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SportsBeat KC: Coaching success marked 2010s in KC sports. What’s in store for 2020s?

Sporting KC coach Peter Vermes gets things done.
Sporting KC coach Peter Vermes gets things done. Star file photo

The 2010s brought incredible coaching stability to Kansas City pro sports teams and area college teams.

In the second part of The Star’s decade-in-review on SportsBeat KC, The Star’s daily sports podcast presented by Big O Tires, columnists Sam Mellinger and Vahe Gregorian join host Blair Kerkhoff discussing Andy Reid, Ned Yost, Peter Vermes, Bill Self, Bill Snyder and Gary Pinkel.

Also, what’s in store for the 2020s? The panel offers its predictions.

Links to stories we discussed:

Chiefs Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes were meant for each other

How Ned Yost and the Royals brought out the best in each other

Peter Vermes will be back, but Sporting KC will enact changes. Among them? Spending

From Naismith to Self: How eight coaches in 120 years of KU hoops got their jobs

The 18th choice for the job: Bill Snyder’s legacy via former K-State president Jon Wefald

Gary Pinkel transformed Mizzou football program

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Blair Kerkhoff
The Kansas City Star
Blair Kerkhoff has covered sports for The Kansas City Star since 1989. He was elected to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2023.
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