Dean Smith, the University of North Carolina basketball coach, retired this year as the collegiate game's most victorious coach and one of its most respected leaders.

Witt coached the Bulldogs for eight seasons and is the program's most victorious coach, accumulating 96 wins during her tenure.

Head Coach: Chris Renner (most victorious coach of all time in Ballard's history: 258)

As their screaming jubilant fans charged the court, the players carried the victorious coach on their shoulders.

Little known to many, Sauers is one of the most victorious coaches in the history of college basketball with 702 victories.

Bob Knight, the most victorious coach in men's Division I basketball history, coached the Red Raiders men's basketball team from 2001 to 2008.

He remains the most victorious coach in the history of the New Zealand NBL.

Thirty-seven thoughts for the victorious coach on today's national holiday: I. Congratulations, Champion.

Medal Dedicated to Father It was hardly a gracious statement from a victorious coach, but then he said: "It has been an honor for me to be this coach.

Larry Brown, the victorious coach, said, "The sport is about players playing the right way and showing . . . that you can be a team and be successful."