March Madness Fashion: Suited Up Coaches Stand Out In College Game Dominated By Casual Coaching Wear

Notre Dame's Niele Ivey is doing it the way she learned how to coach, pacing the sideline in stylish attire in a time when most coaches favor far more casual attire.

"When I first got into coaching, I learned under a Hall of Fame coach," Ivey said. "Being coached under Coach Muffet McGraw, her whole staff dressed up. Coaching with her we dressed up. That's kind of the fabric of Notre Dame, and what I'm used to style-wise."

As the NCAA Tournament heats up, the styles of Ivey, LSU's Kim Mulkey, Alabama's Nate Oats and South Carolina's Dawn Staley stand out in a sea of coaches in team polo shirts and quarter-zip pullovers. There are a handful of coaches on the men's side who evoke memories of a time when John Wooden, John Thompson and Denny Crum roamed the sidelines immaculately dressed.

Oats, who routinely reminds fans of former Crimson Tide coach Wimp Sanderson with his colorful tailored sports coats, will stand out on the men's side in the Sweet 16. Fans saw two other throwbacks - Texas AM's Buzz Williams and Rick Pitino of St. John's - before the Aggies and the Red Storm were eliminated in the second round last weekend.

"I don't fish, I don't golf, I don't hunt, I don't do all the things that you're supposed to do as a hobby," Williams recently said when asked about his dapper attire. "That's just always been my hobby."