| 100% | BUM | 3 | Stetson-wearing ___ Phillips, the winningest coach in Houston Oilers history |
| 51% | GREGG | 5 | Popovich who is the winningest coach in NBA history |
| 41% | PATERNO | 7 | Winningest coach in college football history |
| 31% | CYYOUNGAWARD | 12 | Annual prize named after the winningest pitcher in Major League history: 3 wds. |
| 30% | SABAN | 5 | Coach in the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame |
| 29% | ERIKSPOELSTRA | 13 | First Asian American coach in the NBA |
| 28% | SPAHN | 5 | Winningest southpaw in major-league history |
| 28% | ASTRO | 5 | Houston athlete in the American League |
| 28% | ASTRO | 5 | Houston athlete in the AL West |
| 28% | PACE | 4 | Wear a rut in the rug |
| 28% | PACES | 5 | Wears a rut in the rug |
| 28% | PACE | 4 | Wear a hole in the carpet |
| 28% | LEI | 3 | Worn around the neck in Hawaii |
| 28% | PACED | 5 | Wore a hole in the carpet |
| 28% | ARA | 3 | Rudy's coach in the 1993 football film "Rudy" |
| 28% | MARV | 4 | ___ Levy, Buffalo Bills coach in the Hall of Fame |
| 28% | NOR | 3 | Winningest country in Winter Olympic history: Abbr. |
| 28% | SATHER | 6 | Coach Glen of the dynasty Edmonton Oilers |
| 28% | ERA | 3 | The Reagan ___ (the 1980s in US history) |
| 28% | ERA | 3 | The Elizabethan ___ (1558-1603, in English history) |
| 28% | WUZETIAN | 8 | The only female emperor in Chinese history |
| 28% | ERA | 3 | The Victorian ___ (1837-1901, in British history) |
| 28% | PRADA | 5 | The devil wears one in a movie |
| 28% | ERODE | 5 | Wear down little rodent in the middle |
| 28% | PACE | 4 | Wear a hole in the carpet, say |
| 28% | APRON | 5 | Garment worn in the kitchen |
| 28% | BOOTS | 5 | Footwear worn in the rain |
| 28% | BOOT | 4 | Footwear worn in the snow |
| 27% | STAGG | 5 | Amos Alonzo ___, coach in the College Football Hall of Fame |
| 27% | TYCOBB | 6 | Holder of the highest career batting average in baseball history |