You coach high school football in super-competitive Texas, so you ignore all common sense and force your players to practice long hours under the hot Gulf Coast sun. The whole team drops dead as a result. Oops.

The best college football player in the country is on your team. Unfortunately, he accepts gifts from an agent who wants to represent him after college, which is against NCAA rules. You watch, horrified, as the NCAA vacates your wins, bans your team from playing in the post-season, and cuts your scholarships. Who'll want to play for you now?

You're the coach for one of the best collegiate swim teams in the country, and are one of the most decorated Olympian of all time. Too bad people only pay attention to your sport every four years, when the Summer Olympics are on TV.

Your women's basketball team wins its eighth NCAA championship title in fifteen years. America could care less.

You're the general manager of one of the country's most beloved baseball teams. After taking your guys to two World Series and lots and lots of victories, you retire in order to write your memoir, which becomes a national bestseller.