We don't do enough to celebrate the morbidly obese amongst us. Evil will start to change that now. I give you... my nominations for the All-Time Greatest Fat Coaches and Managers in sports history.
#5. Rick Majerus - I don't know much about college basketball, but I know this guy is fat. He coached a bunch of white mormon kids at the University of Utah and did very well. According to Wikipedia, "Rick enjoys bratwursts." He's also had 7 heart bypass surgeries and had to quit his Utah coaching job due to heart problems.
#4. Tommy Lasorda - This guy is a 2-time World Series winning manager and also 2-time NL Manager of the Year. But those achievements alone aren't what got him onto this list. The best thing about Tommy Lasorda is how much he loves being a fat-ass. He's always talking about wanting to eat pasta and meatballs. He lost some street cred among the morbidly obese by endorsing Slim Fast, but his lifetime devotion to eating should not be overlooked.
#3. Proposition Joe - Not only a legendary Eastside drug kingpin in Baltimore, but also a brilliant basketball strategist. Proposition Joe coached the Eastside to four straight annual victories over the Westside. The last of those victories included baiting the Westside coach into doubling the stakes and then bringing in a ringer in the final minutes to steal the game.
#2. Rex Ryan - A man who consumes 7,000 calories per day should never be taken lightly. Rex Ryan won the first of his many Super Bowls in February 2010. In the years to come, many analysts and historians will be talking about the Rex Ryan Coaching Tree. A man of such stature casts a mighty shadow indeed.
#1. Bill Parcells - The archetype of fat coaches. The original and still the best.
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