As part of ESPN's SportsCentury project, the network recently announced its top 10 coaches of all time, and its top 10 games of all time, as voted by the 48-member SportsCentury panel. ESPN's 18-month SportsCentury project includes approximately 60 original hours of programming on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, and several other related tie-ins through different mediums. This initiative marks the most extensive commitment to a documentary project in ESPN history.
SportsCentury's Greatest Coaches
1-Vince Lombardi
2-John Wooden
3-Red Auerbach
4-Dean Smith
5-Bear Bryant
6-John McGraw
7-George Halas
8-Don Shula
9-Paul Brown
10-Knute Rockne
SportsCentury's Greatest Games
1-NFL Championship: Baltimore Colts vs. New York Giants (1958)
2-Bobby Thomson home run (1951)
3-Super Bowl III: New York Jets defeat Baltimore Colts (1969)
4-Winter Olympics at Lake Placid: USA beats USSR in hockey (1980)
5-Ali vs. Frazier III: "Thrilla in Manilla" (1975)
6-Packers defeat Cowboys in "Ice Bowl" (1967)
7-Red Sox win Game 6 of World Series on Carlton Fisk's homer (1975)
8-Tiger Woods wins the Masters (1997)
9-Willis Reed and Knicks beat Lakers in Game 7 (1970)
10-Borg-McEnroe Wimbledon thriller (1980)