Ozzie Guillen left his managing post with the Chicago White Sox and was named the manager of the Florida Marlins a day later. Guillen accepted the post with the Marlins on Sept. 27. The Marlins will have to compensate the White Sox with a pair of minor leagues. This essentially means that the two teams made a trade for a manager.
While these types of situations are rare, they do happen.
Here is a look at a few other coaching swaps in sports:
1995 – Pat Riley
In 1995, Riley resigned from the New York Knicks to take the top job with the Miami Heat. The ordeal set off a ton of controversy that didn’t end until Miami sent the Knicks a first-round draft pick and $1 million as compensation. The whole move set off a strong rivalry between the teams in the late 1990s.
1997 – Bill Parcells
Bill Parcells had led the New England Patriots to the Super Bowl after the 1996 season but was involved in a strange scenario. He had apparently been seeking a job with the New York Jets while still under contract with the Patriots. He abruptly left the Patriots after the Super Bowl, and owner Robert Kraft believed the Jets were tampering. A deal was worked out in which Parcells would spend the 1997 season as a consultant with the Jets but the Patriots fought that arrangement. In the end, Parcells was allowed to coach the Jets, but the Patriots received a total of four draft picks from 1997 through 1999.
2000 – Bill Belichick
When Parcells resigned in 2000, the Jets appointed Belichick to the position of head coach. But he resigned a day later and ultimately took the job with the Patriots. The Jets attempted to block this move and a legal battle ensued. The Jets and Patriots ultimately worked out a deal that allowed Belichick to coach the Patriots while New England sent three high draft picks to New York. The Patriots also received a couple of picks as compensation.
2002 – Jon Gruden
Jon Gruden left a successful run with the Oakland Raiders to take the top post with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers paid a steep price for this deal, though. They gave up two first-round picks, two second-round picks, and $8 million to the Raiders. It paid off as Gruden defeated his former team in the Super Bowl in his first season in Tampa.
2006 – Herman Edwards
The Jets are no strangers to coaching trades. In 2006, Edwards bolted his position with the Jets to take the same job with the Kansas City Chiefs. Edwards still had two years left on his deal with the Jets. Despite that, the compensation wasn’t as big as it was with previous coaches. The Jets only got a fourth-round pick for letting Edwards go.