Keep It 100: Coaches Caught in Lies

These sideline bosses learned didn't come clean.

Lying Coaches - Manhattan basketball coach Steve Masiello’s recent resume falsity serves as another case of a high-profile coach getting caught in scandalous lies. Here, BET.com takes a look back at several coaches, across a number of sports, who were caught lying. Liar, liar, your a-- is fired! (Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Bill Belichick - Is there a more frustrating coach for reporters to talk to in all of sports than Bill Belichick? The longtime New England Patriots head coach is the master of brevity, taking creative, thought-provoking questions and shredding them with one-word answers. He has also been known to load up injury reports with players' names for as long as he could into the week before Pats' games to throw the competition off...not to mention, the media. (Photo: Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) 
O'Lying - Just days after being named the head football coach for the University of Notre Dame in 2001, George O’Leary was forced to resign when he lied about padding his resume. O'Leary wasn't honest about the level of football participation he had at his alma mater, the University of New Hampshire, and a master’s degree he earned at “NYU-Stony Brook University.” New York University and Stony Brook University are two different colleges.(Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
/content/dam/betcom/images/2012/03/Sports/032112-sports-Saints-Bounties-sean-payton-gregg-williams.jpgMe and My Girlfriend - The famed Hoover (Alabama) High School coach was married with three children while having an extramarital affair with a woman who he eventually married and had four children with. He lied about his two families for years.(Photo: AL.COM /Landov)

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Bill Belichick: Spygate - He called it a mistake, but nationally it became known as “Spygate” when the NFL fined New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick $500,000 and the Pats $250,000 for spying on the New York Jets’ defensive signals in 2007.(Photo: Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

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