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Thursday, August 24, 1972
University Daily Kansan
Kansas Staff Photo by JOE COLEMAN
Thoughts of Probation and "Big Three"
Fambridge will lead pass-happy Jayhawks against odds
Fambrough Worked Way To Dream Coaching Job
By KENT PULLIAM
Kansan Staff Writer
Don Fambough begins his
battles with Kansas head football coach
this year. He took the job on Jan.
Marcus Rodgers and Rodgers
resigned to go to UCLA.
Fambrough's first season as the Jahwak coach was a rebuilding year as the Hawks won four games and lost seven. This team have some of the players he recruited for Kansas on the team.
Fambrough has had a long and successful career. He started as a player in 1947 and played in the team that was co-champion of the 1950s. Kansas went to the Orange Bowl.
FAMBROUGH was co-captain of the 1947 team and was an all-conference player at his position. In 1970, the Kansas fans voted to replace the all-time Kansas team for his play as a guard and linebacker.
his career he was not even attending KU.
Fambrough is the first KU alum to hold the head coach job at KU since Henry Shenk (1943-45), and only the second captain in his position. It is surprising he ended up at KU because at the start of
Fambrough played freshman football at the University of Florida, who hosted Bowt. After his sophomore year at Texas, he joined the Air Force airplane played on an air base in the Southwest. He played on the Second Air Force team at Colorado Springs and then on a star. After the war Evans persuaded Fambrough to come to KU, and he played for two
his graduation from KU. From there he was around to help an asian team years later. He has either played for or assisted four of the last five
In 1948 he began as a graduate assistant under head coach J. V. Sikes and then under Sikes, Jack Mitchell, and pepper Rodgers. When Sikes left KU, Fambridge went with him to Texas State University in Texas State. In 1957 he was an assistant at Wichita University in Texas State. In 1963 he was an assistant as an assistant to Jack Mitchell.
the head line coach in the 1950 season at KU and has worked with linemen and linebackers most of his 23 years as an assis-
Fambrough started his coaching career working with lineman and linebackers. He was
Fambrough married the former Delfred Few in 1942 when they were both students at the University of Texas and her bachelor's degree from East Texas State and then got her master's degree from U.V. She studied at Texas Tech High school until Fambrough received the head coach job. They have two sons, Preston, 25, and Harrison, 23, both KU graduates.
When Fambrough received the head job he was very pleased at the opportunity to serve as head coach at his alma mater.
"THIS IS the job I've always dreamed of getting," he said, "I've never wanted to coach at any other school."
One of the promises he made when he assumed the head coach duties was that he would recruit as many Kansas players as possible, to alumni and many of the Kansas high school football coaches.
His first year recruiting was one of the best Kansas has had.
Jayhawk Defense Talented But Experience Is Missing
By DAN GEORGE Kansan Sports Editor
Although the final results are not yet in, and will not be until the season is under way, the University of Kansas defense indicate KU coaches will have a lot more to smile about this year than they did last season.
According to KU defensive coordinator and secondary coach John Cooper, the Jayhawks, although lacking somewhat in experience, have better talent on the field. They have had in recent years.
"We're going to a lot more in the past," he said. "We've got some good competition on the team. We have a sound football
THE JAYHAWKS lost five defensive starters through a sloppy backfield and the Al-Bag linebacker Kenny Page, but Cooper figures that the ability of the newcomers will soon offset their lack of playing experience.
Two of the new faces will appear on the defensive line. Junior Don Godee (6-foot-2, 224 pounds) holds down one of the end lines for his team, and Mitch Sutton (6-2, 285) and Mitch Sutton (6-2, 285) both juniors, will battle it out for a turtle spot. Veterans Pat Ryan (6-1, 214) and Gary Palmer (4-2, 82), each start their third year at the end and tackle positions.
Ryan, defensive captain of the 1972 squad, was enthusiastic about the team.
"I FELT we had a really good spring practice. Our spirit and enthusiasm are up and I think we should be at this point than last year."
Ryan, who has added extra weight since last season, said he didn't expect it to affect his speed.
The biggest change in the 1972 defense will come in the line-up, with Browns' blunt running attacks that devastated the Hawks last year, Coach DumFambrouch switched to a negative alignment from a 5-2 setup.
At the other linebacking positions are veteran Tommy Oakson (5-8, 183), heralded sophomore Steve Towle (6-2, 228) and Handy Robinson (613), 210) or sophomore (62), 204) so bromides.
According to Cooper, this skill allows a player play for the rush but is versatile enough that some of them also can drop back to defend against a fast-moving opponent.
"I played at about 200 last year,
although they had me listed at
11. I just wanted to try it. I feel
good that I was a before-
maybe quicker."
“THE SWITCH really isn't anything new,” he said. “We had it toward the end of last year and we wanted to be more easily to adjust from than our past defenses and we think it is against both the pass and rush.”
In making this change, Fambrough also moved Eddie Sheats (64, 208), a defensive end and an outside linebacker position. The switch is expected to utilize the special quickness of Sheats, a former junior college All-American from Atlanta, who led the team last year with 11, for 36 injuries in 19 losses.
Although the KU secondary features only one established starter from last year, safety Gary Adams (6-1, 188), none of his teammates are new. Holding the corner spots for the 'Hawks will be sophomore Denny Lantz (6-1, 185) and junior Rocky Bronk (6-1, 183). Backing them up will be Mike Rone (5-11) and James Bowman (6-178).
speedster from Shawne Mission West, reportedly has all the tools to make people forget the deported Kempa Page Tewle, who is mobile, aggressive, and has a reputation as a headmarcher.
"It's not like they're going to be inexperienced," said Adams, who is the RU secondary. "They're experienced. Lana hasn't been around." Adam is been around. He'll help us out a bit, but Gilon and his bowman have been around.
"Of course, it'll put more pressure on us," he said. "We'll have to cover more ground than we did." We play, like Nebraska, Colorado, and Oklahoma, are mostly running teams. We hope they do
CONCERNING the switch in the Jahawk's defensive alignment. Adams admitted it prob- lemantically to be secondary's job a little tougher.
B-ball Games To Be Earlier
TOWLE, A highly recruited
The University of Kansas home basketball games will tip off 30 mph in the first half, the Jahayws adopt the 7:38 start time followed by most of the schools in the Big Eight. For all of the games, the ball games have started at 8:05.
A major shortcoming in the KU defense of 1971 was its lack of consistency.
"I hope we can be more consistent," Adams said. "I hope we don't outs of Washington State and Baylor) and then end that way, too. I think we'll gain a lot of confidence if we can do well at it."
The Jayhawks will play 14 games in Allen Field House and host dates with Vanderbilt, Indiana. They'll move to addition in the Jayhawks Club.
Here's the 1972-73 KU schedule:
Dec. 2-Vanderbilt at Lawnence;
Dec. 3-Indiana at Lawnence;
Dec. 7-Murray State at Lawnence;
Dec. 9-Iowa at Lawnence;
Dec. 11-Xavier at Lawnence;
Dec. 14-Tennessee;
Classic; Dec. 23-Kentucky at
Lexington; Dec. 27-30-Big Eight
Tournament at Kansas City.
Ban. 7-Notre Dame at South Bend; Jan. 13-Colorado at Lake Huron; June 4-Lumbia; Jan. 23-Kansas State at Lawrence; Jan. 27-Iowa State at Ames. Feb. 3-Oklahoma at Lawrence; Feb. 10-Nebraska at Lawrence; Feb. 16-Michigan State at Manhattan; Feb. 17-Oklahoma State at Lawrence; Feb. 19-Colorado at Boulder; Feb. 19-Lincoln; Feb. 25-Missouri at Iowa.
Mar. 3—Oklahoma at Norman;
Mar. 5—Oklahoma State at Stillwater;
Mar. 10—Iowa State at Lawrence.
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