Sentence examples for been a top assistant from inspiring English sources

DePodesta had been a top assistant to Oakland General Manager Billy Beane since joining the A's in 1998.

Mr. Harvey, a former prosecutor who has been a top assistant in the office since early 2002, nearly derailed his nomination in March when his office subpoenaed a senator who said he had information relevant to an investigation of practices at the state parole board.

Doherty, a teammate of Michael Jordan's at North Carolina on the 1982 national championship team, was a top assistant for Williams at Kansas before moving on to Notre Dame for one season as head coach.

Sarkisian, like Kiffin, was a top assistant at USC when the Trojans were winning and contending for national championships on a regular basis under former coach Pete Carroll.

He also was a top assistant to James Pavitt, who from 1999 to 2004 headed the CIA's operations arm, now known as the National Clandestine Service.

One of them was Barbara K. Modine, a top assistant to General Garner.

Dunlap, who turns 55 in May, was a top collegiate assistant at Arizona, Oregon and St. John's and most recently served as head coach for the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats.

The Mets fired Minaya as the general manager after the 2010 season, and he is working again as a top assistant in San Diego.

Duquette had been the organization's farm director and a top assistant to Phillips.

"One of the most difficult [things] to learn in dealing with Tom Bradley is that you go in and he listens with a sphinx-like expression and you don't know whether anything you have said has registered and you certainly don't know whether he agrees with your assessment of the situation," said Anton Calleia, a top assistant after Bradley was elected to the City Council in 1963.

"There's a 'Top Model' tab, talk-show tabs, different assistants have tabs, a Bankable tab.