A Sonoma County girls' soccer coach has been suspended from the league after allegedly exposing his buttocks to the opposing team following a contentious game.

Greg Ryan is out as the U.S. women's soccer coach less than a month after his top-ranked team lost in the World Cup semifinals following a contentious goalie switch.

Claude Julien wants the Boston Bruins to play more aggressively. Maybe that will make his bosses less aggressive in changing coaches.
Frustrated Coach had nowhere else to turn. Alone with his secret, the college lacrosse coach sat down at his computer seeking others like himself: gay men who played and coached competitive, high-level sports but remained trapped in the closet.

When the Pittsburgh Steelers began identifying possible successors to former coach Bill Cowher, Mike Tomlin's name wasn't high on the list.

The Miami Dolphins' tour of coaches made stops to visit three more candidates Wednesday, including Detroit offensive coordinator Mike Martz.

Tom Coughlin was given a one-year reprieve to turn the New York Giants into a legitimate contender. While the team's owners didn't give him an ultimatum, their message was clear.
A former high school basketball coach faces 39 charges for allegedly hitting male students in the groin, showing them pornography and pouring water on his players then driving them to games in the winter with the windows rolled down.

Juergen Klinsmann took himself out of consideration as coach of the U.S. soccer team, a surprising turn of events that led to Chivas USA's Bob Bradley getting the job on an interim basis.

After weeks of speculation about his future, Rutgers coach Greg Schiano decided to spend at least the foreseeable part of it right where he is.

The U.S. Soccer Federation confirmed its interest in Juergen Klinsmann and said it has narrowed its search for an American national team coach down to five finalists. Klinsmann, who coached Germany to the World Cup semifinals this year, last week said he had started talks with USSF president Sunil Gulati. During a telephone conference call Monday, Gulati was full of praise for Klinsmann.

Don Nelson is coming back to the Golden State Warriors after 11 1/2 years. Maybe the NBA's second-winningest coach can bring a little respectability with him.

Even though former basketball coach Jim O'Brien broke NCAA rules by giving money to a recruit, a judge ruled Wednesday that Ohio State must pay O'Brien $2.2 million plus interest because it failed to follow the terms of his contract.

Alfio Basile is the new coach of Argentina's national soccer team, the second time he has held the job.

Juventus, the Serie A soccer power at the center of the Italy match-fixing scandal, hired former midfielder Didier Deschamps as coach Monday.

Former Montreal Canadiens coach Alain Vigneault was hired Tuesday as coach of the Vancouver Canucks, who promoted him from their minor league affiliate.

Togo's national soccer team showed up for practice Sunday, easing fears of a player boycott to protest the resignation of coach Otto Pfister.


