JOHNSON, TORRE, BIRD & BOWMAN TOP FAN POLL ON COACHES

          ESPN Sports Poll, a product of TNS Intersearch,
     surveyed fans age 12+ of NBA, NHL, MLB and NFL to name their
     favorite active manager or coach.  Data was collected from
     June '99 through May '00.  The following lists the top five
     selections for each sport.  ^  = Active until end of
     '99/2000 NFL season.  For more, visit www.sportspoll.com: 

             NFL FANS                         MLB FANS
              n=8,391                           n=7,594
1) Jimmy Johnson ^        7.3%       1) Joe Torre          15.7%
2) Bill Parcells ^        6.7%       2) Bobby Cox           7.8%
3) Mike Holmgren          5.6%       3) Tony LaRussa        3.2%
4) Mike Ditka ^           4.3%       4) Lou Piniella        2.3%
5) Bill Cowher            4.1%       5) Dusty Baker         2.1%

            NHL FANS                          NBA FANS
             n=2,809                            n=5,629
1) Scotty Bowman         10.1%      1) Larry Bird           12.9%
2) Ken Hitchcock          1.6%      2) Pat Riley            12.3%
3) Lindy Ruff             1.3%      3) Jeff Van Gundy        2.4%
4) Pat Burns              1.3%      4) Rick Pitino           2.3%
5) Roger Neilson          0.5%      5) Rudy Tomjanovich      2.2% 
   Joel Quenneville       0.5%
   Darryl Sutter          0.5% 

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