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New NCAA president plans changes
The Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Among the changes Myles Brand envisions for the NCAA is having college presidents play a stronger role in their schools' athletic programs.
During the organization's convention that ended Tuesday, the new NCAA president stressed academic reform to ensure that athletes have "the best possible chance" to succeed in college and beyond.
He believes the heads of the colleges and universities have a major responsibility in reaching that and other goals.
"The principle of presidential control is the essential feature of the reform movement," said Brand, the former president at Oregon and Indiana who became the NCAA president on Jan. 1.
"Though pundits, external commissions and study committees may hope to influence the future course of intercollegiate athletics, the fact of the matter is that presidents are best positioned to change their campus's perspectives and behavior."
Brand, the first college president chosen to head the NCAA, proved to be an involved, decisive university administrator when he was at Indiana during the Bob Knight controversy.
Brand fired the volatile basketball college coach 21/2 years ago because, Brand said, Knight, now the head coach at Texas Tech, violated a zero-tolerance policy the university had imposed on him.
"When missteps in athletic programs occur, universities are open to criticism, and the presidents are the ones on the front lines. I know, because I have been there." Brand told about 1,400 NCAA delegates during his "state of the association" speech on Sunday.
"It is presidents who have the ultimate responsibility for setting standards and ensuring that these standards are followed," he added.
The NCAA, long considered a stodgy, slow-moving organization, apparently will be more dynamic under Brand, whose contract runs through 2007.
The emphasis on academics will increase, the backing of gender
equality will continue and there will be a move to increase opportunities for minority coaches with a football "coaches' academy" and mentor program.
Although there was no general voting on issues by Division I delegates at the convention, some of the committees made headway.
Kansas chancellor Bob Hemenway, the chairman of the NCAA directors' committee, said the organization intends to institute the academic reform package - which would include changes in admissions policies for athletes and more timely tracking of their progress in college - as soon as possible without being overly hasty.
"One thing the board feels very strongly about is that any reform is not something that gets put into place in 2008, 2009, 2010," Hemenway said. "We want to, if we think we can, adopt an academic reform package that will have an immediate impact.
"The directive we're on now is that by April of 2004 we (the directors) will have voted on the entire package."
Among the current reforms is a change in entry eligibility that will take effect in August. The new sliding scale will weigh both the student's SAT exam and grades in high school.
Previously, a score of at least 820 on the SAT or a 16 on the ACT was required, but the change determines eligibility by combining the score with a student's high school grade-point average.
In the colleges, there would be closer tracking of student-athletes' academic progress and criteria for them to meet at different stages, and more accurate and timely assessment of the graduation rate.
Also being considered are ways to reward college programs whose athletes are succeeding in class and punish those that aren't.
Southern California president Steven Sample favors the reforms, except for the elimination of the SAT or ACT cutoff scores. He said that since there is no national system to compare high schools, those exams are the only common standards for secondary education.
K-State offensive guru leaves for Kentucky
Ron Hudson takes similar position with old coach
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN—Ron Hudson, the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Kansas State, is leaving for a similar position at the University of Kentucky.
offense at 423. He coached quarterback standouts Michael Bishop, who was the Heisman Trophy runner-up in 1998, and Ell Roberson.
Hudson, who made the announcement Tuesday, left Ohio State to join the Wildcats coaching staff in 1995 as the passing-game coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He was appointed Wildcats' offensive coordinator in 1997.
Hudson, 55, led an offense that finished second nationally in scoring in 2002 at 44.7 points per game and 15th in total
"I talked to Ell yesterday (Monday), and that was hard," Hudson said. "I encouraged him (Monday) to do better. He's put himself in the hunt for that trophy next year."
Kentucky coach Rich Brooks contacted Hudson about the coaching position after the Wildcats beat Arizona State 34-27 in the Holiday Bowl. Hudson was an assistant for Brooks when Brooks was head coach at Oregon in the late 1970s.
Hudson said the position will allow his wife to be closer to her ailing mother.
Bill Snyder, Kansas State coach, hasn't announced who will replace Hudson.
49ers coach fired after playoff loss
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. Steve Mariucci was fired as coach of the San Francisco 49ers yesterday after six seasons without a trip to the Super Bowl.
Mariucci was released from the final year of his contract. He jockeyed unsuccessfully for a contract extension last season.
Mariucci went 57-39 while leading the 49ers to four playoff berths. The team was knocked out of this postseason last weekend with a 51-6 loss at Tampa Bay.
"This is not a performance issue that has forced us to reach this decision," team owner John York said. "Rather, our decision is based upon a difference in philosophy within the 49ers' structure on how to best utilize our various talents in pursuing the goal of fielding championship teams and
winning a Super Bowl."
As much success as Mariucci had, his two predecessors — Bill Walsh and George Seifert — led San Francisco to a total of five Super Bowl championships, the first in 1982 and the most recent in 1995.
The jacksonville Jaguars now are the only other team with a coaching vacancy and are thought to be interested in Mariucci. The Jaguars fired Tom Coughlin last month.
Mariucci angered the 49ers' front office last winter by campaigning for a new contract through the media and then talking to the Buccaneers last February about becoming their coach and general manager. The teams worked out a compensation package, but when Mariucci waffled on his decision, Tampa Bay hired Jon Gruden instead.
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