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Wednesday, November 16, 1994
SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Coaches,teams likely to face tough times
Gibbs denies he will step down
The Associated Press
NORMAN, Okla. — One after another, Oklahoma players filed out of a team meeting saying that they had voted to go to a bowl game, and that Gary Gibbs had planned to be the person coaching them.
Speculation about Gibbs' future has heightened in recent days because of newspaper reports that his resignation is imminent.
In talking by phone to Big Eight media on Monday, Gibbs denied that he had plans to resign. Then, he took the same message to his players.
"I really didn't think he would resign," said center Chuck Langston. "He told us like a man that he wouldn't resign."
The Sooners (6-4 overall, 4-2 Gig Eight) don't play again until No.1 Nebraska visits on Nov. 25. The team usually would practice on Mondays but didn't this week because of the open date on Saturday.
Instead, the team held a brief meeting where the players voted to attend a bowel game, most likely the Copper Bowl, and then broke up to evaluate
film of last weekend's victory over Oklahoma State.
"He said he's going to be with us through Nebraska and the bowl game and that he has no intention of resigning," linebacker Brent DeQuasie said. "He said to let him take care of the media reports and for us to take care of the game."
The players said no one asked Gibbs whether he plans to resign after the season.
The Tulsa World reported Saturday that university officials were trying to work out a settlement in which Gibbs would resign before tomorrow, when David Boren takes over as school president.
Then Sunday, The Daily Oklahomaan said Gibbs would hold a team meeting Sunday or Monday to inform his players of his decision, which would be effective at the end of the season.
On the weekly Big Eight conference call, Gibbs was asked if there was any truth to the published reports.
"No," he said without elaborating.
"No," he said without elaborating. "I'm focusing on Nebraska right now. That's my sole focus," he said.
Southern Cal basketball loses George Raveling
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — When Coach George Raveling called a Monday morning meeting with the USC basketball team, the players thought he might tell them it would be awhile before he would return.
Instead, Raveling, slowly recovering from serious injuries suffered in a car accident on Sept. 25, told the players that he was retiring.
One of college basketball's most prominent coaches, Raveling, 57, said he had intended to remain at Southern Cal until he retired and that time came sooner than he had expected.
"Although my health is improving, my present physical state does not allow me to work the sidelines in my accustomed manner," he said in a statement read by his attorney.
Raveling said he asked his attorney, Gerry Roth, to make the retirement announcement because it would have been "emotionally difficult" for him to do so.
"I do not believe that remaining on as head basketball coach, while not
fulfilling my professional responsibilities, would be fair to the university, the student body, my coaching staff and the players." Raveling said in his statement.
Charlie Parker, an assistant coach under Raveling for seven years, was appointed interim head coach for this season.
Raveling said he would consider sports administration jobs that he was offered previously. He also has expressed interest in sports broadcasting.
Raveling was released from the hospital Nov. 8 after spending more than six weeks there.
Raveling's USC teams had a composite record of 115-118, but went 77-40 the past four seasons and to the NCAA tournament in 1991 and 1992.
He sustained nine broken ribs, a fractured pelvis, a fractured clavicle and a collapsed lung in a collision near the Southern Cal campus.
He has an overall record of 336-292, including his stints at Washington State from 1972-83 and Iowa from 1983-86.
Fisher named new Oilers coach
By Michael Lutz The Associated Press
HOUSTON — Starting over on can be difficult — especially after a 1-9 start.
But Jeff Fisher said on Monday he was ready to do just that after signing a three-year contract to coach the Houston Oilers. He replaces Jack Pardee, fired by owner Bud Adams after Sunday's 34-31 loss to Cincinnati.
"We are 0-0, the 1995 season starts this afternoon," Fisher said. "I can assure you from the kickoff against the New York Giants (Monday night) until the last play against the Jets on Dec. 24, this team will play as if they are going for the home field advantage."
Adams also fired assistant head coach Kevin Gilbride, leaving offensive coordinator Dick Coury to gameplay play-calling duties.
Adams said earlier he would not make a coaching change in the middle of the season. Monday, he changed his mind.
"We came to the decision that now was the time to make the move,"
Adams said. "We felt we had the man on board to be the Houston Oilers' head coach for years to come."
Fisher was named defensive coordinator in February, replacing Buddy Ryan, who resigned to become head coach of the Arizona Cardinals.
Fisher was a cornerback with the Bears when Ryan was a defensive coach there.
He also was on Ryan's staff at Philadelphia, and coached with the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers.
He's called a players' coach by the players.
The Oliers made the playoffs in all four seasons Pardee was their coach, and their seven-year postseason run was the longest current streak in the NFL. But they won just one postseason game in the Pardee era.
Despite the horrible 1994 season, Pardee was 44-35 with the Oilers.
"it's part of the business," said the 58-year-old Pardee, the only NFL coach to be fired this season."When you start struggling, you try everything. We probably coached harder this year, used more players."
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