Many of his assistant coaches went on to be head coaches, including George Seifert, Mike Holmgren, Mike Shanahan, Ray Rhodes, and Dennis Green.

Weaver ultimately narrowed his choices down to three: Mike Shanahan, an assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers, Tony Dungy, defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings, and Tom Coughlin, head coach for Boston College.

The 49ers ' spectacular performance led to their offensive coordinator, Mike Shanahan, and defensive coordinator, Ray Rhodes, leading to them earning head coaching positions in 1995 for the Denver Broncos and the Philadelphia Eagles, respectively.

Mike Shanahan was hurt and angered by Reeves ' pregame assertion that Shanahan and Elway had conspired to have him fired during his stint at Denver.

Many credit Young's turnaround to the arrival of then 49ers Offensive Coordinator Mike Shanahan, who mentored Young just as he would mentor John Elway in the years to come.

Regular columnists include Dennis Shanahan, David Burchell, Peter van Onselen, Michael Stutchbury, Simon Adamek, Glenn Milne, Paul Kelly, George Megalogenis, Mike Steketee, Greg Sheridan, Alan Wood, Phillip Adams, Nicolas Rothwell, Janet Albrechtsen, Imre Salusinszky, Chris Kenny, Troy Bramston, Nikki Savva, Tim Soutphommasane, Judith Sloan, Emma Tom and Angela Shanahan.

* Mike Shanahan, Eastern Illinois ' 71, Head coach of Washington Redskins

However, some head coaches, for example Andy Reid, Bill Belichick, and Mike Shanahan, still insist on being allowed to fill both positions as a condition of employment.

* Mike Shanahan, head coach of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League

He is one of four current NFL coaches with the title or powers of general manager, the others being the Seattle Seahawks ' Pete Carroll, Philadelphia Eagles ' Andy Reid, and the Washington Redskins ' Mike Shanahan.

In February 2010, Romanowski was called in by Mike Shanahan to present to the Washington Redskins.

He skipped training camp and asked to be traded, which led to tension with head coach Mike Shanahan.

Michael Edward " Mike " Shanahan ( born August 24, 1952 ) is the 28th and current head coach of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League.

Mike Shanahan at an Open Practice on August 5, 2010 at Redskins Park in Ashburn, VA

There have also been times when the tactic has directly backfired ; for example, in an NFL game played on November 19, 2007, between the Denver Broncos and Tennessee Titans, Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan called a timeout to ice the kicker.

On December 17, Redskins coach Mike Shanahan benched Donovan McNabb in favor of Grossman, who had not been a starter since 2008.

Reed eventually asked for his release from the Broncos after then Broncos Head Coach Mike Shanahan informed Reed that he would be inactive for their 2000 season opener and wanted to make a more immediate contribution.

However, in 2010 the Redskins hired a new coach, Mike Shanahan, who changed their 4-3 defense to a 3-4 defense which required Carter to play outside linebacker.

He made his NFL debut in 1988 under new head coach Mike Shanahan, starting and winning the season opener against the San Diego Chargers 24-13, his first game in Memorial Stadium since upsetting USC in college two years prior.

Before the 2001 season, Beuerlein signed with the Denver Broncos to back up Brian Griese, reuniting him with Mike Shanahan, his Raiders coach from the 1980s.

He played for former Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan.

After finishing fourth in 1978, the Orioles finally won the division in 1979 thanks to strong play from Ken Singleton and Cy Young Winner Mike Flanagan.

Former Indians 1B and later manager Mike Hargrove, who won 5 American League Central Division | A. L.

In 1974, Mike Marshall won the award, becoming the first relief pitcher to win the award.

In the final lap of the 2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, Harvick beat Jeff Gordon by. 006 seconds, the same margin that Earnhardt had won over Bobby Labonte at the same race a year prior, and the images of Earnhardt's longtime gas man, Danny " Chocolate " Myers, crying after the victory, Harvick's tire-smoking burnout on the frontstretch with three fingers held aloft outside the driver's window, and the Fox television call by Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, and Darrell Waltrip, concluding with " Gordon got loose, but he ( Harvick ) is gonna get him though, it's Harvick!

This picture won the World Press Photo award in 1980, and was taken in Karamoja district in Uganda by Mike Wells.

" Mike Bogue of American Kaiju said the film " not liv up to its potential ," but added that " colorful and elaborate spectacle eventually won me over " and " the main story thread dealing with the eventual reconciliation of the divorced couple adequately holds the human plot together.

The Brewers won Game One 10 – 0, thanks to Paul Molitor's World Series record 5 hits and a complete game shutout by Mike Caldwell.

They won a dramatic NLCS in six games over the Houston Astros which they needed to win to avoid facing Mike Scott in Game 7.

After a run of three straight division titles from 1976 to 1978, the Phillies won the NL East in 1980 behind pitcher Steve Carlton, outfielder Greg Luzinski, and infielders Mike Schmidt, Larry Bowa, and Pete Rose.

Facing the Kansas City Royals in the 1980 World Series, the Phillies won their first World Series championship ever in six games thanks to the timely hitting of Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose.

He was the first Giant to do so since Mike McCormick won it in 1967.

Under head coach Mike Ditka, who won the 1985 NFL Coach of the Year Award, the Bears went 15-1 in the regular season, becoming the second NFL team to win 15 regular season games, while outscoring their opponents with a staggering margin of 456-198.

Linebacker Mike Singletary won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award by recording three sacks, three fumble recoveries, and one interception.

" I looked up at the message board ," said Chicago linebacker Mike Singletary, " and it said that 15 of the 19 teams that scored first won the game.

Mike Matusow won the first prize of $ 1 million ( US ), and all the players at the final table were guaranteed a minimum of $ 25, 000 for the eighth and ninth place finishers.

2006 featured the Tournament of Champions on June 25 and 26, won by Mike Sexton.

The original 2005 Broadway theatre production was nominated for 14 Tony Awards and won three: Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical ( Sara Ramirez ), and Best Direction of a Musical ( Mike Nichols ).

The earliest winner alive is Mike Nichols, who won in 1968, making him the only pre-1970s best director winner left.

Mike Shaw ‘ lost ’ his world title, won the previous year, to American Jack Keammerer.

In 1981 – 82 the Islanders won a then-record 15 straight games en route to a franchise-record 118 points, while Mike Bossy set a scoring record for right wingers with 147 points in an 80 game schedule.

Head Coach Mike Brown won NBA Coach of the Year honors and LeBron James finished second in the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award and won the NBA MVP.

Two Hall of Fame coaches, Lenny Wilkens and Jack Ramsay, have patrolled the sidelines for the Blazers, and two others, Mike Schuler and Mike Dunleavy, have won the NBA Coach of the Year award with the team.

To begin the 2010 season, the Stars won their first three games, going 3-0-0 for the first time since the 2007-08 season by beating the New Jersey Devils in OT, New York Islanders in a shootout, and against Mike Modano and the Red Wings.