THURSDAY.NOV.15.2001
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5A
SPORTS
SPORTS BRIEFS
COACHING SEARCH Football coach spot still undetermined
LAWRENCE—Former Ohio State football coach John Cooper says he would be interested in the vacant coaching job at Kansas but has not been contacted by the school.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma associate head coach Mike Stoops declined to comment on whether he was contacted by Kansas, or whether he would be interested in replacing Terry Allen.
Cooper compiled a 111-43-4 record with the Buckeyes during a 14-year span. He was let go earlier this year after struggling to records of 3-8 in bowl games and 2-10-1 against Big Ten rival Michigan.
Other coaches reportedly interested in the Jayhawks' vacancy include Michigan State defensive coordinator Bill Miller and former Oklahoma State head coach Pat Jones. Fresno State coach Pat Hill, whom KU Athletic Director Allen Bohl hired for his former school in 1997, said he had talked with Bohl about the Kansas job. Former Georgia coach Jim Donnan and former Arizona coach Dick Tomey have declined to comment.
The Associated Press
KANSAS SPORTS T-shirts to be sold bv student-athletes
Student-athletes will sell "Feel the pride" T-shirts today and tomorrow in front of Wesco Hall to benefit the American Cancer Society.
The student-athletes, who represent the University of Kansas Student Athletic Advisory Committee, will also sell the royal-blue
shirts at Saturday's Kansas-
la State football game at
Memorial Stadium. The
shirts will cost $5.
Nancy Bell, Orland Park, Ill., senior, is a member of the committee and a former Kansas volleyball player. She said the committee hoped to see students wearing the T-shirts in the stands on Saturday.
"You go to Nebraska, you see a sea of red," Bell said. "We don't really have that here. We wanted to try to develop that and do something good for someone else."
KANSAS RUGBY Men, women pummel opponents at tourney
The Kansas men's and women's rugby teams each took first place in three games at last weekend's Ozark Rugby Tournament.
Both teams dominated their opponents — the men's team outscored opposing teams 117-10, while the women dashed three teams for a combined score of 179-10.
After pounding Arkansas 57-0 on Saturday, the men's team handled John Brown College 45-0. The win put Kansas in Sunday's championship game against Illinois. Kansas won the championship by defeating the Fighting Illini 15-10.
The women's team embarrassed Arkansas State 83-0 on Saturday. A 56-0 win against Oklahoma State put the women in the title match later that day. A 40-10 win against Arkansas on Sunday gave the Jayhawks their second straight title in the annual tournament.
—Jay Krall
Recruits: Players verbally commit
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Pittman said several positives could result from the change.
going to Kansas, the coach that recruited me got fired," Wier recalled. "But, as a high school kid, you soon realize that the next coach will recruit you the same."
"They know they're going to get a five-year commitment from a new coach, so that's going to be a good sale for us," said Pittman, who said a new coach could also bring recruits from an entirely new area as well.
Although coaches aren't allowed to speak about specific recruits,the early signs have shown that this could be a solid recruiting season.
Two highly touted high school quarterbacks gave verbal commitments to Kansas earlier this week. Nick Reid of Derby and Graeme McFarland of Mountain Brook High in Birmingham, Ala., both announced their intentions to come to Kansas next year. Both quarterbacks are among the highest rated prep athletes in their states according to recruiting service Rivals.com.
Notes: Former Ohio State coach John Cooper told the Kansas City Star that a "headhunter" from Kansas contacted him about the job opening. Cooper said he hadn't been officially contacted about the job, but that he would be interested if the opportunity arose.
Cooper was an assistant at Kansas from 1967-72. In 13 years at Ohio State, he compiled a 111-43-4 record.
The Kansas Athletics Department has refused to discuss potential candidates for the coaching vacancy.
Contact Briggeman at 864-4858
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