player_team coach_years championships birth_place player_years coach_team awards current_title sport birth_date article_title name
milligan 1976 1989 1989 & ndash ; 1996 & ndash ; 1978 1978 & ndash ; sec -rrb- championship -lrb- 1985 -rrb- caa championship -lrb- 1996 roan mountain , tennessee 1954 & ndash ; 1958 east tennessee state auburn vcu ec coach of the year -lrb- 1984 , 1989 -rrb- district coach vi coach of year , division i -lrb- 1984 -rrb- of caa coach of the year -lrb- 1996 -rrb- the year -lrb- 1978 -rrb- sec head coach basketball 15 november 1936 sonny smith
 sonny smith
sonny smith

charles h. `` sonny '' smith -lrb- born november 15 , 1936 -rrb- is a retired american men 's college basketball head coach .
originally from roan mountain , tennessee , smith served as a head coach for twenty-two seasons .
he is credited with turning around losing programs at east tennessee state university and auburn university .
additionally , smith coached virginia commonwealth university from 1989-1998 .
smith is best remembered for his coaching years at auburn university , where he was named southeastern conference coach of the year in 1984 and 1989 .
in 1985 , he coached the auburn tigers to their first sec tournament championship in school history .
during his years at auburn , he coached nba hall of fame player charles barkley and nba star chuck person .
from 1984 to 1988 , he guided auburn to five consecutive ncaa tournament appearances , including a sweet 16 berth in 1985 and a final eight berth in 1986 .
to date , he is the only coach in auburn men 's basketball history to have three consecutive 20-win seasons , from 1984-86 .
on january 3 , 2007 , he was inducted into the alabama sports hall of fame .
after retiring from coaching , smith joined his friend and former university of alabama coach wimp sanderson on a sports talk radio show `` the sonny and wimp show '' on wjox-am in birmingham , alabama .
smith also works as an analyst calling atlantic sun games on friday nights for css .
