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Always wearing a business suit and hat, Connie Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics for the baseball teams first 50 seasons -- and occasionally fell asleep in the dugout during his latter years -- before retiring at age 87 in 1950. Of course, he also was the teams partial or sole owner those 50 years, so Mack didnt have to worry about a boss calling him into the office and ordering him to pack his bags.That isnt the case for pretty much everyone else in the coaching profession, who can face dismissal after even one bad year. Why, only five of the 30 active NBA coaches have been with their current club for more than three years. As former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson wrote in his autobiography about his 27 years with that club: The control I was able to exert over Manchester United was a privilege few managers will be lucky enough to know.Thats what makes Arsene Wengers tenure as Arsenals manager impressive. Oct. 1 will mark the 20th anniversary of when he officially took over for what has been by far the longest managerial tenure in club history. He is the only active Premier League manager who has been with his current club more than four seasons. That is noteworthy, even outside soccer.To have that kind of longevity, former baseball manager Tony La Russa said, he must not only have a tremendous knowledge of the game and how to manage, but he also does something well to relate with the players.Yet even as successful as Wenger has been -- three Premier League championships and six FA Cup titles -- this past spring there were fans jeering and holding banners with such wording as: Thanks for the memories but its time to say goodbye.It isnt easy keeping a coaching job. For most people. Jim Boeheim started as the Syracuse University mens basketball coach in 1976 and still holds that position 40 years later, longer than any other active coach or manager in a major American sport. What advice would he give to someone just starting out?Try to do a great job and win. Then you can last another year, Boeheim said with a laugh. Just keep winning and youll be all right. Nothing else will matter. If you win, youll be OK. If you dont win, youll be looking for another job.Maintaining a managerial position is difficult anywhere, but coaches tend to last longer at the college level. In addition to there being more teams, coaches can acquire much more control at schools than in the pros, and the universities are not bought and sold by multibillionaire owners who want to make instant changes.I think [control] is something coaches ask for when they take a job, former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden said. You can imagine the control Nick Saban has at Alabama. He probably has the biggest staff in the country, and whatever he wants, he gets. If you have the biggest weight room, he will get one bigger. If you have the biggest dormitory, he will get one bigger.Bowden coached Florida State for 34 years before leaving at age 80 after the 2009 season. Thats a long time, but consider that Eddie Robinson was Grambling States football coach for 55 years.The professional level is different, with the great majority of coaches and managers in major sports having been with teams less than four years. Gregg Popovich, who has been coaching the NBAs San Antonio Spurs since 1996, is the longest-tenured active coach with one team in U.S. major professional sports. Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia and New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who both took over their teams in 2000, are the longest serving in Major League Baseball and the NFL, respectively. Claude Julien, about to enter his 10th season with the Boston Bruins, is the longest tenured in the NHL.The professional ranks are more difficult to last a long time in, Boeheim said. Its just a different dynamic to the whole thing. If you dont get some good players, youre not going to last very long. In college, you have the chance to recruit more players and maybe get better. Its harder and the longevity is more difficult in the NBA than it is in college.Another factor, Scioscia says, is that a successful college coach is not only the coach, hes his own general manager. Hes going to go out and recruit the players he wants. Hes going to run the program the way he wants to. As a baseball manager, you are definitely part of a team of not only coaches but a team connected with executives and front office guys that are the people who put the team together.As a baseball manager, Ive been very fortunate to have this opportunity, but that becomes more fragile the length of time youre in one place because general managers change very often and there are a lot of things youre not just in control of.Just staying with one team doesnt inherently make the job all that much easier.Weve probably had four or five, six turnovers -- or different looks -- with this team. Its not like you manage the same players for 16 years, Scioscia said. There are always new challenges about team building and figuring out how the parts work. A lot of managers have to do that when they go to different organizations. Ive just been doing it at one organization, but I think the challenges are the same.Generational changes are part of that dynamic.When I started coaching in the 1950s after World War II, Bowden said, youd tell a kid to do something and he would not bat an eye. He just did it. And if not, you threatened to get rid of them. Nowadays you have to sell them on it. Tell them that if you do it that way, it will help you in this way.As the athletes approach changes over generations, so must the coaches. Which is part of the reason why La Russa, now chief baseball officer for the Arizona Diamondbacks, always made certain to read up on and research leadership methods.Probably the key to longevity is you have to maintain a really fresh and Whats next? attitude, said La Russa, who had two managerial stops that lasted at least a decade, 10 years with the Oakland Athletics and 16 with the St. Louis Cardinals. You can have a couple good years and human nature is to get complacent. Its really vital to free your mind so that youre always looking at whats next. Its good. It makes you hungry to do more.Just to stay fresh is really important, especially with the people youre leading. If you stand up and just start yakking, they may tune you out because theyve heard you say it before.While coaches and managers get older, being around young athletes helps them retain some youth. Scioscia says that coaching players from different cultures also is very beneficial.I think its fun if you embrace the cultural differences of kids from Latin America or kids from California or North Carolina or South Korea, he said. Its been a learning experience for me. I think when you sift through all the cultural difference and changes not only in our club today but how things that have evolved in 16 years, the one thing that these players are connected with is their passion for the game. And thats what you need to tap into to motivate them.Bear Bryant coached the University of Alabama football team for 25 years and won six national championships. After his final game, a reporter asked Bryant what he planned to do in retirement. He replied, Probably croak in a week. He died of a heart attack a month later.Bowden has been enjoying retired life after his full 57 years in coaching.All of a sudden, there is a big weight lifted from your shoulders, he said. I didnt have to worry about players grades, worry about conduct, worry about a 2 oclock call from the police. All of a sudden a weight was lifted off my shoulders. And boy, was it different. Boy, what a relief. Now, I just have to worry about food that I still have to buy.Boeheim, who turns 72 in November, says he will retire in two years. Well see whether that is the case. And how many more years Wenger, who turns 67 in October, keeps going. After all, when Ferguson turned 60 in 2001, he planned to retire at the end of the season, his 16th at Man U. His family, however, told him to continue managing. One, your health is good, his wife told him. Two, Im not having you in the house. And three, youre too young anyway. So he continued for another 11 years.Although now retired, Fergusons presence still remains at Old Trafford, not just in legend but in the form of a bronze statue with arms folded in a commanding manner.Meanwhile, there are new coaches and managers just beginning their careers and hoping to be able to match those of Ferguson, Wenger, Boeheim, La Russa, Bowden and others.I tip my hat to anyone who has sat in that head-coaching position for that long, whether its baseball, football or whatever sport, Seattle Mariners first-year manager Scott Servais said of Wengers 20-year reign. Its not just the game action; its all of the other stuff. The fans dont see it, but experience really does help. 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With the short-handed Warriors needing help from someone -- anyone -- to stop a three-game skid, ONeal returned from right knee and groin injuries that had sidelined him for four games and put up season highs with 18 points and eight rebounds. It was just enough to help lift Golden State to a 102-101 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. Although its been a terribly difficult week for North Dakota State, the top-ranked Bison are doing their best to try and stay focused heading into a tough rivalry matchup.Its uncertain whether backup running back and special teamer Chase Morlock will play against South Dakota State after his father passed away last weekend following a battle with cancer. Its a loss that has hit the entire NDSU family, according to coach Chris Klieman.Theres no coaching 101 manual. Well do everything we can (to prepare), Klieman confessed. We have a tremendous administration, a great bunch of assistant coaches and resilient players with everything theyve been through. Well take it day-by-day.The heavy-hearted Bison are hoping to retain the trophy in the 13th annual Dakota Marker game on Saturday. Theyre going after their ninth consecutive victory over the 11th-ranked Jackrabbits and 15th straight win overall, which would be the second longest in Missouri Valley Football Conference history behind its own 33-game run from 2012-14.The Bison (5-0, 2-0), however, are facing a difficult challenge against Taryn Christion and a visiting South Dakota State team that ranks fourth in the nation at 45 points per game and 15th with 461.4 total yards. Christion ranks fourth nationally with 327.4 passing yards per game after he threw for a school-record 466 and five touchdowns in a 51-32 win at Southern Illinois.The sophomore quarterback has thrown for 20 TDs with one interception in 173 attempts this season. Christion has benefited from an outstanding receiver tandem in Jake Wieneke, who has 33 receptions for 595 yards with 10 touchdowns, and Dallas Goedert, who has 34 catches for 561 yards and eight scores.(Christion) does it all and hes playing with a lot of confidence, Klieman said. Theyre putting a lot of points on the board and even in their losses, hes played extremely well. What Im so impressed with is how well he throws the deep ball. He has tremendous accuracy, tremendous loft on the ball and puts it in position for their playmakers.Kliemans squad ranks second in the conference with 313.2 yards allowed per game, but is only sixth against the pass. The Bison are coming off perhaps their best defensive effort last weekend when they limited Missouri State to 176 total yards and just 30 on the ground in a 27-3 road victory.Offensively, NDSU will likely lean on King Frazier after the senior running back finished with a season-high 126 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries against the Bears. Frazier, who had 44 yards and a score on 14 attempts in last seasons 28-7 win over SDSU, is averaging 5.5 yards per carry and has a touchdown in four of the teams five games.ddddddddddddThat certainly doesnt bode well for the Jackrabbits (3-2, 2-0), who rank second to last in the MVFC with 206 rushing yards allowed per game.Theyre what everyone wants to be when you try to run the football, SDSU coach John Stiegelmeier said. They just dominate you in time of possession, wear you down and get points when they need them.The Bison held the Jackrabbits to minus-4 yards rushing in last years conference opener to grab a 59-40-5 advantage in the all-time series. SDSUs 25-24 win in 2008 marked its first in Fargo since 1962 and represents its only victory over the past 28 road meetings.The North Dakota State game has become a tremendous rivalry, Stiegelmeier added. The Border Marker trophy, the intensity, the playoffs, the conference championship -- all those things come together. I know its early in the season, but its going to be a fun game.---RANKED SHOWDOWN IN YOUNGSTOWN=Sack-crazy Youngstown State (4-1, 2-0) goes after its fourth straight win and first 3-0 start in league play since 2013 on Saturday night when it hosts No. 21 Northern Iowa (2-3, 1-1).The 14th-ranked Penguins are getting it done with the MVFCs top defense (290.8 yards allowed per game). They held Illinois State to just 250 total yards and its lowest point total since Oct. 6, 2012 in Saturdays 20-6 road win.YSU had six more sacks against the Redbirds, increasing their season total to 19. The Penguins are now tied for third in the FCS with 3.8 per game. Derek Rivers ranks second in the conference with seven sacks, while Avery Moss has five.Theyll try to corral Northern Iowa quarterback Aaron Bailey, who has thrown for 838 yards and six touchdowns against only one interception. The senior also has rushed for 416 yards and six scores.They have a dual-threat quarterback in Bailey. Hes a good player. They have some skill and theyll give you a couple different looks, said YSU coach Bo Pelini, whose squad is the only FCS program that hasnt allowed a rushing touchdown this season. Its going to be important that were all on the same page and guys are able to adjust to formations.The Panthers have won 12 of the past 13 meetings, though this is the first since a 22-20 home victory on a last-second field goal in 2013. They enter this one having dropped three of four since a season-opening 25-20 win at Iowa State on Sept. 3.This is a heck of a test for us at a critical time, coach Mark Farley said. This is one of the best football teams in the (FCS) -- I promise you that. ' ' '