Splish splash Rainy day. Details page 6 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Tuesday November 24,1987 Vol.98,No.67 Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas (USPS 650-640) Valesente fired as Kansas football coach Frederick says team must make progress By CRAIG ANDERSON Staff writer Kansas football coach Bob Valesente was fired yesterday by Athletic Director Bob Frederick. Valesente was offered a position as an associate athletic director, but he declined the offer. Frederick said that he made the decision Sunday night after many weeks of deliberation. See related stories p.9 and 12. "It it was not an easy decision to make," he said at a news conference. "In recent days some have said this is an academic issue or an alumni-versus-faculty issue. It was an issue of progress of the football team on KUAC's chairman resigns in protest By MIKE CONSIDINE Staff writer Staff writer Anthony Redwood, chairman of the Kansas University Athletic Corporation for the last five years, announced his intention to resign yesterday to protest the firing of football coach Bob Valesente. "It was an unprincipled decision, and I'm protesting it the only way I can," Redwood said. "I feel the integrity of the University itself is at stake. This is one aspect of the athletic program I feel I can't live with." At a news conference in Summerfield Hall, Redwood announced that he had called an emergency meeting of the KUAC board at 3 p.m. today in the Phillips Room of the Adams Alumni Center. Redwood said that his resignation would be formally announced at that time. Kansas Athletic Director Bob Frieden said, "I respect his opinion and his decision to do so if that's what he feels, 'he should do.' He's given In a prepared statement, Redwood said that during the past decade, Kansas football had a history of revolving coaches and a quick-tite philosophy. He said that Valesente was denied the opportunity to see his program through to success. "He should have been kept on at least for another year but preferably for the length of his contract," Redwood said. Valente's contract lasts two more years. Through an inquiry we have met the decision to hire and fire coaches belongs to the athletic director, Redwood said that he thought the board should have been involved. Redwood said that Frederick told him of the decision at 8 p.m. Sunday. Redwood said that he phoned the KUAC board to call the meeting after a second conversation with Frederick. "I would have liked Bob Frederickr to preferably have discussed it with the board last week when it was at issue." Redwood said. "If that was Jim Clark Motors 5-speed, air conditioning, radio prep., rear deck luggage rack. 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Bob hard to gain the respect of od praised Valesente's com- to recruitting fresh foot- yeers who were capable stu- said that Frederick didn't ficient consideration to Val- attention to academics. See KUAC, p. 12, col. 5 Joe Wilkins III*Special to the KANSA a news conference with his ions about his firing. ieves when students did not lock ally that is when students are bles, such as a stereo, from a an overreaction. Flail said: students' valuations were safe orth the effort of loading and r, that auto burglaries and quietly when students were ng their cars. Every time p to load valuables in their t the car afterward, he said. dents should never load the hey go home. ing travel ntral Nebraska and western now today. r, but a couple of inches (of the question," said John, Kan, senior, a member of Louis area, the panhandle of hern Texas were expecting st is uncertain, Dolus said, that snow will fall in central of showers developing in the weather service operates a 300. 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