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ATLANTA -- Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson says hes not fretting about his job security.Yet, its clearly on his mind.He certainly didnt shy away from it Tuesday.When asked during his weekly news conference whether an upset win at Virginia Tech helped ease some of the disappointments of the past two seasons, Johnson used the opportunity to staunchly defend his record with the Yellow Jackets.Truthfully, Ive never worried about that stuff, Johnson said, turning the question into a referendum on his nine seasons at the Atlantic Coast Conference school. If they think they can get somebody better, they ought to go get `em. Thats certainly their right.Georgia Tech went 3-9 a year ago and endured a three-game losing streak this season, but the Yellow Jackets (6-4, 3-4 ACC) became bowl eligible with a 30-20 victory over then-No. 18 Virginia Tech last weekend.They face Virginia (2-8, 1-5) in their home finale Saturday, before closing the regular season at state rival Georgia.My job is to try to take the players that we have and make them be the best they can be -- make sure theyre going to school, make sure theyre graduating and staying out of trouble, Johnson said. Do you want to win every game? Yeah. Do you want to win the league? Yeah. But if you look back and youre realistic, historically that hasnt happened every year here.There has been plenty of speculation about Johnsons future, especially with Georgia Tech bringing on a new athletic director, Todd Stansbury. The coach has also faced persistent questions about his run-oriented, triple-option offense, with some critics saying it prevents the Yellow Jackets from recruiting elite players on that side of the ball.The coach insists the complaints are largely driven by the media.I think the speculation is you guys, Johnson told reporters. I might live in a cave, but I dont see it. I dont get it from our administration. I dont get it from our fan base. I dont get it from our alumni. I see where you guys write about it in the paper, or they talk about it on the radio. But, like I said, I dont worry about that. It wouldnt do me any good to worry about it.Johnsons record at Georgia Tech is 67-48, including a 41-30 mark in the ACC. The Yellow Jackets have reached the conference championship game three times, winning in 2009 even though the crown was later vacated because of NCAA violations.In 2014, Georgia Tech went 11-3 and defeated Mississippi State in the Orange Bowl for its first victory in a major bowl since the 1960s.Outside of that dismal showing in 2015, the Yellow Jackets have largely played up to their potential, Johnson believes, and dealt as well as they could with some of the limitations caused by academics, budget constraints and the difficulty of drawing fans in the crowded Atlanta market.We had one really rough season, Johnson said. We got everybody hurt and went 3-9.Stansbury, a former Georgia Tech player, is set to take over as athletic director at the end of the month. He is sure to face plenty of questions about his relationship with the 59-year-old Johnson and whether someone else is better suited to guide the program.Ive talked to Todd one time: the day he got hired. We traded texts on Saturday, Johnson said. Once again, thats kind of media driven on how this is going to be a huge change. I mean, Im going to coach the football team and I guess hes going to be the athletic director. I would imagine if he wanted another football coach, hell go get one. Thats the way it works. Hell be the third AD Ive had here, so it is what it is.Im just going to do my job and he can do his job.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.orgStitched Angels Jerseys .Y. -- Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers had no intention of changing his hard-hitting style before taking part in a disciplinary hearing for his illegal check to New Jersey forward Dainius Zubrus head. Los Angeles Angels Pro Shop . He said Tuesday thats a big reason why he is now the new coach of the Tennessee Titans. Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night. https://www.cheapangels.com/ . During the athletes parade, the 23-strong Ukrainian team was represented by a lone flagbearer in an apparent protest at the presence of Russian troops in Ukraines Crimean peninsula. Angels Jerseys China . Terms of the deal were not immediately available. The 26-year-old finished last season with Clevelands Triple-A affiliate in Columbus after signing with the Indians in August. Los Angeles Angels Store . But when it comes to determining if Raymond will find a place on the Leafs roster when training camp concludes in a week, well, that decision will ultimately fall to the head coach.The world of international soccer gasped Tuesday at the news that Sam Allardyce had been fired as manager of Englands national team after coaching just one match.Allardyce, who was hired July 22 and signed a contract through 2018, was sent packing after he was caught on video advising undercover reporters of crooked ways to get around player-transfer rules. In exchange, he asked the journalists posed as businessmen for a six-figure sum.Allardyce lasted just 67 days as manager of the England team, but that could classify as a lengthy stay compared to some other professional and college coaches whose tenures were fleeting.Sven-Goran Eriksson, soccerEriksson reportedly received a $2 million per year deal to become director of football at Notts County in the summer of 2009, believing the organization would soon be promoted to the Premier League. Large-scale facility investments were planned, and Premier League players Sol Campbell and Kasper Schmeichel joined the club. But Campbell lasted just one match, and Schmeichel was released at the end of the season. Following the clubs takeover the following winter as it sat on the verge of financial collapse, Eriksson resigned after seven months on the job, honorably waiving a multimillion dollar payoff in the process.Brian Clough, soccerClough was one of the top goal scorers in English football history before he moved into the coaching ranks in the mid-1960s. He took over as manager of Leeds United in 1974, a surprising move, considering he had shown disdain for what he considered the teams dirty style of play. Cloughs opinions didnt seem to wane much after he took the job, and he quickly got on the bad side of several top players. After winning just one of his first six matches, Clough was canned by the clubs directors after just 44 days at the helm, despite numerous protests by the clubs fans.Magic Johnson, NBAJohnson found out just how difficult it can be for an NBA star to transition into coaching. Johnson, a 12-time All-Star and three-time league MVP with the Los Angeles Lakers from 1979-91, took over as head coach of his former team late in the 1993-94 season, after Randy Pfund was fired. The Lakers were already thin on talent and lost five of their first six games under Johnson, which prompted him to announce that he would resign at the end of that season. He finished 5-11 as a head coach, returned to the Lakers as a player for the final four months of the 1995-96 campaign and then hung the sneakers up for good.Jerry Tarkanian, NBATark the Shark rose to prominence as head coach of the UNLV basketball team from 1973-92, leading the Runnin Rebels to the NCAA tournament championship in 1990 and three other Final Fours. He decided to take a stab at the NBA and was hired by the San Antonio Spurs prior to the 1992-93 season. Tarkanian lasted just 20 games, however. The Spurs opened with a 9-11 mark, and stress from the job landed Tarkanian in the hospital with chest pains. Players began to rebel against his tactics, and he was dismissed just hours before his 21st game.Billy Donovan, NBADonovan figured it was time to give the NBA a try after he coached Florida to back-to-back NCAA tournament championships in 2006 and 07. He accepted an offer to become head coach of the Orlando Magic in June 2007 but quickly had second thoughts, even with emerging stars such as Dwight Howard and JJ Redick on the roster. Less than a week after signing the deal, Donovan begged the Magic to release him from the contract, and they obliged. Donovan returned to Florida for eight seasons before giving the NBA another look in 2015, when he was hired by the Oklahoma City Thunder.Barry Melrose, NHLMelrose put himself on the map by guiding the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final in his first season as an NHL head coach. He parlayed that into a 13-year stint as a hockey analyst with ESPN. He then decided to give coaching another try and was hired by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008. He lasted just 16 games before he was fired, however, in an ending that was reportedly set in motion by Melroses reluctance to give heavy minutes to young star Steven Stamkos. Melrose refused to budge on other issues too and was soon back with ESPN.Lou Holtz, NFLBefore he made a name for himself at Arkansas and Notre Dame, Holtz took aim at the NFL. His sights were sorely off-target, however. Holtz left North Carolina State after four successful seasons to take over as head coach of the New York Jets in 1976, and he inherited aging quarterback Joe Namath. The Jets scored just 26 points in their first four games and were 3-10 when Holtz resignned with one game remaining.dddddddddddd The three wins came against the 2-12 Buffalo Bills (twice) and the 0-14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Holtz took the head-coaching job at Arkansas the following season and went 60-21-2 in seven seasons with the Razorbacks.Bill Belichick, NFLBelichick will go down as one of the greatest NFL head coaches in history, but he also had one of the shortest stints, as he lasted one day with the New York Jets in early 2000. Belichick had been the Jets assistant head coach and defensive backs coach under Bill Parcells the previous three seasons, so when Parcells retired after the 1999 campaign, Belichick was the natural choice to take over. When he showed up for the news conference to formally announce his hiring, Belichick instead tendered his resignation on a sheet of loose paper that read, I resign as HC of the NYJ. Not long after, he was hired by the New England Patriots, with whom he has since won four Super Bowls.Eddie Stanky, MLBStanky falls into the category of one-and-done coaches, as his tenure with the Texas Rangers lasted one game in 1977. Stanky was a three-time All-Star as a player in the 1940s and 50s, and he served managerial stints with the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox. He went to the college level and found success with South Alabama but was lured back to the major leagues to replace Frank Lucchesi, who was fired after Texas 31-31 start. The Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 in Stankys debut on July 22, 1977, but homesickness and disenchantment with the changed attitudes of players prompted Stanky to quit the following day and return to South Alabama.Rick Majerus, college basketballMajerus was a five-time Western Athletic Conference coach of the year at Utah during the 1990s. Then he left after the 2003-04 season to focus on his health. He couldnt resist an offer to coach USC the following season, however, and his bubbly personality was on full display at the news conference welcoming him to the school. Five days later, subdued and somber, he announced that his health would not allow him to perform his new duties and resigned. Majerus returned to the bench three years later with Saint Louis, where health issues again sidelined him at the start of the 2012-13 season. He died of heart failure on Dec. 1, 2012, at age 64.Other notable short tenuresBobby Cremins, college basketball:?Cremins decided to remain at Georgia Tech three days after he accepted the head-coaching position at South Carolina in March 1993.Bobby Petrino, NFL:?Petrino resigned 13 games into his first season with the Atlanta Falcons in 2007. He left a note taped on each players locker before returning to the college level at Arkansas.George OLeary, college football:?OLeary left Georgia Tech in 2001 to become head coach at Notre Dame, but inaccuracies in his published biography forced him to resign before he could coach a game with the Irish.Mike Price, college football:?Price was hired at Alabama in December 2002 but never signed the contract, and the university pulled it off the table six months later, after a strip club incident.Wally Backman, MLB:?Backman was promoted to manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks after the 2004 season but was fired four days later, when previous off-the-field issues came to light.George Allen, NFL:?Allen returned to coach the Los Angeles Rams in 1978 but was fired after two preseason games, when team owner Carroll Rosenbloom decided Allen was incapable of adjusting to the new situation.Tim Welsh, college basketball:?Welsh was hired at Hofstra In 2010 but was arrested for driving under the influence 31 days later and resigned.Mike Haywood, college football: Haywood was hired at Pittsburgh shortly after the 2010 season but was fired two weeks later, following his arrest on a felony domestic battery charge.Rollie Massimino, NBA:?Massimino accepted an offer to coach the New Jersey Nets in 1985, but he had a change of heart and never showed up for an introductory news conference the following day. Instead, he remained at Villanova.Eddie Jones, Rugby:?Soon after leading Japan to a stunning World Cup pool-play win against South Africa in 2015, Jones was hired by Stormers, a South African-based Super Rugby team, but he moved on a week later to become Englands national coach.Leroy?Rosenior, soccer:?In 2007, Rosenior was famously fired 10 minutes after being appointed manager of English club Torquay, which was taken over by new owners who decided Rosenior wasnt their man. ' ' '

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