Now a days, college sports is a big business. I certainly have some qualms about who exactly makes the money from that business, but there’s no doubt that it is.
While they’ve been popular for a long time, TV money has seemingly been a big part of the expansion into what college sports is today with things like fancy facilities, specialized staff members, and more. However once upon a time in the very early days of college sports, not only did none of those things really exist, but people used to coach multiple teams.
This has come up in past North Carolina sports history posts here at Tar Heel Blog, but several people over the years have coached multiple teams while at the school.