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SupaDave
04-16-2015, 05:57 PM
Trick Question:

Coach K has been succeeded twice as a head coach. Can you name these people?
Orange&BlackSheep
04-16-2015, 06:04 PM
Trick Question:

Coach K has been succeeded twice as a head coach. Can you name these people?

Coach Cavanaugh at Army (1980)
Coach Gaudet at Duke (1995)
SupaDave
04-16-2015, 06:06 PM
Coach Cavanaugh at Army (1980)
Coach Gaudet at Duke (1995)

Close - but this is a trick question...
freshmanjs
04-16-2015, 06:15 PM
Chuck Daly
timmy c
04-16-2015, 06:39 PM
Cavanaugh & ....
Krzyzewski Succeeded himself. In 2013 he stepped down as USA head coach only to agree to do it again later on.

What do I win?
SupaDave
04-16-2015, 07:25 PM
For the record, Cavanaugh was the football coach.
timmy c
04-16-2015, 07:36 PM
For the record, Cavanaugh was the football coach.

Dang, I should have said Pete Gaudet.
BigWayne
04-16-2015, 07:51 PM
Trick Question:

Coach K has been succeeded twice as a head coach. Can you name these people?

These people would be the same guy at two schools...Pete Gaudet.
Richard Berg
04-16-2015, 08:08 PM
Googling this stuff reminded me that Gaudet was also the lead plaintiff in the mid-90s NCAA class action: due to league rules, he was only paid $16,000/yr for his services. Holy guacamole. That almost makes the rest of their rulebook seem "fair" by comparison.
Orange&BlackSheep
04-17-2015, 09:52 AM
Coach Cavanaugh at Army (1980)
Coach Gaudet at Duke (1995)

Whoops .... my idiocy for putting "Army Coach 1980" and not including basketball ...

Coach Gaudet at Army (1980)
Coach Gaudet at Duke (1995)