Update: Thanks to Twitter, this post caught the attention of Gatorade president Sarah Robb O’Hagan (@SarahRobbOh). She enjoyed our rundown of the funniest Gatorade baths ever, and she also sent me the wall mural from Gatorade’s headquarters with some of their favorite Gatorade baths of all-time. It’s very cool. You’ll see it at the end of the post.
The Gatorade bath is a tradition like few others in sports.
After most monumental wins in football – specifically Super Bowls, national championship games, especially important and/or meaningful bowl games, or season-ending victories over hated rivals – such a celebration can be expected. The tradition began with the New York Giants in the mid-1980s and continues into today with no signs of slowing down.
While the sentimental among us enjoy the Gatorade bath because it symbolizes the triumph of a team of men on the field of athletic battle and the ultimate moment of shared jubilation and respect between coach and player, I enjoy Gatorade baths for a far different reason.
Pictures and videos of them can be laugh-lout-loud hilarious.
So here is my personal ode to the Gatorade bath, with the 28 funniest Gatorade baths of all-time, presented in no particular order other than saving the best ones for last.
Bob Stoops
Image source: AP Photo/LM Otero via Boston.com
Urban Meyer
Image source: SBNation
Nick Saban
Zombie Ken Whisenhunt
Image source: Revenge of the Birds
Kirk Ferentz
Image credit: AP Photo/Lynne Sladky via Boston.com
Jim Tressel
Image credit: Photo by Harry How/Getty Images via The Part Time Jock
Image source: Eleven Warriors
Gary Patterson
Joe Gibbs
Image source: Here
Tony Dungy
Image source: Stock Lemon Blog
Bill Parcells
Image credit: Peter Read Miller/SI via Hot Clicks
Greg Schiano
Image source: Today’s ACC Headlines
Image credit: Dill/AP via NY Daily News
Steve Spurrier
Image source: Eric Campos via GoGamecocks.com
Dave Doeren
Image credit: Andrew Weber-US PRESSWIRE via Chicago Tribune
Some Confused Ohio Bobcats
Mike McCarthy
Image source: Here
Cito Gaston
Image source: The National Post
Bill Curry
Image source: MTV.com
Rick Stockstill
Image credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images via Boston.com
Frank Beamer
Image credit: Phil Coale/AP via Statesman.com
Image source: Boston.com
Eric Mangini
Les Miles
Image source: Here
Image credit: A. Messerschmidt/Getty Images via MTV.com
Image source: SECTalk.com
And I saved the best image last…
Marty Schottenheimer…like a boss
But no Gatorade shower can or will ever be quite as funny as the one in this video, all things considered.
Guy Morriss
Update: Actually, I was mistaken. I’m not quite sure how I forgot about one of my favorite Gatorade bath pictures of all time, but I did. Thankfully, loyal Tweeters like @jimkanicki are here to remind me of the error of my ways. For goodness sakes, this pic is the background of Spencer Hall’s Twitter page!
Here is the great Howard Schnellenberger (the man who laid the foundation at The U, for those too young to remember) being doused by his team at Florida Atlantic.
Random thought: I suppose I should change the number in the title to 29 considering that there are technically now 29 images and videos with the addition of the Schellenberger picture, but since one of the pics is an elephant peeing on Les Miles, we won’t count that as a Gatorade bath.
Update: And here is the picture of the mural at Gatorade HQ sent to me by Sarah Robb O’Hagan:
About Jerod Morris
Such refreshing baths… and energizing too! ;-)
I would love to have a bath like that too. The one which has an elephant is funny.
Bill Parcels!
I like the ones of coaches dodging the gatorade bath, like BYU's Bronco Mendenhall at the 2010 New Mexico Bowl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM3HwUeumEo
UM WHERE IS THE ERIN ANDREWS GATORADE BATH WHILE SHE INTERVIEWED RG3 AFTER BAYLOR'S WIN OVER OU?!?!
Funny?? Where's the funny?
Perhaps we have different definitions of funny. The pics of Les Miles and Schellenberger crack me up every time.