UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Tuesday, August 27, 1996 7A Former baseball player back on the KU team as a recruiter 928 Mass. Downtown Mike Bard will sell the program in recruit effort By Cameron Heeg Kansan staff reporter The new addition to the Kansas baseball coaching staff is beginning to settle into the role of recruiter for the team. Kansas coach Bobby Randall called former Kansas player Mike Bard in mid-July, offering the open position after the departure of former aide Steve Lienhard. "He (coach Randall) asked if I was interested. I said you bet, it all took about two seconds." Bard said. Bard comes to coaching as a former player at Kansas during the 1990 and 1991seasons with assistant coaching experience at Texas Tech for four years and at Howard Junior College in Big Springs, Texas, last season. At Kansas he spent most of his time at first base and finished the '91 season with .333 batting average, 39 RBI and two home runs. After playing at Kansas, Bard coached four seasons at Texas Tech before going to Howard where his responsibilities grew from his job with the Red Raiders. "The full responsibility of recruiting was on me. At Howard I did all the recruiting. So it is something I am used to," Bard said. "Hopefully that is where I can help take some of the load off Coach Randall and Coach Kilmer." The Texas additions to the Big 12 Conference will help the whole conference in recruiting, and Bard said that Kansas won't be left behind. "Recruiting doesn't wait on any man. You better get after it and get good or get somewhere else," Bard said. "That is my focus right now, the early signing period this November. This is an important year for us." Bard knows that a strong program and the ability to sell that program to attract players to the school are necessary for recruiting. There are many factors that help sell the team, but a major factor is the coach. "There are a lot of people out there that like Bobby Randall, and he is an easy guy to sell," Bard said. "I don't think you can find anybody that doesn't like him. That somehow gets back to the kids, that if you go to the University of Kansas you are going to have a chance at a good experience." Bard showed emotions when an outlook on two opponents this season were mentioned — Texas Tech and his playing career nemesis OSU. In Bard's playing career at Kansas, OSU defeated his team eight times, four in '90 and four in the '91 season. OSU also finished on top in the Big Eight both years. "I hated those guys. We never won against them," Bard grumbled. "It still hacks me off." As for Texas Tech his emotions hit closer to home. "My brother (Josh Bard) plays for Texas Tech. It will just be kind of a homecoming." Bard said, laughing. "It will be fun." The Kansas baseball team will hold its first tryout meeting at 5 p.m. today at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium (south of Allen Field House). 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