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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
TUESDAY, MAY 3. 2005
BASEBALL
Cochell resigns after controversy
NORMAN, Okla. — Although the player and his father had accepted his apology and forgiven baseball coach Larry Cochell for alleged racial remarks he made during a couple of interviews, Cochell decided to end his 14-year career with the University of Oklahoma today.
Oklahoma In a letter submitted to OU President David Boren, Cochell said he was honored to have been associated with the school, but felt it necessary to resign.
Boren, who had met with Athletics Director Joe Castiglione and members of the university's black community on the matter, accepted the letter and said Castiglione had designated Sunny Golloway as interim head baseball coach.
ESPN reported Friday that before a telecast of the Oklahoma-Wichita State game Tuesday, Cochell used racial epithets as he praised freshman outfielder Joe Dunigan, who is black.
The interviews were not taped, and the play-by-play announcer and analyst who conducted them didn't know Cochell had used similar language in both instances until they spoke with each other days later, an ESPN spokesman said.
The university, which didn't learn of the remarks until contacted Friday, issued a statement that it was reviewing the matter and that Galloway would assume Cochell's duties on an interim basis. Cochell wasn't in the dugout during Oklahoma's Big 12 Conference series with Nebraska Friday or Saturday.
Weinstein
The Associated Press
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Kansas coaches who have coached at least three years have left the program with winning records since 1910.
People who know KU football contend that Jack Mitchell, who coached from 1958-1966, was the last coach to leave the University of Kansas with a winning record of 44-42-5. However, because of the use of an ineligible player in 1960, Kansas was forced to later forfeit games against Colorado and Missouri, leaving Mitchell's record at 42-44-5. Mitchell's tenure did include the first bowl victory in the Bluebonnet Bowl in 1961.
The last coach to leave the University with an undisputed winning record was J.V. Silkes, who left Kansas following the 1953 season. His record was 35-25.
In the last 52 years, no coach has had a winning record, period. Even Don Fambrough, who still spends time around the Kansas program and is regarded as one of the all-time great coaches in Kansas history lost. In two stints Fambrough finished with a 37-48 record. He led the Jayhawks to two bowl games. They lost both. I can only assume that the affection Fambrough receives from the fans and the current staff is because of the loyalty he's had for more than 50 years.
Of the two most successful coaches Kansas has ever had, only one of them coached more than one year. Dr. A.R. "Bert" Kennedy led the Jayhaws from 1904-1910 accumulating a 53-9-4 record. In only seven years, in an era in which eight to 11
games were played per season. Kennedy is by far the winningest coach in Kansas history.
Fielding H. Yost led Kansas to a 10-0 record in 1899 in his only year as a Jayhawk. He spurned Kansas for Stanford for a year before leading the Michigan Wolverines for the next 25 years, including a 165-29-10 record and three national championships.
Pepper Rodgers and Glen Mason, two of the most successful coaches in modern Kansas history — mediocre by college football standards left Kansas to pursue "better" jobs. Rodgers left for UCLA and Mason went to the University of Minnesota. Mason is the only coach in football history to lead the Jayhawks to two bowl game victories.
Kansas has seen its share of talented players. John Hadl, Gale Sayers and John Riggins have all worn the crimson and blue, but none were able to help sustain a consistent level of success for the Jayhawks.
Kansas football coaches for the most part have never won and they probably never will. History has proven that a program with as little success as Kansas has had over the years won't get much better. Even if they do find a way to have some success with a few winning seasons or a bowl game appearance, the coach is swooped away to a more attractive job.
Probably few teams in college football have completely rewritten their terrible history. Kansas is not one of them and don't count on them to do it any time soon.
- Weinstein is an Overland Park senior in English. *
When the game ended, Apartment M claimed its prize, an Intramural Champions T-shirt, then hustled to an adjacent field for the men's championship.
Apartment M
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"I am dead," Jacobs said.
"But I want to win."
The men's final pitted Apartment M against the 12-Inch Ballers.
In the first inning Apartment M put up three runs while holding the Ballers scoreless.
"This game was, by far, our best defensive performance," Mike Miller, Humboldt junior, said.
Apartment M began turning up the heat in the third inning. The entire lineup batted, including two plate appearances for leadoff hitter Jared Abel.
On a trip by Miller, the Ballers defense committed two fielding errors.
The inning ended with nine runs on seven hits, including two triples.
"As long as you put the ball in play, you've always got a chance to get on base," Miller said.
The Ballers followed with their best offensive performance of the game, but its five runs were not enough to keep the team in contention.
After a scoreless fourth on both sides, Apartment M entered the fifth inning ahead by 10, which would mean a run-rule victory if they could hold the Ballers scoreless.
During the top of the inning Apartment M added three insurance runs, batted in on a home run by Mike Miller. The
It was floating up there like a beach ball, and my eyes just got real big. As soon as I hit it, I knew it had a chance."
Mike Miller Apartment M player
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home run cleared the fence in left field.
"It was floating up there like a beach ball, and my eyes just got real big," Miller said. "As soon as I hit it, I knew it had a chance."
The junior previously played baseball at Allen County Community College.
The Ballers entered the bottom of the fifth inning needing
After a flyout to center, the Ballers had a base runner when Locke Uppendahl, Cheney senior, walked.
four runs to avoid falling victim to the run rule.
He would remain on first base, however, as the next two batters were retired, giving Apartment M the victory.
The team was finally able to relax. Some of the players put on their two championship shirts, both to celebrate and because the temperature had dropped considerably.
They had survived 12 hours of softball.
Softball championship notes
In the Men's Greek division championship, Beta A-1 defeated Lambda Chi Alpha 21-9.
- In the women's open division championship, Women's Peaches defeated the Dragons.
Edited by Kendall Dix
MEN'S SOFTBALL BOX SCORE
Men's championship rosters
+ Apartment M
Name
David Baxter
Michael Bateman
David Doeren
Justin Jacobs
Mike Mille;
Justin Sloop
David Hillman
Jared Abel
Jarris Krapcha
Brad Witherops
- 12-Inch Ballers
Levi Donals
Pat Hoppa
Looke Uppendahl
Ty Pfannenstiel
Cale Dark
Alan Patterson
Landon Lukens
Justin Rhrorer
Brice Korobka
Hometown/class AB H R
Sioux City, Iowa, senior 4 2 2
Lawrence senior 3 2 3
Lawrence senior 3 2 3
Olathe senior 4 4 4
Humboldt junior 4 4 3
Valley Falls senior 4 3 0
Humboldt junior 4 1 0
Winchester senior 4 1 0
Albuquerque senior 3 1 1
Humboldt freshman 3 2 1
Winfield senior | 3 | 1 | 0
Olathe graduate student | 3 | 2 | 1
Cheney senior | 2 | 1 | 1
Ness City graduate student | 3 | 2 | 1
Attica senior | 3 | 1 | 1
Anthony senior | 2 | 0 | 0
Medicine Lodge freshman | 2 | 1 | 1
Yankton, S.D., graduate student | 2 | 1 | 0
Hays senior | 2 | 0 | 0
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