"It's a great thing for a big-time coach to be at a smaller school, a school that wasn't really on the map," Beasley said by telephone.

He then proved his point by saying it was indeed an honor for "a little guy from Moon Township" to play a big-time coach.

If it wasn't September, this program could go out and get a big-time coach.

Most big-time coaches, though, pick up a generous sum from shoe endorsements, television shows and camps.

But Thompson and most big-time coaches would prefer not to take chances until the conference season.

This is true, at some level, for every big-time coach.

It was yet another lesson for Ayers, in the process of earning his spurs as a big-time coach.

Now Van Gundy is a full-time operator and a big-time coach.

How many big-time coaches leave months after the star of a Final Four team promises to return for his junior year?

"I don't think they will be able to attract a big-time coach," Arena said.