When Coaches Fight

When Coaches Fight

The two Coaches stole the spotlight this morning in the Chelsea v Spurs clash. The match ended 2-2 after a late Harry Kane equaliser but the footage that is doing the rounds this morning is the two altercations that Chelsea Coach, Thomas Tuchel and Tottenham Gaffer, Antonio Conte got themselves into.

The drama started in the 68th minute when the pair came together on the sidelines. Conte was pretty up and about after a Spurs equaliser and Tuchel had a few things to say about it.

The two getting up in each other’s grills; Locking eyes, sharing passionate words. Really gets the heart racing.

Things escalated further post game when the two shook hands. Tuchel clearly woke up and chose violence today, squeezing Conte’s hand and refusing to let go.

Antonio didn’t take too kindly to the alpha move from Tuchel and the two came together again. Support staff and players had to separate the pair.

It was a true clash of the titans that will be replayed forever.

It got us thinking about other occasions that coaches have got in to altercations and we thought we’d put together a list of our favourite coach tussles of all time.

 

Juwan Howard vs Joe Krabbenhoft

Michigan Coach Juwan Howard went viral at the start of 2022 for this post game swing at Wisconsin Assistant Coach Joe Krabbenhoft. The swing then devolved into an all in brawl between the two college sides.

Juwan has always been about it. While looking for that clip, I found a compilation of Coach Howard wanting all the smoke. Don’t get on his bad side because Juwan will let them fly.

Percy Jones vs Tony Jewell

Allow me to wind the clock back 42 years for you.

1980, Richmond vs Carlton, Qualifying Final.

The two coaches got into a bit of push and shove just as Quarter Time ended and has given us this iconic footage.

Richmond Coach Tony Jewell said he ran his opposite number after the Carlton Coach was heard giving one of the Richmond support staffers a gob full.

What ever the reason, we’re just happy to see the old fellas having a stink!

 

 

Jim Harbaugh vs Jim Schwartz

Lions’ Coach Jim Schwartz didn’t take too kindly to Harbaugh’s excessive celebrations after their Week 6 clash back in 2011.

Schwartz took that hand shake personally and sprinted after the 49ers coach which of course, caused a massive both team huddle.

This is not the first time Harbaugh has pissed another coach off with his handshake. An infamous handshake between him and the current Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll back in 2009 was the beginning of a very large beef.

Wenger vs Mourinho

The handshake this morning brought me straight back to this classic incident. Arsenal Boss giving Mourinho a huge don’t argue.

Wenger was not a fan of the tackle on Alexis Sanchez and made a bee line straight for Mourinho where he gave him that iconic shove.

Arsene has a huge amount of mongrel in him, he’s also gone after Kenny Dalgleish and Allan Pardew mid game. Giving Pardew and arguably bigger shove then he gave Jose.

Turns out Mourinho got off lightly.

Who did we forget? There’s bound to be other classics out there. Shoot us a comment on Facebook!