Coaching is a natural career path for some athletes upon retirement. Thierry Henry is the latest star athlete to enter the coaching scene with the Montreal Impact hiring the former Arsenal and France great as their bench boss. Here is a look at how some star athletes have done as coaches. WAYNE GRETZKY. Gretzky took the head coaching job with the then-Phoenix Coyotes in 2005. He missed the playoffs in all four of his seasons behind the bench and stepped down before the 2009-10 campaign. CAROLINE OUELLETTE. A former star forward with the Canadian women's hockey team, Ouellette was head coach of the CWHL's Les Canadiennes de Montreal for most of the 2018-19 season. ISIAH THOMAS. The former Detroit Pistons player became coach of the Indiana Pacers in 2000. Thomas became coach of the New York Knicks in 2006 and missed the playoffs in each of his two seasons. MICHAEL (PINBALL) CLEMONS. Clemons became head coach of the struggling Toronto Argonauts midway through the 2000 season. For each of Clemons' last five seasons as head coach, the Argos never had a losing record. They won the Grey Cup in 2004. PATRICK ROY The former goaltender took the reins of the Colorado Avalanche in 2013. Roy won as the NHL's top coach in his first year, but the Avs were upset in the playoffs by Minnesota. Roy missed the playoffs the next two years and then stepped down. ZINEDINE ZIDANE. World Cup champion Zidane became head coach of Spanish giant Real Madrid in 2016. He guided Real Madrid to back-to-back Champions League titles his first two years. Zidane resigned in 2018 before returning to his post the following year. DIEGO MARADONA. The Argentina star hasn't stayed in one place very long in his time as a coach. He has coached the Argentina national team, several clubs in his home country as well as teams in Mexico and the United Arab Emirates. MAGIC JOHNSON. The Los Angeles Lakers great took over as coach late in the 1993-94 season. After a quick start, the Lakers finished the year 5-11 under Johnson before he stepped down. PETE ROSE. Rose became a player/manager with the Cincinnati Reds after the Montreal Expos traded him in 1984. He remained manager of the Reds after retiring as a player in 1986. But after he was found to have bet on baseball, Rose was removed from the game late in the 1989 season. CAROLINA MORACE. A star player with Italy, Morace resigned as head coach of Canada's women's soccer team in 2011 after a controversial two-plus-year run. Morace was 25-11-5 with Canada. The team had high hopes at the 2011 World Cup, but failed to win a game.