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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2002
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Committee appointed to select baseball coach
By Matt Norton Kansan sportswriter
The University of Kansas has named a six-person committee to search for a new baseball coach.
The committee is led by Richard Konzem, associate athletics director and supervisor for baseball. Other members
include softball coach Tracy Bunge; Don Green, professor of engineering and Big 12 Conference faculty representative; Lee Ice, KClub board member; Darryl Monroe, Atlanta Braves assistant director of player development; and Jay Hinrichs, Williams Fund director.
All members have strong ties to Kansas
Randall
and baseball, Konzem said. Green was a second-team All-American for the University of Tulsa in 1954, Ice and Monroe were former Kansas players and Hinrichs was an assistant general manger for 17 years with the Kansas City Royals.
Konzem said the committee had already received several applications for the position.
Because the NCAA tournament began last weekend, the committee won't begin interviewing applicants until the third week of June, Konzem said.
The committee hopes to give Al Bohl, athletics director, a final recommendation
Konzem said finding a coach with a proven track record for recruiting top athletes would be the first priority, but he stressed that finding "a good fit for KU" was also important.
bv the end of June.
"We seriously care about our kids graduating from here, and the new coach will have to as well." Konzem said.
Konzem said that knowledge of Kansas and the Big 12 would be helpful, but not necessary.
"These are all things we would look for in any coach," Konzem said.
Former coach Bobby Randall resigned May 20 after spending seven years in the position.
Randall compiled a 166-214 record including 22-29 this year. His best season was 1997, when the team finished 31-25 and placed eighth in the Big 12.
Randall said in a statement by the Athletics Department that because of a lack of success on the field, he felt it was time to step down as coach.
The last time the Jayhawks qualified for the NCAA tournament was 1994, when they were eliminated in three games at the Atlantic II regional in Tallahassee. Fla.
The Jayhawks qualified for the College World Series in 1993. Dave Bingham coached the Jayhawks both of those seasons.
Contact Norton at mnorton@kansan.com. This story was edited by Kristin Keeney
Hemenway named chairman
Hemenway succeeds outgoing chairman William Kirwan, president of Ohio State University.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway was appointed chairman of the NCAA Division I governing board, according to a statement released last week.
Hemenway will be on the five-person presidential committee, which will interview candidates for the NCAA's top position. The committee will recommend a replacement for the retiring Cedric Dempsey to the executive committee by
August. The executive committee will name a new president by Nov. 1.
Hemenway was named to the board in 2001 as the Big 12 Conference representative. He will continue to serve as chair until the January 2005 NCAA convention.
In addition to finding a new president, the board also approves legislative proposals and appoints task forces to study specific issues within college sports.
Matt Norton