1991 Event Dean Smith of North Carolina is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games 1972 Event Adolph Rupp retires after 42 years of coaching University of Kentucky 1959 Event Tom Landry accepts coaching job with Dallas Cowboys (stays until 1988) 1944 Event NFL legalizes coaching from bench 1921 Event Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history 1913 Event John McGraw, after drinking, blames Wilbert Robinson's coaching mistakes for World Series lose, Robertson blames McGraw and is fired 1876 Birthday Frank Cavanagh, one of football's coaching greats
