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How Much Do College Football Coaches Make? (A Lot.)
USA Today has released its annual roundup of FBS coaches' salaries, and the numbers are once again eye-popping. Alabama's Nick Saban tops the list with more than $5.5 million not counting bonuses—and he wants a raise....

Hockey Coach Throws His Players' Sticks Onto Ice During Tantrum
Eric Veilleux is the head coach of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. In the video above, he stars in one of the best coach meltdowns you'll ever see. He's probably a bit of a dick....

Gary Kubiak Remains Hospitalized; Did Not Have Heart Attack Or Stroke
Though his vital signs are reportedly normal, Texans head coach Gary Kubiak remains in the hospital to undergo further tests today after collapsing at halftime of last night's game. He did not suffer a heart attack, the team announced, and did not suffer a stroke, according to the Houston Chronicle,...

Oilers Head Coach Dallas Eakins Is Now Getting Heckled By Little Kids
I guess it's true what they say, there is no creature on earth as cruel as a Canadian child....

It's Official: Greg Schiano's Players Hate His Guts
NFL.com's Michael Silver has a new report on just how badly things have soured between Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano and his players, and it paints a bleak picture. There are two main takeaways from this story: Greg Schiano's players really, really dislike playing for him, and Schiano actually ...

Mo Cheeks's Ladyfriend Found Lipstick On A Glass, And Things Got Ugly
Last month, there was a brief, odd report that Pistons head coach Maurice Cheeks was involved in some sort of domestic dispute, but would not be charged. And that was the last we heard of it, until now: Through a FOIA request, the Detroit Free Press has obtained a copy of the investigation report....

Report: Jim Leyland To Step Down As Tigers Manager
According to Ken Rosenthal, Jim Leyland will step down as Tigers manager after eight years. Leyland reportedly told his players after Saturday's ALCS loss to Boston, and will make it official at a news conference later this morning. Rosenthal says Leyland told the players it was time for someone you...

D-Backs GM Kevin Towers Is Mad At His Team About The Dumbest Thing
The Arizona Diamondbacks did not have the best season, finishing with an 81-81 record, and that disappointment seems to have filled general manager Kevin Towers with impotent rage. But Towers isn't upset about his players not performing well enough to get his team into the playoffs. No, he's angry b...

Greg Schiano Really Is As Big An Asshole As You Imagine Him To Be
The sun came up today, and that means that the garbage fire that is the 2013 Tampa Bay Buccaneers got even hotter and more garbage-y. What's new today? Allow The MMQB's Andrew Brandt to tell you about "Schiano Men."...

South Carolina Spiked A TV Program Featuring A Slurring Steve Spurrier
Like most Division I head football coaches, Steve Spurrier is contractually obligated to appear on an eponymous television program every week following one of his team's games. This week's program—a recap of the Gamecocks' narrow win over UCF in Orlando Saturday—is very quickly being erased from ex...

Watch UMass Football Players Beat Each Other Up In Team-Building Drill
Last week, the Daily Hampshire Gazette posted a video shot during a UMass offseason session in 2012 that features a bunch of football players beating the shit out of each other. Or, as UMass coach Charley Molar would later describe it, a "team-building" exercise that instills "mental toughness." ...

Soccer Manager Paolo Di Canio Confronts Angry Fans, Gets Fired
Sunderland manager Paolo "I'm Not A Fascist" Di Canio was fired on Sunday, just 13 games into his first coaching job in the Premier League. He went out with a bang, though, as he engaged in a very odd confrontation with Sunderland fans after a 3-0 loss to West Brom on Saturday. ...

Mike Leach To Paul Petrino After Beating Him 42-0: "Fuck You"
Washington State thumped Idaho 42-0 last night in what was yet another pointless NCAA football blowout, but the game in Pullman at least had some postgame fireworks—thanks to the head coaches, who had to be separated. ...

Melissa Stark With A Couple Of Andy Reids? Sure.
I'm seeing double here; four Andy Reids!...

How We Acquired That Bo Pelini Audio Recording
That audio of Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini venting and cursing (and cursing and cursing) about fans and some members of the media has existed for two years now. But it was made public yesterday because that's when we first learned of it. In fact, the source who gave us the recording reached out...

Bo Pelini On Nebraska Fans: "Fuck You, Fans. Fuck All Of You."
This is fun. Here we have an audiotape of Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini flipping his shit about both the media and the Cornhuskers' fans after a 2011 game. Why are we getting this now? Well, our tipster was particularly exercised by Nebraska's flameout against UCLA on Saturday, which has led to ...

Coach K Has No Comment On Gucci Mane's Sex Life
Yesterday, rapper Gucci Mane went on a barely decipherable Twitter rant in which he dished dirt on women in the music industry with whom he has allegedly had sex. One tweet in particular caught our eye:...

Benches Clear; Buck Showalter And Joe Girardi Need To Be Restrained
Baseball, it's still here! Between innings in Baltimore, a red-faced Buck Showalter came out of the dugout yelling at Joe Girardi and had to be restrained by the home plate umpire....

South Carolina Assistant Coaches Fight On Sidelines During Game
S-E-C! S-E-C!...