The Sporting News has produced a ranking of the Top 50 coaches of all-time. It’s the type of piece that produces discussions and perhaps arguments after a few belts in a bar. Heading the list is UCLA men’s basketball coach John Wooden; I’ve got no beef with him at the top, although many people might bump up some coaches just a few names down the list.

The ten are: Wooden, (2) Vince Lombardi, (3) Bear Bryant, (4) Phil Jackson, (5) Don Shula, (6) Red Auerbach, (7) Scotty Bowman, (8) Dean Smith, (9) Casey Stengel, (10) Knute Rockne. If you go one spot further, at 11th is the sole woman on the list, Pat Summitt.

Sorry to disappoint, but Cornhusker football coach Tom Osborne comes in at 34th, although he’s ahead of Amos Alonzo Stagg, the legend whose name is affixed to the annual football coaching awar.

Here are the questions — (1) who do you put as your No.1 all-time coach from all sports and (2) which tri-state coach do you rate as best? Osborne? Hayden Fry? Ralph Miller? Steve Alford? OK, maybe not that last one.