Assistant coaches Quote by Tony DiCicco

Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.

— Adam Oates

The burdens of being a head coach are different from being an assistant. If I had been an assistant coach for awhile, then become…

— Ara Parseghian

Nobody's more loyal than me as a football coach, I can tell you that.

— Rex Ryan

Think like a head coach, but act like an assistant coach

— Tommy Amaker

There's some things assistant coaches aren't ready to do. They're not the head coach.

— Kelvin Sampson

I've been with some great head coaches, but also some great assistant coaches, too.

— Bob Stoops

I put myself around good people, including my assistant coaches. A lot of head coaches are intimidated by their assistant coaches, they'd rather get…

— Tony DiCicco

As an assistant coach, that's basically your role - to get close to your players, talk to them every day and get the most…

— Evan Fournier

When my playing career stopped and Old Dominion asked me to be an assistant, I was reluctant about it because I didn't aspire to…

— Anne Donovan

It's college basketball and there's a certain amount of uncertainty. As an assistant coach, you do the best job you can to win.

— Jim Boeheim

Just because you're the coach, you don't automatically have the authority. You have to work the people. You have to gain the trust of…

— B. J. Armstrong

As a coach you're able to have better relationships with the players because you're not picking the team.

— Chris Hughton