Wednesday, April 7, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Missouri likely to pick Duke assistant as new coach
John Calipari forgoes taking Missouri offer
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri appears poised to name Duke assistant Quin Snyder as its new head basketball coach.
Media reports said Snyder was meeting with Missouri athletic director Mike Alden yesterday in Kansas City. The school set a news conference for 10:30 a.m. today. No topic was given, but WDAF-TV in Kansas City reported that Snyder would be named.
Snyder, 32. is a former Duke player and has been an assistant coach with Mike Krzzyzewski the past four years. He first met with Alden in Detroit on Friday, one day after Norm Stewart retired as head coach after 32 years.
Snyder emerged as the leading candi.
date to take over Missouri's basketball program after former New Jersey Nets coach John Calipari took himself out of the running.
Tulsa head coach Bill Self also announced yesterday evening that he had withdrawn his name from consideration. Missouri assistant Kim Anderson was left as the only other candidate, besides Snyder, to be interviewed by Alden.
Alden said he wanted to move quickly in signing a coach. Today is the first day of the late signing period. Recruits can make written commitments to schools through May 15.
Calipari, notorious for his vitriolic attacks on players and respected for his coaching accomplishments, removed his name from consideration after talking with Alden and others on Saturday while visiting in laws.
Missouri officials had offered Calipart the job.
Callipari's agent, Craig Fenech, said
"He considered it pretty seriously but decided it wasn't the right fit for him at the time," Fenech said yesterday. "In the
end, he just wasn't prepared to pull the trigger. He doesn't know what he wants to do."
Calipari was fired by the Nets on March 15 after his team started
the season losing 17 of its first 20 games. Last year, the Nets qualified for the playoffs for the first time in four years but lost to the Chicago Bulls in the first round.
The Nets won 72 games and lost 112 in Calipari's two-plus seasons as head coach. He had two years remaining on a
five-year. $15 million contract.
He took over the University of Massachusetts in 1988 and won 10 games and lost 18 in his first season. The Minutemen did not have another losing season in Calliart's eight-year tenure.
Self said he made the decision to withdraw after meeting earlier yesterday with Missouri officials.
Callipart, a native of Moon, Pa., played college basketball at North Carolina-Wilmington and Clarion (Pa.), and was an assistant coach at Kansas from 1982 to 1985.
"I'm flattered by Missouri's interest in me," he said, "I believe that the Missouri coaching position is a good one, and I felt that I had to explore it for the welfare of my family. However, when it comes right down to it, the University of Tulsa is where I want to be."
Self has been head coach at Tulsa for two seasons and has won 42 and lost 22. His team defeated 16th-ranked College of Charleston in the first round of the NCAA tournament before losing to Duke.
Uribe leads men's tennis in NCAA hopes
Kansas senior Luis Uribe sits down after a doubles match he lost this season against Arkansas. Uribe, ranked No. 21, has won 102 singles' matches. Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazza/KANSAN
"I learned from watching them play and seeing how they prepared for the match."
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At 17, Uribe finished his Juniors competitions and decided to go to college
"I wasn't mature enough to play professionally, and I wanted a degree,' Uribe said. "I also wanted to go to college to improve my tennis and make the jump to the pros."
Uribe decided to attend the University of Kansas because there were two other Mexicans on the team who he knew from competitions.
Uribe immediately made an impact at Kansas and was named Region V Freshman of the Year. Since then, he has remained consistent and has received similar honors.
His most memorable moment as a Jayhawk came in his freshman season when he and former teammate Fernando Sierra defeated the Georgia doubles team in front
of the Georgia home crowd in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Uribe said he hoped this season would provide him with an even more memorable moment. His season goals include earning All-America honors in the singles and doubles classifications and advancing to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament.
He said he also hoped to help his team qualify for the NCAA tournament.
Senior teammate Kenny Powell said Uribe helped the team succeed by providing strong leadership for the younger players
"He leads by example." Powell said. "He's a very talented player He is very strong in both singles and doubles, and he brings experience to the team."
After Uribe finishes his final year, he plans to try professional tennis before pursuing a career in architecture.
— Edited by Sarah Hale
Hancock to bring depth to defensive backfield
Continued from page 1B
Even though Andrew Davison and Chad Coellner both received starting assignments last season, Allen said the secondary was wide open.
The mix of newcomers like Hancock and seniors like free safety Greg Erb will aid
a position that Allen said needs some work.
"We've got a lot of new people that are picking up pretty well," Erb said. "We have a lot of work to do, but we're coming together."
On top of the announcement of Hancock's and offensive lineman Ben Coleman's
position changes, Allen said four more players would be changing positions.
Former defensive back Ocasio Coffield will move to linebacker, former linebacker Kevin Toles will move to wide receiver, former running back Matt Jordan will move to wide receiver, and
Jay Ferguson will move to tightend from linebacker.
The Jayhawks will not have their scheduled day off today and will instead practice at 3:20 p.m.
Kansas lost a day of practice because of a tornado watch on Monday and will use today as a make-up day.
- Edited by Steph Brewer
Transfer player will not return
By Michael T. Rigg sports@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter
Ryan Brock officially became the man who never returned, Kansas football coach Terry Allen said yesterday.
Yesterday, those hopes were dashed.
EVERYDAY, those hopes were dashed.
"I talked to him, and I don't think it's going to happen," Allen said. "I guess the ship has been sunk. I don't expect him back."
Reportedly suffering from homesickness, Brock, a junior college transfer defensive lineman from Riverside, Calif., never returned from spring break. Allen and the rest of his staff had been in contact with Brock in the weeks after spring break and had hoped to coax him back to Kansas.
Allen said Brock had attended the first nine weeks of classes after transferring from San Bernadino Community College during the semester break and had become homesick.
"I think it was just a case of a California kid who had a girlfriend and became disenchanted with the middle of Kansas." Allen said.
Brock is in a different situation than the last time he talked to reporters Feb. 3. At the press conference to announce the 1999 signing class, Brock was upbeat about his situation at Kansas.
"it's going to be a good season," Brock said that day. "I know it's early, but there's a really good spirit and atmosphere surrounding the football team."
Apparently, his attitude has changed. Brock was one of seven junior college recruits for the Jayhawks and was going to be counted on to help Kansas stop the run.
"Obviously, it's disappointing," Allen said. "Defensive line) is an area of need with us, but it's like anything else: You hit or you miss."
Brock, who said through Allen that he has no comment on the issue, may soon see his college football career in jeopardy.
Having already signed a national letter of intent with the Jayhawks, Brock must get a release from the letter before playing for another school. Allen is unsure whether that release will be granted.
"It a tough situation for him," Allen said. "He falls under some real sanctions with liability after signing a letter of intent. His options are limited."
If Brock is granted a release from his letter of intent, he will have one year of eligibility left after sitting out the one year that the NCAA requires for all transfer students. Brock also can appeal the NCAA to get his letter of intent nullified, but Allen said the chances Brock's appeal would succeed were minimal.
Brock also will face academic difficulty if he did not withdraw from his classes by the University mandated deadline, which was Monday. However, Brock can still petition his teachers to withdraw.
- Edited by Steph Brewer
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