced Hirooka with Masaaki Mori, who was able to sustain the team's prolonged success.

Following Black Canary's departure, Huntress became the team's field commander.

Following the season, he earned an invite to the Canadian national team's summer camp in advance of the 1976 Canada Cup.

Following the season, the Phillies ended their affiliation with the Red Barons and signed a player development contract with the Ottawa Lynx in anticipation of that team's move to Allentown's new Coca-Cola Park as the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs for the 2008 season.

Following the season, Ray Perkins resigned as head coach to take over the same position at the University of Alabama, and was replaced by the team's defensive coordinator Bill Parcells.

Following the 1969-1970 season, new owner Ned Doyle dropped " Miami " from the team's name and made it a " regional " franchise, scheduling games in Miami ( back at the Miami Beach Convention Center ), Tampa-St. Petersburg at the Curtis Hixon Hall and Bayfront Arena, Jacksonville at the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum, and in West Palm Beach at the West Palm Beach Auditorium.

Following the team's triumph the previous season they were entered into the UEFA Champions League qualifying stages.

Following the team's 2007 World Series victory, Youkilis shaved his goatee for a $ 5, 000 donation by Gillette to his foundation.

Following his team's elimination from the playoffs, Ekman signed a contract with Calgary, who were impressed at his development, and Ekman joined the Saint John Flames in the American Hockey League ( AHL ).

Following this statement Latif resigned from his job as wicket-keeping coach at the Pakistan National Cricket Academy and subsequently reconciled with the Afghan Cricket Board and returned as the team's coach He stated that his aim was to help the team get the status to play Test cricket in two years time.

Following a mixed start to the 2006 season and public criticism from Dmitry Alenichev, the team's captain and one of its most experienced players, Starkovs left his position to Vladimir Fedotov.

Following the regular season, in which the 12-4 Panthers won their third NFC South division title, they hosted the Cardinals at Bank of America Stadium in the Panthers first home playoff game since January 2004.

Following the ' 69 season, the club posted winning records for the next few seasons, but no playoff action.

Following another playoff upset in 1953 at the hands of the Bruins, the Red Wings won back to back Stanley Cups in 1954 ( over Montreal, when Habs defenseman Doug Harvey redirected a Tony Leswick shot into his own net ) and 1955 ( also over Montreal in the full seven games ).

Following two consecutive playoff losses to the Patriots, the Colts began the 2005 season with a 13 – 0 record, including a regular season victory over the Patriots, the first in the Manning era.

Following their two playoff years, the club quickly retreated to the bottom of the standings, never finishing higher than fifth ( out of seven ) in their division from 1983 to 1986.

Following the Winter Olympics, the Avs struggled, but clinched a playoff spot with 95 points on the season, a 26 point improvement from the previous year's effort, and good enough for 8th place in the Western Conference.

Following the All-Star break, the Magic went on a roll, winning 23 of their 28 remaining games, clinching their fourth consecutive playoff berth and winning their third consecutive division championship in the process.

Following the playoff loss, Tony DiLeo returned to his front office job, creating a head coaching vacancy.

Following their playoff exit, on August 7, 2007, Absolute Hockey Enterprises, a group led by Doug MacLean, announced it had signed a purchase agreement for the team and the leasehold on the St. Pete Times Forum.

Following the lockout of the 2004 – 05 season, new GM Dale Tallon set about restructuring the team in the hopes of making a playoff run.

Following the previous season's disappointing first round playoff upset at the hands of the seventh seeded Colorado Avalanche, the Stars made a number of changes during summer 2006.

Following his tenure with San Diego, he coached the Houston Oilers for two years from 1973 to 1974, helping bring the club out of the funk it had been in for many seasons prior, and closer to playoff contention.

Following the addition of Selanne, the Mighty Ducks pushed for a playoff spot, winning 12 of their final 15 games, but finished the season ninth place in the West ( the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs ); they had an equal 78 points to the eighth-ranked Jets, but finished a spot below them by virtue of having less wins.

Following the 2006 season, the NBA changed its playoff format so that the best second-place team in each conference would be able to obtain up to the # 2 seed should it have the second-best conference record.

Following the season, Detroit management felt that the team needed a strong veteran goaltender with Stanley Cup playoff experience.

Following his dismissal from the Knicks, CBS hired Brown as a broadcaster in 1987, and served alongside Verne Lundquist as the third team during select regular season and playoff games.

Following up on a disappointing playoff appearance in 2004, in 2005, Columbus got off to a slow start at 4-10-2, and Andrulis was fired.

Following a punt, Bush scored on a franchise playoff record 46-yard run.

Following the Colts playoff loss, Rhodes became a free agent.

Following the playoff defeat, van Gerbig began preparing the Seals for their move to the NHL.

Following five runner-up finishes in major championships without a victory, including losing a sudden-death playoff for the 1979 PGA Championship, in 1984 he won The Masters.

Following a playoff game on September 6, 2007, the playing surface was named Goodmon Field, in honor of the owner of the Durham Bulls and CEO of Capitol Broadcasting.

Following that, the final eight teams competed in a playoff.

Following their first playoff season, Coach Moss was named the AF2 Coach of the Year.