No one hires a basketball coach because he coached a successful football team.

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But here it was, the early creep of 2013, and the planet now discussing an old tattoo of a football coach whose team wasn't in the playoffs.

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He started getting calls from Wall Street firms and media businesses (he won't name names), and also one from a Yale alumnus who told him the school's football team was searching for a new coach.

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As a sophomore he became a student coach of the university's prep football team.

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The respected coach is part of a Football Association of Wales vision of a dream managerial team to ultimately replace Toshack on a permanent basis.

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Northampton University's American football team, Nemesis, paid tribute to a "vibrant player, passionate coach and a wonderful friend" via their Facebook page.

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He joined Rovers as a player in 2004 and became first-team coach in December 2005, working alongside director of football Lennie Lawrence, following the departure of Ian Atkins.

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