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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2001
Commentary
Chris Wristen Columnist sportskansan.com
Al Bohl's pick for head coach a perfect fit for program
Kansas football fans, you got your wish.
You wanted a winner. You've got one in coach Mark Mangino.
Like him because he's going to build a winning football program. Love him because he's a genuine person. Never question his desire to win at Kansas or his ability to make it happen.
I applaud you for the classy, warm reception you gave him last night at halftime of KU's 83-76 win against No.23 Wake Forest. I applaud you for making him feel so welcome on his first real night as a Jayhawk. I applaud you for giving the man the respect he deserves because that will be a great confidence-builder.
the beyond-capacity crowd at Allen Fieldhouse chanted MANGIN-O as he strolled to center court with Al Bohl, Kansas athletics director, and Mangino uttered, "From now on, I want to earn that applause from you."
Get ready Jayhawks, because he will earn it. You can bet on that.
With a résumé like Mangino's, you'd want to make him President. He's received the premier education from the finest educators. He was groomed for eight years while working for Kansas State coach Bill Snyder. He was an integral part of the turnaround that took the Wildcats from being the worst program in Division I football history into an annual national power. He was their lead recruiter and built a dominating K-State running game.
He also was the offensive coordinator and assistant coach at Oklahoma alongside Bloo Stoops. Mangino masterminded the Sooner offense that won last year's National Championship. His offense ranked seventh nationally in scoring, he developed Heisman Trophy runner-up Josh Heupel at quarterback and built a strong, disciplined offensive line to protect his quarterback.
But wait, there's more.
Mangino was the recipient of the Frank Broyles Award as college football's top assistant last year. He's helped coach teams to nine bowl games in 11 years and K-State and Oklahoma went 101-30-1 with him on the staff. He's also a disciplinarian and was the main recruiter during Kansas State's rise to national prominence
Simply put, the man produces results.
Sure, he's big. But that's no status to judge him by, a fact which Mangino has repeatedly proved.
"It's not what you look like," Mangino said when he was introduced to the media yesterday. "It's how you work and it's how you do your job."
And he's absolutely right. He's done his job great for years, Judging by fans' response last night, they clearly understand that's what really matters.
What people should also understand is that the biggest thing about Mark Mangino is his heart. No question about it. You saw how proud he
SEE MANGINO PAGE 3B
The man behind Mangino
By Jeff Denton Kansan sportswriter
The last time Al Bohl flanked a football coach at Hadi1 Auditorium — on Nov. 4 when he fired Terry Allen with three games left in this year's 3-8 season almost every blue seat was taken.
Yesterday, the house was full of people showing up to welcome someone new.
new.
The rustling was silenced when Mark Mangino, Kansas' new head coach, entered with Bohl, Kansas athletics director, and Chancellor Robert Hemenway. Sandwiched between the two men who hired him, Mangino, who entered with a grin, now has a chance to invigorate a hapless football team and make a name for himself as he jumps from assistant coach to head coach.
"We are setting our goals lofty, but our goal is to be the best team in the Big 12," Mangino said. "The beauty of taking over a program is that everybody gets a fresh start. These are unchartered waters for me, but I have been very privileged coaching under two of the best."
Bob Stoops, the coach of defending national champion Oklahoma, taught
Mangino for the past three seasons. Stoops hired Mangino as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Mangino was also the squad's assistant head coach.
"He was an excellent leader for our offense," Stoops said in a statement. "He's been very instrumental in our success."
"He said, 'Mark, you better get up there, you got a lot of work to do,' Mangino said, smiling. "Unfortunately, I won't coach at the Cotton Bowl. I would really like to do that, but we have so much stuff to do here that I can't."
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Stoops wanted Mangino to remain with his staff for the Sooners' New Year's Day game in the Cotton Bowl, but said he understood that a quick start for Mangino could prove to be more productive.
Athletics director Allen Bohl, right, introduces Kansas' 35th head football coach, Mark Mangino, before a capacity crowd at Allen Fieldhouse. Mangino former Oklahoma offensive coordinator, received the 2000 Frank Broyles Award as the top assistant football coach in college football.
Mangino said he would go to the game to watch, but not to work.
Bill Snyder, coach of the Kansas State Wildcats, tutored Mangino from 1991 to 1997. When K-State thrived in the second half of the 1990s, Mangino managed its recruiting. His ability to bring in and develop high school talent
convinced Snyder that Mangino would acknowledged Mangino's mind for the succeed in his new role. Snyder also SEE COACH PAGE 6B
Simien doubles it up against Wake Forest
Junior forward Nick Collison waits for the referee's call on a jump ball late in the first half. The Jayhawks defeated Wake Forest 83-76 last night at Allen Fieldhouse and avenged last season's loss to the Demon Deacons.
By Ryan Malashock
Kansan sportswriter
Wayne Simien surprised even himself in his regular-season debut.
The freshman forward posted a doubledouble, with 10 points and 11 rebounds in 15 minutes and led No.4 Kansas past latecharging No.23 Wake Forest 83-76 last night at Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas clung to a lead much of the second half, and did not allow the deficit to drop below four points. Kansas did not increase the lead into double digits until less than two minutes to play because of horrendous second-half free throw shooting — 13-30 in the second half, 20-40 overall — but simply overpowered Wake Forest in its comeback attempt. The Jayhawks outrebounded the Demon Deacons 46-35 and outscored them in the paint 42-26. Simien supplied Kansas with extra front-court depth, while Wake Forest's back-court tandem of Josh Howard and Darius Songalia struggled with foul trouble.
"His rebounding and toughness was important," Kansas coach Roy Williams said of Simien. "We wanted to get deep into their bench. They have three guys who are legitimate play players, and we wanted to get them in foul trouble."
"I felt really good out there, especially coming off this injury." Simien said. "They had some physical guys out there, but that's my style of play, I like to bang."
Simien provided the spark for Kansas off the bench, but the Jayhawks jumped out to an early advantage without his services.
4. NO KANSAS 83, No. 23 WAKE FOREST 76
WAKE FOREST (5-2)
Howard 3-92-4-9, Songaila 4-102-310, Scott 5-83-
413, Hicks 4-93-412, Dawson 5-130-012, Downey
0-20-0, Levy 0-20-0, Danelius 4-70-18, Murray
0-30-0, Lepore 4-82-212. Totals 29-70-12-18.6
KANSAS (5-1)
**ANSWERS (3-5)**
0oeden 4-11-3 4-11, Collison 7-102-6 16, Hinrich-6 101-3-13, Miles 3-7-5-81, Boschee 4-8-4-61, Balard 0-0-0-0, Langford 2-5-12, Nash 0-2-4-2, Carey 0-0-0-0, Simien 4-7-2-71. Totals 30-58-20-40.83
4083
Haltime—Kansas 41, Wake Forest 30, 3-Point goals — Wake Forest 61-(Lepore 2, 5, Dawson 2, 6, Howard 1—Hick 1, Hicks 4, Downey 0-1, Murray 0-1), Kansas 3-10 (Boschee 3, 6-Langford 0-1, Hinrich 0-3). Fouled out — Songalia, Hicks.
rich 0-3) Fouled out —Songalia, Hicks.
Rebounds —Wake Forest 15 (Dawson 6), Kansas 48 (Collison, Simien 11). Assists —Wake Forest 13 (Lepore 4), Kansas 18 (Hinrich, Miles 6). Total fows —Wake Forest 27, Kansas 18. A —16,300.
"Our defense was really good early," Williams said. "We were effective on the offensive end by taking advantage of turnovers and turning them into points."
The Jayhawks strung together a five-minute stretch to open the game, in which they forced seven Demon Deacon turnovers, cashed in on four fast-break buckets, and grabbed a 16-4 early lead.
The two teams played to a stalemate throughout the rest of the half and Kansas led 41-30 halftime. Kansas spent the entire second half holding off a Wake Forest team that just couldn't take advantage of the Jayhawks' ineffective free-throw shooting. The Demon Deacons shot 56.6 percent from the field in the second-half. With the lead at 10 with 1:37 to play, junior guard
SEE 'HAWKS PAGE 3B
Jayhawk defense stifles Demon Deacon game plan
By Ali Brox
Kansan sportswriter
Coach Skip Prosser told his Wake Forest men's basketball players that they would have to do three things to beat Kansas last night at Allen Fieldhouse.
The Demon Deacons didn't do any of them in the 83-76 loss to the Jayhawks.
"Three things we had to do to win the game were we couldn't throw the ball to them,we had to play good transition defense,we had to keep them off the backboard," Prosser said."And our inability to do well enough in those three areas cost us the game."
Senior forward Darius Songaila echoed his coach's remarks that the basic fundamentals kept the team out of the game. The Jajawaks outrebounded the Demon Deacons 46-35, including 11 offensive rebounds in the first half.
Wake Forest committed 27 fouls in the game, which led to limited playing time for Songaila and junior forward Josh Howard. Howard had 21 points in Kansas' 31-point loss to the Demon Deons last year, but managed only
"We gave away a lot of offensive rebounds," Songaila said. "I think that's what killed us. It's hard to win when you give up so many offensive rebounds and second-chance points."
nine points and five rebounds in 23 minutes last night. Songaila fouled out with 2:53 left in the game. He finished with 10 points and two rebounds.
"I just missed a lot of open shots," Howard said. "The refs are going to call fouls and if they think we fouled, then we fouled."
Despite the lack of fundamentals, Wake Forest was never really out of the game. The Jayhawks gave the Demon Deacons plenty of opportunities in the second half to get back in the game. Kansas shot 20 of 40 from the free throw line for the game and made only 13-30 in the second half.
Prosser said Kansas deserved credit for being an excellent defensive team and that many of Wake Forest's offensive inabilities were due to the Kansas defense.
"We couldn't put enough pressure on them," Prosser said. "We just couldn't climb that precipice to get down by a possession or to take the lead."
to crawl back into it," Prosser said. "We were unable to take advantage of them."
Prosser said this loss wouldn't define Wake Forest's season.
"I thought they gave us opportunities
"What's going to define the season is what we do from here on in," Prosser said. "We'll see that on the practice floor tomorrow."
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