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University Daily Kansan, February 4. 1983
Chiefs hire Dallas assistant
By United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs dipped into Tom Landry's Dallas Cowboys' staff to claim quarterback coach John Mackovic as their new head coach yesterday.
Mackovic signed a five-year contract with the Chiefs to become the fifth head coach in the history of the franchise. He replaced Marv Levy, who was fired two days after the
completion of the 1982 regular season following a 3-6 finish by the Chiefs.
Levy had coached Kansas City for five seasons without delivering a playoff berth. The Chiefs have now gone 11 consecutive seasons without making the playoffs — the longest drought of any AFC team and the second longest in the NFL behind the New Orleans Saints, who have never played a post-season game in their 16-year existence.
"I was impressed with the total team organization," said Mackovic.
who spoke to the press via a speaker phone from Hawaii, where he and the Dallas staff were preparing the NFC team for Sunday's Pro Bowl Game.
Mackovic, 39, served the last two seasons as quarterback coach of the Cowboys following a three-year stint as the head coach at Wake Forest.
"As the quarterback coach of the Dallas Cowboys, John has had the benefit of working for and learning from one of the NFL's most successful coaches and organizations," Jack Steadman, Chiefs president, said.
The Bob Devaney Sports Center, the home of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, has been anything but friendly to the Kansas Jayhawks.
The Jayhawks, never a powerhouse team on the road, are 0-6 at Nebraska since the Devanyan Sports Center was built, but they get a chance to end that skid tomorrow when they take on the Cornhuskers at 12:40 p.m. in Lincoln
The game will be televised by the NBC-TVS network and can be seen locally on Channel 4, Kansas City, and Channel 27, Topeka.
THE JAYHAWKS, 1-4 in the conference and 9-9 overall, will likely go with the same starting line-up that led them
'Hawks eye weekend win
Wednesday to their first Big Eight conference win of the season and their first victory in their last nine conference games.
Cari Henry and Jeff Guiot will start at the guard positions; Karyn Boagni, the leading score Wednesday against Iowa State, and Calvin Thompson will play at its lights, and at center will be Kelly Knight, who scored 10 points against ISU
The Cornhuskers, 3-2 in the conference and 12-5 overall, are coming off a big victory over the Oklahoma Sooners, 60-39, on Wednesday in Lincoln. The victory enabled Nebraska to tie Kansas State and Oklahoma for second place in
the conference
THE CORNIHUSKERS are led by 6-11 freshman center Dave Hoppen, who leads the team in scoring, averaging 13.4 points a game, and is second in rebounds with five rebounds a game. Hoppen will be joined in the starting lineup by forwards Claude Renfro, 7.9 points and 5.6 rebounds, and Stan Cloudy, 9.3 points and 4.6 rebounds; and guardes David Ponce, 8.3 points and 1.4 rebounds, and Greg Downing, 6.4 and 2.4.
The Jayhawks, as they did against the Cyclones, will hold a decided height advantage against the Cornhuskers at all the positions except the center spot.
Women anticipate tight game against Nebraska
The game will immediately follow the men's game that afternoon.
The KU women's basketball team will go after its third straight win tomorrow against the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Devany Sports Center in Lincoln, Neb.
After dropping nine of their first eleven games, the Jayhawks have started to turn the season around. The team has a 4-3 record in the Big Eight conference, including a 118-111 triple overtime win over nationally ranked Missouri and Wednesday night's 81-79 thriller over Oklahoma.
"This club has shown they won i-girl up," KU coach Marian Washington said. "We have been in tight spots in three conference games now. It's not going to rattle them if they have to hang in tight."
WASHINGTON SAID she was expecting a tight game against the Cornhuskers, 11-7 overall and 2-3 in the conference, before last night's game at Kansas State. Nebraska is lead by 5-foot-10 forward Deb Powell, who is averaging 18 points a game, and reserve Crystal Coleman, who is
scoring 15 points a game off the bench. Although they chalked up a win over third-ranked Texas and played K-State close before losing in overtime earlier this year, the Cornhuskers are on a four-game loss streak.
What makes Nebraska tough, Washington said, is its fast full-court offense.
"They're not very tall (their tallest player is 6-foot) but they do run," Washington said. "They don't want to take a lot of time to set up. Once they get an opportunity, they put it up."
Nebraska will be a lot different game for us.
Washington said the team's top priority would be to control Nebraska's transition game by forcing them to play half-court basketball by trapping and pressing them along with controlling the rebounds.
However, the Jayhawks will be without the services of guard Mary Myers. A starter in all but one game this year, Myers strained her upper arm and broke his elbow against Oklahoma. Cindy Platt is expected to start in her place.
Men's track squad marked by experience
By BOB LUDER Sports Writer
There's strength in numbers.
And the numbers stack up when you check out the depth of the 1983 Jayhawk men's track team.
This year's squad not only contains an almost unheard of 17 seniors, but is also returning six All-Americans, seven former Big Eight Conference indoor champions and one former national champ. The roster has triggered a wave of optimism in the KU track circle.
Leading the way in optimism is head Coach Bob Timmons, whose first meet with the team will be the Big Eight Indoor Championships, Feb. 25-26. Timmons has been out of action for the last three weeks and will remain home for the next four recovering from a circulatory disorder. His thoughts on
this year's team are focused on only one thing: winning.
"Overall, we will have a very strong team," Timmons said. "We potentially have one of the best track teams ever at Kansas University.
"WE HAVE AN experienced squad. Quite honestly, we should be serious contenders for the National Indoor Title and Championship and finish at the outdoor championship."
One of the most heralded returning athletes, triple-jumper Sanya Owolabi, has consistently been at his best in national competition. In 1980, he won the NCAA indoor title with a leap of 54-3 $\frac{1}{2}$. In the spring of the same year, he placed second nationally outdoors with the same distance. Although he is confident this season, Owolabi remains cautious about his goals.
"I PLAN ON working right on the conference meet to reach a peak at national," Owolabi said. "I think right now, I should be top five at
nationals and that's being conservative. I think the team will definitively win conference, but we'll have to win against us to take the national championship."
Pole vaulter Jeff Buckingham, who won the Big Eight championship in 1979 as a freshman, was not as cautious or conservative as Owolabi. Buckingham said his goal for the season was simply "to win."
Senior Mark Hanson, who was red-shirted along with Owolabi and quarter-miler Deon Hogan, was the conference champion the year before in the long jump, with a leap of 25.3. He excited about the upcoming season.
"I sort of consider myself the reigning conference champion since I won the year before I red-shirted, and I'll be looking to defend my title," Hanson said. "Nationally, I think the championship is attainable."
ence champions Hogan, who at one time held the indoor world record in the quarter at 47.20 and has already run 46.75 this year; Rodney Bullock and Mark Rau, both former 600-yard run winners with identical times of 1.09:30 and Clint Johnson, last spring's outdoor champion in the discus.
In addition, three conference runners-up, Anthony Polk, John Sease and Leonard Martin, return along with Warren Wilhoite, who took second place nationally last year in the long jump. Add to that seniors and conference winners, Vince Schaffer in the middle distance and Pat Craig in the high jump, and it's understandable why winning is the only thing on the Jayhawks' minds.
KU ALSO RETURNS former confer-
"I think it be a very successful year if we keep everybody healthy," said assistant coach Roger Robert, who has been filling in as head coach in Timmons' absence. "But if we slip, Iowa State could easily slip by us."
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Swimmers take on Razorbacks in dual
By COLLIN HERMRECK Sports Writer
The Jayhawk men, who are coming off a 58-55 victory over Missouri last weekend, will be up against one of the top 10 teams in the country, while KU's women will be facing what Coach Gary Kempf considers to be one of the country's most improved teams.
The Kansas swimmers will continue to face tough competition tonight and tomorrow when they travel south to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks in a men and women's dual.
The Jahaykw women will try to continue their winning streak as they face the Razorbacks in what will be KU's last meet before the Big Eight Championships, Feb. 24-26 in Norman, Okla.
Arkansas is led by Australian Olympian Neil Brooks in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyles, John Ulibarri in the breaststroke and Roy Deery in the distance events. But Kempf said these swimmers were just part of the Razebacks' solid depth.
"You prepare for a team like this by placing strength against strength, 'Kempf said. "We'll see if we can match their strength."
"Their spirt corps is just super," he said. "They're a team that has two quality individuals in every single event."
KU WILL BE looking to counteract the tough Arkansas team with continued strong performances
ARKANSAS has been a yearly threat to the Jawahar men swimmers, defeating them 76-35 last year, and 74-39 two years ago.
But Kempt said the Arkansas team has improved greatly. They are led by Kathy McCoy and Kelsey Giving diving team, according to Kempt.
The Jayhawks haven't had many problems with Arkansas in the past as KU won 76-35 last year, and 87-56 two years ago in Fayetteville.
"They, too, have good individuals in every single event." Kemp said. "They'll be ready to swim quick fast against us. They always are."
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