Wednesday, December 6, 1978 Fambrough happy for second shot 7 Sports Editor By LEON UNRUH The trick to becoming KU's head football coach for a second time was clear to Don Benson. "I'm so much smarter now," he said yesterday after signing a four-year contract with the team. "I found out how you get these jobs. First of all, you get on the selection committee and blackball everybody but yourself," he said. Fambroug, assistant director of the Williams Fund, was a member of the committee to find a replacement for former head coach Bud Moore. Moore, who replaced Fambroug in 1974, was fired from the one-year contract in mid-November. Farnbrough, 56, had been the head football coach from 1971. He resigned after then-national leader Rory McIlroy. tend his contract, which had a year left. In tend, Bambrough accepted under three athletics. ABOUT TWO weeks ago, Fambrough said at a press conference yesterday morning, athletic director Bob Marcum asked him to run the race for Marcum with a mindful of candidates. "He looked on me and asked whether I'd ever considered getting back into coaching, I said, 'Yes, if you give me 50 blue chip players.' "Fambrough said Then he saw Marcum was serious. "I said, You gotta be kidding," I said. "I am not going to talk about it, and got up and went for a walk." The committee's first choice, Bo Rein of North Carolina State, turnover the offer later. Marcum later told the committee that the best remaining candidate among the re-commissioned candidates is Larry Hickman. Fambrough attended the Monday meeting, but left about halfway through. Several hours later, the committee notified him that he had been chosen. "IVE BEEN like a fish out of water for the last four years," he said. "I tried to put it on the table." All of the 22 former KU players now play professionally were recruited by or purchased by Since resigning as coach, he raised money for the athletic department. Recognized for his recruiting ability, he was asked by the University of Texas to teach it. It was the best recruitry year Moore had. He didn't say yesterday which of Moore's coaches would remain for his own staff, but indicated that speculation that quarterback coach John Hadi would be among them as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator was correct. "I noticed in the paper where John said he Happy start Staff Photo by ALAN ZLOTKY Answering questions with a wif, the head football coach Don Fambrough draws a grin from Chancellor Archie R. Dykes and laughter from athletic director Bob Marcum. Fambrough signed a four-year contract yesterday at a press conference. SCRUBS Genuine Surgical Scrub Suits (Please specify color, size, and quantity.) 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Fambrough was on his way to Fambrough a 19 years as assistant coach. "You know, raised him," he said. "If he gets out of line, I spiked him." With Hail plotting the offense, Fambrough said, the Jayhawks could expect to return to the pass-filled days reminiscent of David Jaynes. Fambrough, an easygoing guy, had been described as not being enough of a disciplinarian. Things will be different, he said, from Moore's days, during which a number of players quit the team and complained of bad morale and Moore's aloofness. "Oh, man," he beounced, "will we throw the ball? But we will run a draw play occasionally." "It's easy to run players off," he said. "That's the easy way. I believe it's my job to help the kids. If I can help these kids, I'll go as far as I can." Players surprised at coaching choice Several players had been recruited by Fambrough and had played under him. Most knew that he was an effective recruiter and that he might help a team as decimated by injuries as this year's Jawhacks were. The appointment of Don Fambrighas as head football coach yesterday surprised a lot of people, including members of the football team. Linebacker Monty Carbonell said, "I know he's a good recruiter. The situation we've been in with injuries — we'll need to find out if anyone else is one of some of the old guys to be coming back." Like other players, Carbonell, a junior, said he was surprised that John Hald, former head coach Bud Moore's quarterback back, hadn't been chosen. "THOUGH HADL had a good chance of getting it, I'm glad he's staying on." --at the Brian Bethke, a senior quarterback who was red-shirted this year, said Monday, "I didn't know until today that he was one of the guys. I knew there were a lot of candidates." 1. MORE GREAT STEREO RECORDS AND TAPES AT RECORD-BREAKING PRICES! GET 'EM WHILE THEY LAST! THIS WEEK ONLY! 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