The most decorated coaches: Pozzo and the masters of the World Cup bench
Vittorio Pozzo is the only manager to have won two World Cups. Others, like Parreira or Milutinović, coached half a dozen countries at the biggest stage.
History at the World Cup is written on the bench too, and one figure has stood for almost ninety years: only one manager has won two World Cups. He is Italy's Vittorio Pozzo, who led Italy to the titles of 1934 and 1938, a double no one has matched since.
Pozzo, nicknamed «il Vecchio Maestro», was a pioneer of tactics and preparation, and his record looks ever more unreachable in such a competitive international game. No other coach has managed to retain the crown.
Other managers have left their mark through longevity. Brazil's Carlos Alberto Parreira coached at six different World Cups and with five different national teams (Kuwait, the UAE, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and South Africa), as well as winning the title with Brazil in 1994. He is the symbol of the globetrotting coach.
Something similar was achieved by Serbia's Bora Milutinović, able to qualify and make five different countries competitive at five consecutive World Cups, a record of adaptation to very different football cultures.
And then there are those who won on and off the pitch: Mário Zagallo lifted the Cup as a player (1958 and 1962) and as Brazil's manager (1970), a bridge between generations that captures the greatness of those who understand football from every angle.
Source: Wikipedia (Vittorio Pozzo; Carlos Alberto Parreira; Bora Milutinović; Mário Zagallo).