Peterson and John Stanford, the previous coach before him, had been the only two coaches in the past 38 years.

Two years ago, after a disappointing World Cup tournament, the previous coach quit.

"We'd won only nine games in four years under the previous coach."

Most of his previous coaches have frowned on those passes.

From 1933 to 1934 he served as assistant to the previous coach, Billy Webb.

Like Presley, Brown had played for and served as an assistant under the previous coach.

Riley, as previous coach of the Lakers, succeeded at the bottom line: he won.

Despite the turnover, the previous three coaches won four national championships among them.

The Giants were a team where the previous coach was still there.

All of the Majors' previous coaches had accumulated just 131 victories in 40 seasons.