Sharing the Wealth: Remote Chance of New Coach Inheriting All-American

Georges Niang will be Gorgeous Georges to new Iowa State coach Steve Prohm if Niang becomes a two-time All-American after Fred Hoiberg abandoned mayoral duties for old stomping grounds with the NBA's Chicago Bulls. An average of 50 schools annually have new bench bosses but the chances are rare for a coach such as Prohm to inherit an All-American in an era of players departing early for the NBA if they generate any success at all. Only two players since Navy's David Robinson (A-A center in 1986 and 1987) were All-Americans for two different coaches - North Carolina's Antawn Jamison (Dean Smith and Bill Guthridge in 1997 and 1998) and Notre Dame's Troy Murphy (Matt Doherty and Mike Brey in 2000 and 2001).

Yale's Tony Lavelli is the only player in NCAA history to become a major-college All-American under three different head coaches (Red Rolfe in 1946, Ivy Williamson in 1947 and Howard Hobson in 1948 and 1949). Ozzie Cowles and Buster Sheary were factors on both sides of the coaching an All-American equation (developing and inheriting). Following is an alphabetical list of major-college players earning All-American accolades at the same school under multiple mentors: